Trinity Christian Academy (Addison, Texas)
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| Motto | Educating and Developing the Whole Person for the Glory of God |
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| Contact Information | Phone: 972.931.8325 Fax: 972.931.8923 |
| Established | 1970 |
| Type | Conservative Christian |
| Principal | (Headmaster) David Delph |
| Location | 17001 Addison Rd. Addison, TX USA |
| District | Private |
| Enrollment | Approx. 1,511 students |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 12th |
| Publication | The Parents Page & The Rock Magazine |
| Mascot | Trojan |
| Website | http://www.trinitychristian.com |
Trinity Christian Academy is a conservative multidenominational parochial Christian school in Addison, Texas, a northern Dallas suburb of about 14,000. It is commonly reffered to simply as Trinity or TCA (to distinguish it from Trinity Christian School of Cedar Hill, Texas).
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[edit] Mission
"Trinity Christian Academy is an independent coeducational school that offers Christian families and their children a demanding college preparatory curriculum within a Christian community committed to integrating Biblical faith and learning. The school desires to educate the whole person for the glory of God by helping equip each student to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, and to become a faithful disciple of Him."[1]
[edit] School
The school is currently running a capital improvements campaign to raise money to build a performing arts center and a new athletics complex.[2]
Tuiton varies from $8,200 for Kindergarten ($5,200 for half day) to $12,000 for 12th grade.[2]
The headmaster is David Delph. The school describes itself as, "evangelical, interdenominational... [and having] selective admission."[citation needed]
Of the 1,511 students, 556 are in the "lower school" or elementary school, while 471 are in middle school and 484 in "upper school" which is the high school equivalent. The faculty sums up to 154 and the financial budget to $US 16,000,000; the school is debt free. The community enjoys an over 40 acre campus and 17% of students receive financial aid which total 2.3 million US$ in awards annually. There are 13 interscholastic sports and 54 athletic teams. The school completes with other private and parochial schools in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) league, district 5A.
In addition to traditional subjects, visual arts, drama, band, choir are also available as fine arts courses. 100% of graduates attend college.
The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Dallas evangelicals came together to form a school in 1968 and in 1970 Trinity opened its doors in a makeshift school in a church with 80 students as a grades 9-12 high school. In 1976 the school moved to its current location in Addison which was then mostly rural farmland but is now sprawling suburbia.
[edit] Expulsion of gay student
The school received national media attention when the administration outed and expelled student James Barnett for "immoral behavior [being gay] and supporting an immoral cause [his gay themed website]," [3][4] after a fellow student informed the school. James had created the gay youth themed social networking website my-boi.com.
[edit] Notes
- ^ School Website with mission statement
- ^ a b See the relevant sections of the school website
- ^ Houston Voice Article
- ^ The Point Foundation article: High School Honor Student Expelled from Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, TX, for Being Gay
[edit] External link
- Trinity Christian Academy official website
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