Middle School Grades 7– 8
Our faculty and staff partner with families to provide an appropriate balance of challenge and support for our Middle Schoolers as they learn to recognize and develop their God-given gifts. In addition to the core academic areas of math, science, language arts, and history, Trinity Middle School students take classes in Latin, Bible, art, music, drama, physical education, and logic. Learning experiences in the Middle School are designed to stretch students intellectually and creatively. Using primary sources and classic literature, experiment and investigation, teachers introduce students to the “big questions” and teach them to inquire, research, and think for themselves. Trinity Middle equip them for a lifetime of intellectual and personal engagement.
A Nurturing Environment Trinity’s Middle School is a warm, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate environment where students are free to grow and to make mistakes. Our faculty and staff work together to provide a good balance of challenge and support as our Middle Schoolers learn to recognize and develop their individual strengths and talents. Trinity’s safe, supportive atmosphere encourages students’ intellectual, personal, and spiritual growth, and our school counselor is available to help students and their families navigate the sometimes challenging middle school years. Our Middle School schedule is not rushed. There is a smooth and purposeful flow to the day, with time built in not just for studies but also for social interaction, an important part of students’ personal development, giving students the time and space to learn and grow.
Relationships At Trinity, we know our students. Middle School homerooms have 14–18 students. With small classes and teachers who also often serve as coaches or lead cocurricular activities, students don’t fall between the cracks. Teachers know their students personally, and the students feel heard and respected by them. Trinity teachers love what they do, but more importantly they love their students. In the classroom, in the halls, on the court or the field, they are there to listen and to guide our Middle Schoolers as they begin to discover who they are and who God has meant for them to be.
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Beyond the Classroom Middle School life is more than just what happens in the classroom. At Trinity, our students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of cocurricular activities that help them find their passions and grow in physical, personal, and spiritual maturity. Team involvement is a strong component of our Middle School. We have a full athletic program, with interscholastic teams in soccer, basketball, swimming, tennis, golf, cross-country, volleyball, baseball, and track and field. Our strong music program for Middle Schoolers includes choral, band, and strings ensembles, and students can also participate close up: onstage or behind-the-scenes in our annual Middle School plays. Weekly student-led chapels help build community while growing Middle Schoolers spiritually. We recognize that having the opportunity to spend unhurried time with their peers is crucial to our Middle Schoolers’ social and personal development. Trinity sponsors a variety of social activities for Middle School students throughout the year, such as dances and movie nights. Students also are encouraged to participate in service-learning projects that help them to look beyond themselves as they work together to “give back” in meaningful ways to their communities. Parents tell us that Trinity’s Middle School is a place where their children can know and be known, where their students’ minds and hearts, gifts and talents are nurtured and flourish. Come visit our campus and experience for yourself the caring and supportive community that is Trinity Middle School.
“To me, Trinity’s strengths are its amazing teachers, tight-knit community, and its desire to respect its students and get their feedback on important issues. Trinity’s teachers are truly dedicated to their craft, and love the subjects they teach with all their heart. They are helpful and patient, and form long-lasting bonds with students. Trinity’s community is also an amazing thing. We all know and love each other, and truly see one another as brothers and sisters in Christ. I also think that Trinity is strong in that it respects its students’ opinions. I know some people think the surveys about the political climate or learning environments are silly, but to me they show how involved the school is in issues students are facing and a willingness to help them or hear them out.” Trinity Student