Trinity Valley School
| Trinity Valley School | |
|---|---|
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| Motto | Per Aspera Ad Astra |
| Established | 1959 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Gary Krahn Ph.D. |
| Academic staff | 89 |
| Students | 964 |
| Location | Fort Worth, TX, United States of America |
| Campus | 75 acres |
| Colors | Columbia blue, white, and medium blue |
| Mascot | Trojan |
| Website | http://www.trinityvalleyschool.org |
Trinity Valley School ("TVS") is an independent, coed, college preparatory school serving grades K-12 in southwest Fort Worth, Texas. Today Trinity Valley School is firmly established as a kindergarten-through-grade 12 independent college preparatory school with a total student enrollment of approximately 940 boys and girls.
History
Trinity Valley School was founded in 1959 by George Bragg and Stephen Seleny. They were inspired to start a liberal arts school while on a tour of Europe with the Texas Boys Choir. Seleny became the school's first headmaster, a position he held until 1994. Initially, it was an all-boys school. Girls were first admitted in 1971.[1]
Philosophy
Toward the attainment of the first of the above goals, the school maintains high academic standards. The curriculum is designed to prepare students for any college or university that fits the ability of the individual.
College entrance, however, is not its sole objective. Trinity Valley School encourages intellectual curiosity because the school believes that the recognition of quality is more important than the accumulation of facts. The school seeks to develop mastery of ideas as well as of skills, respect for intelligence as well as for cleverness, and a capacity for understanding as well as for learning. In the belief that a breadth of general interests and abilities is vital for leaders of the future, the school encourages every extracurricular activity for which there is a demand.
Trinity Valley School recognizes that intelligent and purposeful discipline is a prerequisite of not only a sound academic atmosphere but a necessary part of the training for responsible citizenship as well. Administrators rely in part on the good judgment of the students and give them responsibility as student discipline judges and as members of a student government. The individual rights of a student are respected and protected while, at the same time, he or she learns that he must be responsible for his or her own actions.
Finally, Trinity Valley School believes that neither fine scholarship nor wide interests nor intelligent citizenship will bear good fruit unless they are sustained by a belief in moral values. Although the school is non-denominational, it tries to foster respect for and belief in the moral and ethical values in today's society. The school seeks to respect all beliefs.
References
- ↑ The TVS Story, accessed 4 July 2012.