Trinity Christian School

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside - I see this school in Wikipedia is characterized as "non-denominational". From what we saw the majority is Protestants. How does this school treat Christians of other beliefs (e.g. Catholic, Orthodox etc.)?

Non-denominational means they draw from conservative protestant denominations. Catholic, Orthodox, Episcopalian, Quaker, etc . . . are not going to fit in.

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside - I see this school in Wikipedia is characterized as "non-denominational". From what we saw the majority is Protestants. How does this school treat Christians of other beliefs (e.g. Catholic, Orthodox etc.)?

I went to this school around a decade ago. Assuming nothing has changed, I vividly remember a moment from 8th grade. We had exactly one Catholic girl in my class, and I thought, "Wow, we're so diverse! One Catholic student! That's diversity!" Then, I entered the real world. 😂 Of course, it's been a decade, and things have probably changed. But, the student body was super homogeneous.

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Everyone I know who has a kid there seems very happy with it.

This is an understated MAGA crowd, as with most evangelicals these days. There seems to be an undercurrent of "of course Trump is the greatest, why would anyone think differently? No need to even discuss it! Oh, also, Jesus."

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People I know who go like it, and speak well of the academics. Campus is nice, and they're quite large by the standards of non-Catholic Christian schools in the area, which means they're able to offer a wider variety of courses. For at least the last two years they've had a National Merit Finalist.

I have heard that Trinity does spend more time on the computer than I would be comfortable with, but, as I work in a field that involves computers and education and have seen how the sausage is made, I am practically a luddite.

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Anonymous wrote:People I know who go like it, and speak well of the academics. Campus is nice, and they're quite large by the standards of non-Catholic Christian schools in the area, which means they're able to offer a wider variety of courses. For at least the last two years they've had a National Merit Finalist.

I have heard that Trinity does spend more time on the computer than I would be comfortable with, but, as I work in a field that involves computers and education and have seen how the sausage is made, I am practically a luddite.

NP. We're applying this year and really love the school. Curious to hear more about this because I'm also in computing and practically a Luddite at home. One (relatively minor) reason we are looking to leave public is the fact that so much of the teaching is done only be educational tech. For example our kids have only ever learned grammar from Lexia.

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DP. It is so interesting that people whonwork with technology so often are Luddites outside work. I hear it is pretty common in Silly Valley also.

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How much screen time does TCS do?

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Anonymous wrote:How much screen time does TCS do?

2 school days are virtual half days - they were really proud of how prepared their school was for virtual learning during spring 2020. That's for the entire school.

Kids get a device in 6th grade and have to bring one in 7th. There's a student portal starting at those ages.

Before then there is a computer lab that the elementary kids can access.

So different than the surrounding public schools "every kid gets a device starting in kindergarten, their own email, and access to the learning system that they will be using to turn in some assignments starting in primary school," but not no-tech.

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Anonymous wrote:How much screen time does TCS do?

2 school days are virtual half days - they were really proud of how prepared their school was for virtual learning during spring 2020. That's for the entire school.

Kids get a device in 6th grade and have to bring one in 7th. There's a student portal starting at those ages.

Before then there is a computer lab that the elementary kids can access.

So different than the surrounding public schools "every kid gets a device starting in kindergarten, their own email, and access to the learning system that they will be using to turn in some assignments starting in primary school," but not no-tech.

Even Kindergarten??

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How much screen time does TCS do?

2 school days are virtual half days - they were really proud of how prepared their school was for virtual learning during spring 2020. That's for the entire school.

Kids get a device in 6th grade and have to bring one in 7th. There's a student portal starting at those ages.

Before then there is a computer lab that the elementary kids can access.

So different than the surrounding public schools "every kid gets a device starting in kindergarten, their own email, and access to the learning system that they will be using to turn in some assignments starting in primary school," but not no-tech.

Even Kindergarten??

No one is in the school building on those days - the virtual day is K-12. Our kids didn't do kindergarten there so I don't know the exact details for that age.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How much screen time does TCS do?

2 school days are virtual half days - they were really proud of how prepared their school was for virtual learning during spring 2020. That's for the entire school.

Kids get a device in 6th grade and have to bring one in 7th. There's a student portal starting at those ages.

Before then there is a computer lab that the elementary kids can access.

So different than the surrounding public schools "every kid gets a device starting in kindergarten, their own email, and access to the learning system that they will be using to turn in some assignments starting in primary school," but not no-tech.

Even Kindergarten??

No one is in the school building on those days - the virtual day is K-12. Our kids didn't do kindergarten there so I don't know the exact details for that age.

The website says, "Trinity resumed on-campus learning on Monday, August 24, 2020 with five full days of instruction weekly" and during the tour I recently went on, nothing was mentioned about virtual days when I specifically asked about technology use—is it possible they phased those virtual days out after your student graduated?

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Anonymous wrote:My neighbors send their kids there & they are very right-wing, anti gay, etc. They do not believe in evolution and believe women should be submissive to men. I know this from their social media posts. They don’t hide or sugar coat these beliefs. The school is very conservative, borderline Christian fundamentalists. I have heard the school is supposed to be pretty strong academically but the hateful beliefs disgust me.

When you say things like this, people will doubt everything in your post. How could such a school keep its accreditation? My DCs do not go to this school, but a neighbor did, and they are not Creationists.

Catholics don't believe in evolution either. It's a private school, they can preach whatever they want.

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Anonymous wrote:The people I know who send their kids there are very socially conservative. Like the wives don’t work because the husbands think that their place is in the home, and the wives are on board with it. From the way they talk the wife sound very subservient to their husbands. They’re also extremely pro life. The school does seem to have strong academics but I imagine it’s a bit of a bubble and that kids are in for a bit of a shock when they get to college and are exposed to different viewpoints.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My neighbors send their kids there & they are very right-wing, anti gay, etc. They do not believe in evolution and believe women should be submissive to men. I know this from their social media posts. They don’t hide or sugar coat these beliefs. The school is very conservative, borderline Christian fundamentalists. I have heard the school is supposed to be pretty strong academically but the hateful beliefs disgust me.

When you say things like this, people will doubt everything in your post. How could such a school keep its accreditation? My DCs do not go to this school, but a neighbor did, and they are not Creationists.

Catholics don't believe in evolution either. It's a private school, they can preach whatever they want.

Actually, we do.

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Anonymous wrote:The people I know who send their kids there are very socially conservative. Like the wives don’t work because the husbands think that their place is in the home, and the wives are on board with it. From the way they talk the wife sound very subservient to their husbands. They’re also extremely pro life. The school does seem to have strong academics but I imagine it’s a bit of a bubble and that kids are in for a bit of a shock when they get to college and are exposed to different viewpoints.

It’s been years since I was connected to the school, but IIRC Seniors have a senior project where they define their beliefs and defend them against other world views. Elementary and middle school children are more sheltered. They teach real science, and the staff is wonderful. Very strong, academically.