2022-2023 Annual Report

Trinity School

Elementary Campus & Main Office

Upper Campus

(650) 854-0288

2650 Sand Hill Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Early Childhood Campus

(650) 322-2628

330 Ravenswood Avenue

Menlo Park, CA 94025

MISSION STATEMENT

Trinity School cultivates academic excellence in an environment where each child is known, valued and has their unique voice. The legacy of a Trinity education is a curious mind and a discerning heart.

Matt Allio

A Message from the Head of School

In January of 2023, Trinity was evaluated by a team of educators from the California Association of Independent Schools. This 4-day visit and evaluation is part of our accreditation process and includes a list of notable strengths and areas to focus on. From where I sit, there is a direct link between the following two comments and the support and generosity of our community. Specifically:

• A strong sense of community, collaboration, and collegiality is evident, with joyful energy from all resounding throughout both campuses.

• The intentionality and creativity of the teaching faculty as they meet the needs of individual learners in core academics and visionary co-curricular classes, such as design thinking, are to be commended.

There is a direct link between the support and generosity in our community and the joy, collaboration, sense of community, intentionality, creativity, core academics, and co-curricular classes, as made explicit by the evaluation team.

Your generosity provides the intangible currency we feel to be collaborative, creative, and joyful in our planning. Furthermore, your generosity also provides tangible currency, in the form of real dollars, to strengthen our core academics and co-curricular or specialist classes. Examples of these new programs include the Drama Program (added in 2023), enVision Math (2023), Learning Support Program (2022), Teton Science School (2022), having full-time Teaching Assistants in every classroom (2021), the Design Thinking Program (2020), and Creative Curriculum on the Early Childhood Campus (2023).

Said differently, your generosity and support enable the faculty and leadership at Trinity to plan ambitiously and to thoughtfully and intentionally add new programs. The result is an elevation of experience for every single Trinity student.

I’m genuinely grateful for all your support!

2022/2023 Board of Trustees

Matt Allio, Head of School

Lynne Bramlett

Joel Conkling, Secretary

Britt Eason

Tiffany Griego

Jude Harmon

Maren Jinnett

Ivonne King

Phil Lacroute

Margaret Perrone

Jon Poe

Dan Spors

Salina Sung

Michelle Swenson, Chair

Amy Voedisch

Michelle Swenson

A Message from the Chair of the Board of Trustees

Thank you, Trinity School Community, for everything we collectively accomplished during the 2022–23 school year. Because of two special projects, the year was even busier than usual, and staff, faculty, trustees, and community-at-large rose to that challenge.

The California Association of Independent Schools accreditation process required extensive work by staff, faculty, and trustees and was brilliantly executed. Verbal feedback from visiting Accreditation Committee members, who spent a week at the school, could not have been more glowing. The final written evaluation from the accreditation team was delivered in June, and the school received the maximum accreditation term of seven years.

The Board of Trustees led a rigorous, thoughtful, inclusive, and forward-looking search for a Head of School to replace Matt as he retires at the end of the 2023–24 school year. Thank you to everyone who completed the survey and participated in other opportunities to provide feedback. Special appreciation is due to search committee members who spent many hours on the process. We are excited that Kate Benson will join us in July 2024 to begin her tenure.

Matt Allio, Collette McWilliams, Sue Krishna, Rhonda Gamblin and the entire faculty began to deliver the exciting programmatic vision for Trinity School outlined in the 2023–26 Strategic Plan. With support from faculty, staff, trustees, and parishioners from St. Bede’s and Trinity Churches, we made progress on the development of a future vision for the Trinity School physical campuses.

Thanks to the generosity of parents, grandparents, alums, administration, faculty, and others who generously supported the school, we raised $801,696. Trinity School could only offer exemplary education and retain our fantastic faculty with this critical fundraising support.

Year after year, all of you contribute to making Trinity School the special place it is. I hope everyone has had a great summer, and I look forward to a successful 2023-24 school year.

Salina Sung

A Message from the Trinity Parent Association President

We have been lucky this year to have COVID mostly behind us. We were able to bring back all of the beloved Trinity events in person. We kicked off the year with the first in-person Back-to-School Barbeque since 2019. For more than half of our community it was the first time experiencing this tradition!

