Welcome New Families

List of 16 items.

• Receiving email from Trinity

  Parents should expect to receive detailed eNews blasts by email on a monthly basis. To ensure that you continue to receive important notifications, please take a moment to add the email address trinitynews@trinityes.org to your address book or contact list.
  
  

  If you need to make an update or change to your email address, or if you or your spouse is not receiving messages, please contact the school registrar, Isa Dunaway, at isadunaway@trinityes.org.

• School Profile Update

  A School Profile Update must be completed for each student by June 1. This is an annual online form to complete your child(ren)’s registration and enrollment for 2021-2022 and includes requests for:

  • Current Contact and Emergency Information
  • Technology: Computer Loan Agreement & Acceptable Use Policy
  • Course Registration (Sign up with a Scheduler)
  • Alumni and Grandparent Information
  • Parent Volunteer Opportunities
  • Athletic and Outdoor Program Opportunities
  • Titan Closet School Store Purchase Authorization 

  The School Profile Update should take approximately 15-30 minutes to complete for each child enrolled. To access the update, please login to your PowerSchool account, click “Forms” and select the first form under the Profile Update header. (If you have already submitted the Student, Contact and Emergency Information form, please verify that the information is still correct before continuing to the next form.)

   

  All questions about this form can be directed to Isa Dunaway (isadunaway@trinityes.org).

• Course Selection

  All new families will need to reserve a time to meet face to face with an assigned scheduler. These meetings will take place in June, and the deadline to reserve a time is Wednesday, June 1. When you login to PowerSchool to complete the School Profile Update (see above), you will also see a link for “New Student Course Registration.” You will select an available date and time to meet with your scheduler as well as request courses for the school year. Those requests are not final but will help guide the discussion with your scheduler. Courses are not assigned to students on a first-come, first-serve basis Final schedules will be available via PowerSchool on August 1. 

   

  Please have your student review the Course Description Guide ahead of time. It is helpful to know that all students take five year-long academic courses (English, social studies, mathematics, science and world language) each year. Students will also need to select at least two electives. Prior to graduation, students need to take two fine arts courses and one religion course. Students should keep this in mind when making their choices. The primary goal of the course selection process is to create a curriculum that will allow students to grow academically while maintaining balance in their school, home and extracurricular lives. Admission testing, grades and previous coursework will be considered when planning the schedule. A link to summer assignments will be provided in early June.

• Final Transcripts

  To create your student’s official transcript here at Trinity we will need a final, official, year-end transcript from your current school. Please print the Release of Student Records Form and return a signed copy to your current school. This will release the necessary year-end documents to Trinity. 

   

• Student Medical Records (Magnus Health Profile)

  The Magnus Health Portal is now open for new families for submission of medical documents for the 2022-23 school year. All Trinity students are required to complete a Magnus Health Profile, which will include permissions to participate in activities and a space to upload your most recent physical exam (see below). To access the update, please login to your PowerSchool account, click the “Applications” icon and select “Magnus Health” the second form under the Application header. Parents will receive an additional email later this month with detailed instructions about how to access and update their Magnus Health account. However, the portal may be accessed at any time via your PowerSchool account. 

   

  All Trinity students are required to have a physical exam completed and dated AFTER May 1, 2022 by a physician and uploaded to the Magnus Health profile before participating in any on-campus Trinity activity. Please bring the official Trinity Student Physical Exam (PDF) form with you to your exam. 

   

  If you have any questions about completing the physical exam process, please contact Athletic Trainer Mark Hall (markhall@trinityes.org) or School Nurse Suzanne Winefordner (suzannewinefordner@trinityes.org).

• Student Physical Exams

  All returning Trinity students are required to have a physical exam completed and dated AFTER May 1, 2022 by a physician (and uploaded to the Magnus Health profile) before participating in any on-campus Trinity activity in 2022-23. To facilitate this process, Trinity will be hosting one final on-campus school physical session on Wednesday, July 27th from 2:30-5:00 p.m. in the Estes Athletic Center. Dr. Steven G. Reece, of OrthoVirginia, will be on campus performing the physicals.

