School News

February is typically a month that brings increased illness and school absences. This year, the potential for symptoms to be connected to COVID makes symptom monitoring and illness-prevention measures all the more important.

Please review the Kent Country Health Department’s K-12 COVID-19 Symptom and Testing Protocol for guidance about how to proceed if concerning symptoms develop in your household. Healthcare evaluation is needed if:

Any TWO of the following develop:
Fever (measured or subjective)
Chills
Headache
Extreme tiredness/fatigue
Sore Throat
Congestion or runny nose
Body aches
Nausea/vomiting or diarrhea

OR

ONE of the following develops:
New cough
Loss of taste or smell
Shortness of breath

Thank you for your efforts to keep our students and staff healthy so we can remain on campus and continue learning together in our classrooms!

Watch for report cards coming home with students this afternoon. Please also take note of the 2021-2022 enrollment information included in the packet.

The classrooms were humming with concentration, strategy, and fun last Friday afternoon! Chess Club kicked off to a great start and will continue today and into February. Click here for FAQs and links to a website that can help your child practice.

We begin this quarter’s virtue focus on RESPONSIBILITY with a quote from Booker T. Washington that is on our hall and classroom posters: “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him.” We might add to Washington’s quote: And patiently help equip him to live up to that responsibility. If you have a student who is struggling to be responsible with his or her stuff or time, this summary of the book That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week might give you some good ideas to try (a goal sheet is included).

Tuition for the 2021-2022 school year has been frozen at 2019 rates in recognition of the financial instability and uncertainty families continue to face as a result of the pandemic and the measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 over the past ten months. This marks the second year with no increase in tuition and fees for families seeking a Christian, classical education. Trinitas remains devoted to the mission of providing an education in faith, reason, and virtue to all of its students in a way that is sustainable for the school and for its families.

Click here for the 2021-2022 fee schedule.

Please continue to spread the word about our upcoming Parent Information Night (PIN) on Wednesday, February 10. Most Trinitas families learned about our school by word-of-mouth “advertising”. While students and parents will not be participating in this virtual event, we need your help to tell others about the benefits of Christian classical education. Please share this registration link with friends and neighbors.

We end the quarter with a quotation not from a classical orator or a church father but from a Presbyterian minister and host of a wholesome children’s television show. The following words from Mr. Rogers teach us about the virtues of both our first and second quarters, COMPASSION and PERSEVERANCE: “There are three ways to ultimate success. The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.”

Please note that our Mid-Winter Break includes Thursday, February 18, and Friday, February 19. Families may remember the break was on a Friday and following Monday in the past, but starting last year, we made the change to a Thursday and Friday break.

Mrs. Tellinghuisen’s Latin students are preparing for two national exams, the National Mythology (Pegasus) Exam and the National Latin Exam. Please click on the links to learn more. While the students will be reviewing material in class, those who seek to do well are encouraged to study at home. The NLE website includes exams and answers from the previous years which provide great opportunity for practice. Please contact Mrs. Tellinghuisen if you have questions or need study tips or resources.