School Profile 2019-2020 - Trinity Christian School
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ENROLLMENT Preschool-12th Grade: 303 Secondary School Enrollment: 85 Class of 2019: 11 Percentage accepted to college: 100% CONTACT David Rowe, M.Ed. Head of School [email protected] Joshua McCroskey, M.A.T.S. Secondary School Principal [email protected] Linda Kawakami, M.LS, M.Ed. Director of Advancement and College Advisor 808-690-9525 [email protected] INTRODUCTION Trinity Christian School is a Christ-centered, classical school committed to partnering with parents to engage the minds and transform the lives of students for the glory of God. Accreditation Trinity Christian School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools (HAIS) and is a member of the Association of Classical & Christian Schools (ACCS). Grade Point Average The GPA is computed annually and cumulatively. All courses except Team Sports and Drama Performance are included in the GPA. Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors courses are weighted. Trinity does not rank its students. Curriculum Trinity Christian School’s curriculum is a rigorous college preparatory program. All students are required to enroll in a comprehensive core of classes. Trinity follows the classical pedagogy where students move through the natural stages of learning, with mastery in the intellectual skills of memorization, logical argument and presentation. Studies include classic works of Western civilization and Socratic dialogue. The culmination of a Trinity education is a two-week Grand Tour of Europe and a senior thesis presentation. Debate is a graduation requirement, and TCS has sent both speech and debate teams to the National finals. Community Service Graduates of Trinity Christian School must have completed a minimum of 100 hours of community service. Hours are evenly distributed among the community, school, and a local church. SCHOOL PROFILE 875 AULOA ROAD & 1110 KAILUA ROAD | 808-262-8501 | WWW.TCSKAILUA.NET | CEEB Code: 120186
Transcript of School Profile 2019-2020 - Trinity Christian School
ENROLLMENT
Preschool-12th Grade: 303Secondary School Enrollment: 85Class of 2019: 11Percentage accepted to college: 100%
CONTACT
David Rowe, M.Ed.Head of [email protected] McCroskey, M.A.T.S.Secondary School [email protected] Kawakami, M.LS, M.Ed.Director of Advancement and College [email protected]
INTRODUCTION
Trinity Christian School is a Christ-centered, classical school committed to partnering with parents to engage the minds and transform the lives of students for the glory of God.
AccreditationTrinity Christian School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools (HAIS) and is a member of the Association of Classical & Christian Schools (ACCS).Grade Point AverageThe GPA is computed annually and cumulatively. All courses except Team Sports and Drama Performance are included in the GPA. Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors courses are weighted. Trinity does not rank its students.CurriculumTrinity Christian School’s curriculum is a rigorous college preparatory program. All students are required to enroll in a comprehensive core of classes. Trinity follows the classical pedagogy where students move through the natural stages of learning, with mastery in the intellectual skills of memorization, logical argument and presentation. Studies include classic works of Western civilization and Socratic dialogue. The culmination of a Trinity education is a two-week Grand Tour of Europe and a senior thesis presentation.Debate is a graduation requirement, and TCS has sent both speech and debate teams to the National fi nals.Community ServiceGraduates of Trinity Christian School must have completed a minimum of 100 hours of community service. Hours are evenly distributed among the community, school, and a local church.
SCHOOL PROFILE
875 AULOA ROAD & 1110 KAILUA ROAD | 808-262-8501 | WWW.TCSKAILUA.NET | CEEB Code: 120186
College AttendanceThe following is a list of colleges attended by Trinity graduates. 94.4% of all our graduates attend college after graduation.Two-year collegesKapiolani Community College – 3Windward Community College – 7
Four-year collegesAmerican UniversityAzusa Pacifi c UniversityBenedictine UniversityBiola UniversityCalifornia Polytech State UniversityCentral Michigan UniversityCincinnati Christian UniversityColorado State UniversityConcordia University IrvineCorban UniversityCovenant CollegeDallas Baptist UniversityGeorge Fox UniversityGrand Canyon UniversityHawaii Pacifi c University – 3New Saint Andrews CollegeNorthwestern CollegeOregon State UniversityPacifi c Lutheran UniversityPatrick Henry College
Point Loma Nazarene University – 3Portland State University – 2Saint Louis UniversityTexas A&M University Texas Lutheran UniversityTrinity UniversityTrinity Western University – 2University of Colorado,
Colorado SpringsUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa – 9University of MichiganUniversity of Oklahoma – 2University of OregonUniversity of Pennsylvania, WestchesterUniversity of PortlandUniversity of RichmondUniversity of UtahWestmont CollegeWheaton College – 2
DepartmentsTheologyWriting/RhetoricLiteratureMathematicsScienceHistoryForeign LanguagePhysical EducationFine Arts/Electives
Total Credits
224334213
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Required
Graduation Requirements
ElectivesSpeech & Debate: one year is required of all students.Physical Education: two years of PE or one year of PE and twoextracurricular sports is required of all students.Fine Arts (any of the following): Art I & II, Art (Honors), Choir, Drama Performance, Yearbook/Journalism, Photography.Other Electives: Speech & Debate (Honors), Civics/Economics, Leadership.Team Sports++
Boys’ Varsity volleyball, basketball, soccer, cross countryGirls’ Varsity volleyball, basketball, soccer, cross country† By teacher invitation only++ 68% of all students participate in athletics
High School Course Off erings for Class of 2020
*D grades are not issued
100 A+88-89 B+78-79 C+69 or below F
93-99 A82-87 B72-77 C
90-92 A-80-81 B-70-71 C-
Grading Scale*
Subject 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade
History Modern History I Ancient History II Medieval History II Modern History II
Mathematics° Algebra I/Geometry Algebra II Algebra II/
Pre-CalculusAP Statistics/
Calculus (Honors)
Literature Modern Literature II Ancient Literature II Medieval
Literature II Modern Literature II
Science Introductory Physics Biology Chemistry Anatomy
Theology Systematic Theology I
Systematic Theology II Poets & Epistles Christian Apologetics
Writing/Rhetoric Writing II: Thesis Writing III: Research Pre-Rhetoric Rhetoric:
Senior Thesis
Foreign Language° Latin II Latin III/Japanese I Latin Readings I/
Japanese IILatin Readings II/
Japanese III
° 7th grade takes Pre-Algebra and Introductory Latin, and 8th Grade takes Intro to Algebra/Algebra I and Latin I, respectively.