“Finance at Trinity,” a pilot presentation provided by Matt Allio to provide more visibility into the school’s operations, was well received. The “Casino Royale” Gala was a great success. We also held our first in-person “Big Help Day,” a volunteer event for Trinity families in April. We assembled care kits for a variety of organizations including Ronald McDonald House and Operation Care and Comfort, and cooked dinner for 120 people. Dinner was delivered by a couple of Trinity families to one of LifeMove’s interim housing locations.

It was a wonderful year to have inperson events and parent volunteers on campus. Thank you to all the parent volunteers and Trinity staff who make all of our events successful!

Trinity School Parent Association 2022/2023

Parent involvement holds immense value at Trinity School, and we take great pride in our volunteers’ essential role in fostering strong connections between parents, teachers, and students. Whether you dedicate just one hour per year or take on a leadership position, we wholeheartedly welcome and sincerely appreciate your active engagement and support.

2022/2023 TPA BOARD

Paul Buttery, Elementary Campus Events Liaison

Matthew Burt, Prior President

Danielle Conkling, Secretary

Kaitlyn DePristo, Teacher Appreciation Liaison

Venice Garperio, Giving Co-Chair

Maria Kalinina, Early Childhood Campus Events Liaison

Ivonne King, Vice President

Tom Lee, Admissions/New Parent Liaison

Vy Mathur, Giving Co-Chair

Lauren Ralph, Room Parent Liaison

Salina Sung, President

TRINITY PARENT ASSOCIATION BENEFIT

Trinity School Gala: Casino Royale

The Trinity School community came together for an exhilarating evening filled with joy and celebration at our annual spring fundraiser, Trinity School Gala: Casino Royale. We are immensely grateful for the overwhelming generosity of our community, as the event successfully raised an impressive $226,033. Our heartfelt appreciation goes to the exceptional gala chairs, Venice Asuncion and Vy Mathur, for orchestrating an incredible and unforgettable night!

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO OUR SPONSORS AND BENEFIT UNDERWRITERS:

Casino Royale Co-Chairs

Venice Asuncion

Vy Mathur

Casino Royale Gala Committee

Shan Gao

Ivonne King

Alice Li

Yan Luo

Royal Flush Sponsors

Alice Li and Gary Guo

Lingjuan Peng and Yanlin Li

Venice Asuncion and Warren Garperio

4-of- a-Kind Sponsors

First Republic Bank

Vy and Anuj Mathur

Full House Sponsors

Jennifer Burns and Nick Cizek

Ravi Mohanavelu and Sindhu Chandran

Yoyo Ye and Tom Chen

Ayaan and Niall Ferguson

Maria Kalinina and Vasily Shikin

The Village Doctor

Corporate Donors and Sponsors

Canyon Ranch

Cooper-Garrod Vineyards and Garrod Farms

Duncan Taylor

Hood & Strong

Ladera Oaks Swim and Tennis Club

Murphy’s Entertainment

Nagi Palle

Taste Nutrition Services

Vallarino Events

2022/2023 FINANCIAL STATEMENT

REVENUE: $7,286,359

Tuition = 80.3%

Contributions = 11%

Auxiliary Programs = 3.6%

Investments = 5.1%

EXPENSES: $6,564,463

Personnel = 74%

Facilities = 13.5%

Financing = 1.6%

Administrative = 4.7%

Instructional = 6.2%

Each year, dedicated volunteers reach out to the parent community to ask parents to support the Trinity School Annual Fund campaign. We are deeply grateful to the 2022/2023 Class Captains for their ongoing commitment to Trinity School. We give special thanks to our Annual Fund Chair Ivonne King, and the excellent Development Committee for all their hard work throughout the year!

Annual Fund Chair

Ivonne King

PS 2’s Class Captain

Gizem Ozbay

PS 3’s Class Captain

Maria Kalinina

TK Class Captain

Haichen Liu

Kindergarten Class Captain

Ilana Morady

Grade One Class Captain

Paul Buttery

Grade Two Class Captain

Alice Li

Grade Three Class Captain

Anu Vasanth

Grade Four Class Captain

Afreen Ali

Grade Five Class Captain

Jennie Kim

THANK YOU 2022/2023 ANNUAL FUND DONORS!

Your gifts enrich the daily lives of Trinity students!

