Our Mission
Our charge is to challenge Trinity students to discover their paths, develop their talents and strengthen their character within a dynamic academic community.
Philosophy
At Trinity Episcopal School, we believe in:
- providing challenging academics that inspire students to become engaged learners.
- practicing honor and service.
- celebrating the unique potential within each student.
- treating each other with trust and respect.
- fostering partnerships among students, parents, faculty, administrators and staff as colleagues in the process of education.
- integrating life into learning and learning into life.
Realizing
that freedom and individual growth occur best within an environment of
order and mutual respect, Trinity Episcopal School abides by codes of
honor and conduct. We expect students, faculty, parents,
administrators and staff to respect the integrity of the community, to
act responsibly and to support one another for the betterment of each
individual and of the entire school.
An independent coeducational day school for grades 8-12, offering a liberal arts college preparatory education
Founded in 1972 and affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia
Accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Episcopal Schools
The first school in the metropolitan Richmond area to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, a worldwide standard of educational achievement recognized in nearly a hundred countries. Trinity is the only independent school in Richmond offering the IB program.
Enrollment: 415 students who live in 37 different zip codes in central Virginia and came to Trinity from 58 different area schools, nine other states and seven foreign countries.
Average Class Size: 13
Student/Teacher Ratio: 9:1
College Acceptances: Generally 100% of our students attend four-year colleges and universities Colleges accepting Trinity students in recent years include Amherst, Mount Holyoke, United States Military Academy at West Point, Notre Dame, Brandeis, Northwestern, Cornell, Duke, the University of Virginia, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, Rice, Boston University, New York University, Sewanee, Dartmouth, Bucknell, Hampton University, Davidson, Oberlin, Brown, M.I.T., Middlebury, Williams, Washington and Lee, Denison, The College of William and Mary, James Madison, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Juilliard, Rhode Island School of Design, Georgetown and Vanderbilt.
The 35-acre campus is located a stone's throw from the James River, just off the 10600 block of Cherokee Road. It includes 32 classrooms, a 15,000-volume library, six science labs, two permanent and two mobile computer labs, a multimedia lab, a student commons, a theater, two- and three-dimensional art studios, darkroom, digital music production studio, band room, gymnasium and Headmaster's residence. A new athletic and fitness center is under construction and is scheduled for completion in Fall 2010.
Practice and playing fields for football, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, baseball and softball are located on campus, as well as tennis courts and courses for cross-country and track and field. The golf and swim teams are accomodated off campus. Indoor sports facilities on campus include basketball and volleyball courts and a weight and conditioning area.
Headmaster since 1990: Dr. Thomas G. Aycock, B. S. Barton College; M.A.T. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Fifty-two faculty members with 32 graduate degrees. But degrees are just the first step in being a teacher at Trinity. There's the doctor and the lawyers, the reporter; the natives of Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Colombia and Cuba; the teachers who have been here for over 30 years and the newcomers; the writers, the actors, the sculptors, the singers, the master swimmer, the long distance runners, and the nine Trinity alumni. The one thing they all have in common? They love to teach.