   

  The cost is $30 and only cash is accepted.  Please register here using this Signup Genius link. 

   

  Questions? Please contact our Athletic Trainer Mark Hall via email at markhall@trinityes.org.

• Athletics

  Athletic practices for most varsity teams begin the week of Monday, August 8. (Football practices begin Monday, August 1.) If your student plans to play a fall sport please review the Fall Athletics Preparation Grid for specific start dates and contact information. Contact Athletic Director Anna Prillaman (annaprillaman@trinityes.org) with questions. 

   

  Completed physical exams and Magnus Health Profile (see above) are required for participation in the summer workouts and for all sports and activities during the school year. 

   

  Beginning in June, on-campus summer strength and conditioning will be available for Trinity athletes. Two evenings per week, incoming students (girls and boys in all sports) will be encouraged to come to the Estes Athletic Center to make new friends and meet new teammates. The official Summer Strength and Conditioning Schedule will be published to the Welcome New Families page of the website in mid-May. Contact Strength and Conditioning Coach Adam Banwarth (adambanwarth@trinityes.org) with questions. 

   

  All Trinity student athletes will complete a Concussion Baseline Test as part of the on-campus preseason training in early August. Contact Athletic Trainer Mark Hall (markhall@trinityes.org) with questions.

• Technology

  MacBooks

  Trinity Episcopal School is pleased and proud to offer all students and faculty members access to a 13-inch Apple MacBook Air laptop computer. We hope that you share our excitement of being able to offer the MacBook computers as an instructional resource to our students and teachers at Trinity. Devices are leased by Trinity through Apple and are loaned to the student for educational purposes for the duration of their Trinity career or until further notice, in accordance with Trinity’s acceptable use policies and rules. All students will be required to purchase a hard case for their device and show evidence of purchase the first week of school. In addition, students will need to bring to school their own headphones for use with the device.

   

  For expectations of care of the device, please review the Computer Loan Agreement (PDF).

   

   

  PowerSchool

  Trinity uses a web- and app-based system called PowerSchool to manage student academic records, schedules and grades. This is also where parents will access, complete and update their School Profile Update and Magnus Health Profiles. This is the same portal that all parents used to complete the enrollment contract when offered admission. New students and parents will be able to view class assignments on PowerSchool in early August.

• Summer Assignments

  Trinity teachers post summer assignments so that incoming students can best prepare for the year. All assignments will be posted to www.trinityes.org/summerassignments no later than Friday, June 3 for the summer of 2022. Summer assignments and course descriptions can now be accessed from within PowerSchool by selecting Other Links (last item in the left navigation). Students: please complete all summer assignments by Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
  
  

  Math Summer Review Packets

   

  EVERY math class (except Intro to Statistics and AP Statistics) will have a Summer Review Packet. They will be posted to the Trinity website by July 1, 2022. All packets will be due on the first day of school. There will be summer math tutorial sessions available to all students as they work through the packets. Information regarding tutorial will also be posted on July 1, 2022.

• Textbooks and School Supplies

  At this time, books are not sold from the Titan Closet campus store. 
  
  USED Textbook Purchases
  The Trinity Parents Association sponsors a Used Textbook Sale in late summer. A portion of the proceeds goes directly to supporting school needs.
  
  NEW Textbook Purchases
  You may purchase new books online through the BNC Direct online bookstore (beginning in July): 
  

  1. Visit https://bnck-12.com/trinityes 
  2. Select Order Your Materials from the menu in the upper right

  3. Check your course(s)

  4. Scroll down to the bottom and click View Your Materials


  If you have questions about the online bookstore, please contact francisdecker@trinityes.org.
  
  

  School Supplies

  Students will need common school supplies -- pens, pencils, looseleaf paper, folders, etc. Students will need a TI-84 Plus Series calculator for all math classes after Algebra 1. Each teacher provides a syllabus in the first week of school that includes a list of specific supplies needed. 

