TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (ADDISON, TEXAS)

'Trinity Christian Academy' is a conservative multidenominational parochial Christian school in Addison, Texas, a northern Dallas suburb of about 14,000. It is commonly referred to simply as ''Trinity'' or ''TCA'' (to distinguish it from Trinity Christian School of Cedar Hill, Texas).

Contents

Mission

School

James Barnett controversy

Notes

External links

Mission

"''Trinity Christian Academy'' is an independent coeducational school that offers Christian families and their children a demanding college preparatory curriculum within a Christian community committed to integrating Biblical faith and learning. The school desires to educate the whole person for the glory of God by helping equip each student to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, and to become a faithful disciple of Him.^[1]

School

The school is currently running a capital improvements campaign to raise money to build a performing arts center and a new athletics complex.^[2]
Tuiton varies from $8,200 for Kindergarten ($5,200 for half day) to $12,000 for 12th grade.²
The headmaster is David Delph. The school describes itself as, "''evangelical, interdenominational... [and having] selective admission.''"
Of the 1,511 students, 556 are in the "lower school" or elementary school, while 471 are in middle school and 484 in "upper school" which is the high school equivalent. The faculty sums up to 154 and the financial budget to $US 16,000,000; the school is debt free. The community enjoys an over 40 acre campus and 17% of students receive financial aid which total 2.3 million US$ in awards annually. There are 13 interscholastic sports and 54 athletic teams. The school completes with other private and parochial schools in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) league, in the largest classification level of 6A, where it won state championships in 2006 for both varsity baseball and wrestling, and placed 2nd in football.
In addition to traditional subjects, visual arts, drama, band, choir are also available as fine arts courses. 100% of graduates attend college.
The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Dallas evangelicals came together to form a school in 1968 and in 1970 Trinity opened its doors in a makeshift school in a church with 80 students as a grades 9-12 high school. In 1976 the school moved to its current location in Addison which was then mostly rural farmland but is now sprawling suburbia.

James Barnett controversy

Main articles: James Barnett

The school received national media attention when the administration expelled student James Barnett for "''immoral behavior [being gay] and supporting an immoral cause [his gay themed website],''"^[3][4] after a fellow student informed the school. James had created the gay youth themed social networking website my-boi.com.

Notes

1. School Website with mission statement
2. See the relevant sections of the school website
3. Houston Voice Article
4. 'The Point Foundation' article: ''High School Honor Student Expelled from Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, TX, for Being Gay''

External links

★ Trinity Christian Academy official website