CURRENT PARENTS

Pine Room

Anonymous (2)

Alana O’Grady and Leon Alexis-Lauk

Quynh and Jason Cline

Japneet and Ross Giglio

Nishant and Deepa Goyal

Qiming Yuan and Lu Guo

Xu Ha and Jia Zhao

Yanlin Li and Lingjuan Peng

Yuan Lin and Lin Xu

Gizem and Burak Ozbay

Jiangwei Pan and Han Zhang

Ao Peng and Zibo Zhao

Daniel and Alyan Schwartz

Laurel Room

Zhenfang Ye and Xiaohui Chen

Grace and Kit Ellis

Shan Gao and Sanjay Rao

Xi Chen and Chao Guo

Maria Kalinina and Vasily Shikin

Sandie and Brad Kulick

Lauren and Gianluca Milano

Ilana Morady and Matthew Stevenson

Wen Pu and Lexie Zhang

Kanu Gulati and Gaurav Shah

Liting Shen and Shidan Wu

Rahul Thathoo and Garima Singh

Yifei Mao and Dan Zhang

Yue Lu and Bo Zhao

Biyun Shao and Zicong Zhou

Tierra Room

Yi Ding and Dongbo Zhang

Ayaan and Niall Ferguson

Feng Gao and Qiaoyan Zhao

Xu Ha and Jia Zhao

Jill and Eric Hartnett

Xuan Li and Dan Zhang

Danhong Wang and Haichen Liu

Jiawei Lv and Qi Yan

Alice Chen and Jason Tsai

Wensheng Mao and Zhe Xiong

Anna and Davis White

Raymond Win and Genevieve Yu

Lauren Ralph and Erik Wolsheimer

Yiting and Zhicheng Xu

Jinming You and Jing Wang

Star Xu and Yi Zhang

Kindergarten

Matthew Burt and Patrick Chung

Nick Cizek and Jennifer Burns

Nishant and Deepa Goyal

Alice Li and Gary Guo

Phil Lacroute and Salina Sung

Yuan Lin and Lin Xu

Christine and Jordan Lustig

Anuj and Vy Mathur

Lifeng Miao and Qian Xu

Ilana Morady and Matthew Stevenson

Wen Pu and Lexie Zhang

Dilli Babu Radhakrishnan and Gajalakshmi

Dakshinamoorthy

Rohini and Aneesh Venkat

Biyun Shao and Zicong Zhou

Grade One

Martha and Alejandro Andrade

Takahiro Baba

Heidi and Paul Buttery

Franck and Monica Chastagnol

Zhenfang Ye and Xiaohui Chen

Jennifer and Jae Cho

Kaitlyn and Mark DePristo

Weimin Ma and Xu Ding

Jamal and Britt Eason

Heidi Gonzalez

Maria Kalinina and Vasily Shikin

William Lee and Patricia Lin

Yanlin Li and Lingjuan Peng

Teresa Mota and Diogo Almeida

Ao Peng and Zibo Zhao

Wim Sohier and Sophie

Boutelegier

Amy Voedisch and Nader

Mousavi

Nathaniel and Kyuhee Voorhies

Lauren Ralph and Erik Wolsheimer

Grade Two

Maria Bagniewska and Jas

Bagniewski

Zhenfang Ye and Xiaohui Chen

Alice Li and Gary Guo

Yan Luo and Fei Guo

Shyvonne Lewis

Hang Li and Lu Shu

Vanessa and Michael Maffia

Anuj and Vy Mathur

Maryam Panahiazer and Christopher Thomas

Alice Chen and Jason Tsai

Jie Yu and Jingping Yuan

Star Xu and Yi Zhang

Grade Three

Jennifer and Kyle Burkett

Matthew Burt and Patrick Chung

Kaitlyn and Mark DePristo

Grace and Kit Ellis

Daniella Equi and JP Ferri

Gizem and Burak Ozbay

Matthew and Meghan Reynolds

Sandeep Bhonsle and Vidula Shinde

Anupama Vasanth and Dhamodar Ramanathan

Jackie and Rafik Ward

Jiena Li and Qi Zhong

Grade Four

Anonymous

Afreen Ali and Syed Arij

Xianjing Cao

Sindhu Chandran and Ravi Mohanavelu

Franck and Monica Chastagnol

Nick Cizek and Jennifer Burns

Joel and Danielle Conkling

Lori and Matthew Eichner

Alice Li and Gary Guo

Proud Trinity Supporters

Ivonne and Leif King

Phil Lacroute and Salina Sung

Peter Li and Eleni Linos

Anna Quijano and Jonathan Jenkins

Sandesh and Sharmila Raikar

Matthew and Meghan Reynolds

Connie Wang and Jasper Chan

Lauren Ralph and Erik Wolsheimer

Merrett and Sarah Wong

Grace Yu and Daniel Bernstein

THANK YOU 2022/2023 ANNUAL FUND DONORS! Your gifts enrich the daily lives of Trinity students!

