Joe Marshall and Stripes greet students before they enter the AWAC to have their temperature checked.
Dear Trinity Community, Since its beginning in 1951, Trinity was designed to be a haven for young children. A welcoming place for them to learn, to grow, to flourish. We continually strengthen our program and pedagogy with our deep understanding that learning cannot occur unless children feel included, accepted, and loved; safe to take risks and make mistakes; and confident and capable. The wellbeing of our students has been and always will be Trinity’s top priority, and this focus is crucial during a period of crisis. Since last March, the world at large, the United States, and Trinity have been consumed with developing, implementing, and diligently following new health and safety practices to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. I am proud of our school’s response to this impossible situation and am appreciative of our resources, small class sizes, ample facilities, and creative and flexible thinkers who have made it possible for us to conduct on-campus and optional at-home learning. As I have heard many times over the past several months, we are flying the plane as we are building it. While it is not perfect, I see how our teachers, students, and families are adapting to a new way of teaching and learning, and I see them soaring amidst the turbulence. While there will be some long-term changes due to the pandemic and uncertainty remains, we all know that the COVID-19 virus will have an eventual end. Once we overcome this pandemic, we must continue to combat an even bigger and more significant struggle: confronting historic and persistent systemic racial injustice. 4
Throughout Trinity’s history, we have been proactive and have displayed moral courage in our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Our website proudly proclaims: Trinity welcomes children of diverse backgrounds and provides experiences that foster acceptance, mutual respect, trust, and cooperation among the students, their teachers, and their parents. As an inclusive community, we celebrate diversity, multiculturalism, and the value of every individual. Additionally, we strive to have diversity, equity, and inclusion be an ever-present, integrated part of the school day; to value the power of conversation and dialogue; and to embrace an attitude of continual growth and learning. Trinity’s community is enriched by the diversity of its families, teachers, and students. Learning derives from listening to and sharing one another’s stories. Integrated throughout the curriculum, diversity is celebrated throughout the year, and students are encouraged to bring their full selves to school, to ask questions, and to be accepting of each other’s differences as an integral part of a learning community. As our country continues to face its past and efforts to create a more just and fair society for all, Trinity recognizes the critical importance of being intentional in promoting and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment in our school. We have renewed our commitment to examine our policies, practices, and programs through a DEI lens to ensure that we are being inclusive of the experiences of our entire Trinity family. Trinity has formed a DEI Steering Committee to set the