• Orientation Days

  Orientation days will include team-building activities, presentations on community values by student leaders and technology training sessions with Trinity staff. Activities are being planned for both new and returning students during these days. This orientation period will help to build community while allowing students and faculty to get to know one another before we resume our 8-day rotational daily schedule.
  
  Monday, August 15
  All NEW students*
  
  Tuesday, August 16
  ALL students (both NEW and RETURNING)
  
  Wednesday, August 17
  First full day of school for ALL students
  
  
  

  *New Parent Welcome and Orientation Session

  Monday, August 15 (9 a.m.)

• Trinity's Website Login

  How to access the behind-the-password resources on the Trinity website:
  

  1. Go to www.trinityes.org and select Login > Trinity Website
  2. Click "Forgot login or First time logging in?"
  3. Enter the same email address as you use for logging into PowerSchool
  4. Check Username and Password and click SEND

• Parent Directory

  Trinity will publish an online school directory on August 1 that includes the ability to sort parent contact information by ZIP code and locate other Trinity families near you.

• Parking and Drop-off Guidelines

  Drop-off, pick-up and parking guidelines

  In order to provide for efficient and safe traffic flow to and from campus, parents and students are asked to arrive on campus from either Cherokee Road or Wainfleet Drive depending upon the student’s grade level. This pattern is intended to minimize wait time and the need to stop traffic entering campus for those vehicles exiting campus. It is crucial — both to the timeliness of the process and for the safety of all — that all drivers follow the instructions of the traffic attendants. As always, the safety of all of our community members — parents and students, faculty and staff, drivers and pedestrians — is our highest priority, and we need your help to ensure it.

• Daily Schedule & Late-Start Monday

  The daily academic schedule at Trinity follows an eight-day rotation: eight traditional class periods are spread out over eight instructional days, then the rotation begins again. Over those eight days, each course meets six times—with one longer period per day that a teacher may use for activities, science labs, projects or group work. A rotational schedule is not a block schedule, which has a much lower frequency of student/teacher contact. An eight-day rotational schedule gives students broader course selection while maintaining a high degree of frequency of teacher/student contact.
  
  View a printable PDF copy of the Eight-Day Rotational Schedule here. 
  
  The first day of school (Wednesday, August 17) will follow a "DAY 1" schedule. Thursday, August 18 with "DAY 2;" Friday, August 19 will be "DAY 3;" etc.
  
  Late-Start Monday
  

  Every Monday, however, Trinity follows the "Late-Start Monday" schedule, which means students should arrive to Trinity for Morning Meeting at 8:45 a.m., and will be dismissed at 3:15 p.m.
  
  

   

• Dress Code and Approved Trinity Clothing

  The boundaries of Trinity’s dress standard are designed to promote a learning environment and remind students that they are all part of a unified community. The standard allows students the opportunity to express themselves through their dress, but it does not permit any clothing deemed inappropriate. All clothing must be clean, neat, in good condition and worn for the purpose and in the manner for which it was designed.
  
  

  Please review with your students the full, detailed Standard of Dress for 2022-23 (PDF).
  
  

  The Titan Closet is the ONLY approved merchant for Trinity apparel
  
  Parents, please be aware that Trinity does NOT have an online school store. The only merchant that produces and sells official, approved Trinity gear is the Titan Closet, located here on campus in the Estes Athletic Center. Any merchandise or apparel purchased online is not coming from a licensed or approved source, and Trinity will not receive any proceeds from purchases made online. Please note also that official Trinity apparel (including team and club apparel) produced in coordination with the Titan Closet is the only kind of “Trinity tee-shirt” considered an acceptable part of the school’s dress code.

  
  As always, the Titan Closet is stocked full of attractive and school-approved apparel, with new merchandise and designs added seasonally. Please stop in, visit the store’s web page or contact store manager Wendy Williams (wendywilliams@trinityes.org) to learn more.