Grade Five

Maria Bagniewska and Jas Bagniewski

Jennifer and Kyle Burkett

Nicky Jackson Colaco and Antoine Colaco

Daniella Equi and JP Ferri

Eric Evans and Arzu Ozkan

Ayaan and Niall Ferguson

Jennie Kim and Thomas Lee

Vanessa and Michael Maffia

Sandra Molina and Victor Vargas

Sergio Moreno

Wim Sohier and Sophie Boutelegier

Po Szeto and Kai Tse

Amy Voedisch and Nader

Mousavi

Nathaniel and Kyuhee Voorhies

GRANDPARENTS

Lin Hilton

Proud Trinity Supporters

Gail Rivest

Bill Voedisch and Laurie Carlson

Nora and Douglas Voorhies

Mark and Leslie Workman

PARENTS OF ALUMNI

Nicky Jackson Colaco and Antoine Colaco

Joel and Danielle Conkling

Betsy Cregger and David Silverman

Kaitlyn and Mark DePristo

C.J. and Heather Fitzgerald

Patrick and Tina Fu

Tiffany Griego and Jed Crowe

Raj and Suzanne Jain

Eric and Anne Kastner

William Lee and Patricia Lin

Claudia Lopez Rivera

Vanessa and Michael Maffia

David and Johanna Mahal

Heather Maxwell

Kristine Petermeier

Anna Quijano and Jonathan Jenkins

Lady Reyes

Michelle Swenson

Kimberly Thacker

Po Szeto and Kai Tse

Alexander Williams

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Matt Allio

Lynne and Jim Bramlett

Tiffany Griego and Jed Crowe

Maren Jinnett

Ivonne and Leif King

Phil Lacroute and Salina Sung

Jonathan Poe

Michelle Swenson

Amy Voedisch and Nader Mousavi

FACULTY AND STAFF

Anonymous (7)

Ralph Ackermann

Amber Alkofer

Matt Allio

Anna Bykov

Xianjing Cao

Bim Cleland

Amy Della Maggiora

Carly Farfaglia

Michelle Flach

Rhonda Gamblin

Heidi Gonzalez

Michelle Hinshaw

Denise Jison

Yonas Kameda

Samantha Kinley

Sue and Jay Krishna

Heather Maxwell

Alison McKee

Colette McWilliams

Jenny Nakagawa

Krystin Neuenfeldt

Lesle Olmos Vera

Kristine Petermeier

Anna Quijano and Jonathan Jenkins

Lady Reyes

Linda Rutherford

Cody Schaffner

Rebecca Schoenstein

Alexandra Steele

Kimberly Thacker

Pal Thinnappan

Alexander Williams

Olivia Wu Tait

Matching Gift Companies

We sincerely thank the following organizations for collaborating with our donors to support Trinity School.

Abbott Labs

Adobe Airbnb

Amazon Smile Foundation

Apple CBRE

Charles Schwab

Dennis Uniform Manufacturing

Genentech

Google

Honey Bear Trees

Instacart

Intuitive Surgical

LinkedIn Netflix

Pinterest

Sanofi

SurveyMonkey

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Zoom Video Communications

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2023!

CONGRATULATIONS to the class of 2023 and all their accomplishments, including excellent middle school placement, during this extraordinary year. Trinity’s Grade 5 matriculation process is a seminal experience for Grade 5 students—now celebrated as graduates. The results for our Grade 5 students are excellent, and they will proudly attend a wide range of middle schools for 2022–2023. The following list represents the accomplishments of Grade 5 students over their entire tenure at Trinity for 2022–2023.

Our 2023 graduates will be attending the following schools next year:

Crystal Springs Upland Schools—1

Priory—5

Harker—1

Menlo—1

Silicon Valley International School—1

Dragon School—1

Girls Middle School—2

Mirman School—1

Nativity Catholic School—1

Sacred Heart School—3