Our Vision

Dear Friend of Trinity Academy,

Thank you so much for your interest in Trinity Academy and for your willingness to learn more about the mission and vision of our school. I offer you here an overview of the value of Trinity Academy, its focus on academic excellence, and its timely contribution both to our city and to our country in the face of the increasing erosion of academic standards.

The present crisis in educational standards across our nation is immense. Poor reading scores, falling math achievements on national tests, insufficient knowledge of spelling, grammar, history, and geography, crowded classrooms, inferior teaching techniques especially in the mastering of early reading skills, and violence on many grammar school playgrounds are only some of the problems routinely facing parents with school aged children today. It is no longer uncommon for children as old as fifth grade to be unable to read with any degree of fluency, even children from suburban communities.

Routinely children even in high grades in grammar school cannot solve basic math problems without a calculator. They are often streetwise and media informed, but may never read any of the great books of Western literature, and may not know who America’s Founding Fathers were. Schools are slowly forced to lower their standards, soften curriculums and mask the problems our students have developed with concentration skills, and the ability to master challenging material.

Trinity Academy is particularly proud of our unmatched reading scores for all students in grades K-8. In the past year we have scored in the 95% on the Iowa Basics Exam in all reading and math scores for our students in grades K5-8. Our youngest students consistently score two years ahead of their grade level in these tests, four to five years ahead of their grade level in third and fourth grade, and then six years ahead of their grade level by sixth, seventh and eighth grade. These scores are not the product of gifted students. They are the product of finely taught students offered a focused and challenging curriculum which guarantees success in the fundamentals of learning. Our children deserve this kind of academic mastery of reading, spelling and math. Any school can achieve this competence with the correct curriculum and carefully prepared teachers. We are eager to train other schools in how to implement our outstanding curriculum.

Trinity Academy was initially founded to respond directly to the impending crisis in the academic, moral and social milieu of the average American grammar school. More than ever, the need to develop schools determined to provide high-quality education, and ones that will bring about great results in their students is urgent.

Children deserve to be offered a challenging curriculum, the “best” resources education has to offer, within the context of a profoundly loving school community. Our faculty has a great deal of personal integrity and they are prepared to serve youth unselfishly.

On behalf of Trinity Academy, I would also like to address interested potential donors in the mission of our school, and encourage them to understand the significant academic accomplishments of our school. Trinity Academy believes our young people deserve challenging and respectful academic environments where their personalities are free to develop into generous and confident young adults.

We know that Trinity Academy has a great deal to offer to the wider community in educational vision, learning achievement, and curriculum partnerships. Educational excellence is achievable in our schools. We pray that many in the community will see the true value of all that is offered and accomplished daily at Trinity Academy. May Our Lord continue enabling us to offer parents the assistance which they often need for enrollment of their children, help us preserve and improve our campus yearly, and eventually assist us in our vision to offer our outstanding curriculum to other schools throughout our city and beyond.

Sincerely,

Susan J. Mitchell, Dean of Curriculum