Trinity Christian Academy (Addison, Texas)

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Trinity Christian Academy

Educating and Developing the Whole Person for the Glory of God
17001 Addison Rd. Addison, TX, USA
Information
School district	Private
Head teacher	(Headmaster) David Delph
Enrollment	Approx. 1,511
Type	Conservative Christian
Mascot	Trojan
Publication	The Parents Page & The Rock Magazine & Trinity Today (published three times a year)
Established	1970
Homepage	http://www.trinitychristian.com http://www.trinitychristian.com

Trinity Christian Academy, Master Plan

Trinity Christian Academy is a conservative multidenominational parochial Christian school in Addison, Texas, a northern Dallas suburb of about 14,000. It is commonly referred to simply as Trinity, TCA, or TC-Addison (the latter to distinguish it from the similarly-named Trinity Christian School in Cedar Hill, Texas).

1 Mission
2 School
3 James Barnett controversy
4 Notable alumni
5 References
6 External links

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]

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]

Tuition 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 $US 16,000,000; the school is debt-free, unlike most private schools. The school raises money for any new project and does not go into debt. Fortunately, the school receives many donations from people closely associated with the school. The community enjoys an over 40 acre campus and 17% of students receive financial aid which total 2.3 million US$ in awards annually.

There are 13 interscholastic sports and 54 athletic teams. The school competes with other private and parochial schools in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) league, in the largest classification level of 6A, where it won state championships in 2006 for both varsity baseball and wrestling, and placed 2nd in football and volleyball. On November 10, 2007, the TCA girls volleyball team returned to the TAPPS class 6A state title game and came away with a 3-1 victory.

In addition to traditional subjects, visual arts, drama, band, choir are also available as fine arts courses. 99% 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.

James Barnett controversy

Main article: James Barnett

The school received national media attention when the administration expelled student James Barnett for "immoral behavior and supporting an immoral cause", namely being gay and running the gay-themed website my-boi.com,^[3]^[4] after a fellow student informed the school.