Trinity Prep Summer Programs

This course is open to sophomores and above. “Ethics: Christianity and Film” is a study of one of today's most popular art forms and how spiritual content can be discovered within. Students will explore the history and development of film as art and popular culture and learn to be better-informed consumers of movies. Among topics covered will be how Biblical material is dealt with in film, from the earliest days of movies until today; how both obvious and subtle spiritual issues are dealt with in movies; and how movies can be a springboard for discussion of today's large ethical and religious questions. Basic film terminology and topics related to film as an academic field will be studied, and students will choose a topic related to the course theme for a major project. This elective meets the ½ credit social science ethics and religion requirement for graduation.

Students learn the skills they need to become health literate, maintain and improve health, prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors. The curriculum includes units on mental, emotional, social, and family health; growth and development; nutrition; personal health; alcohol, tobacco, and drugs; communicable and chronic diseases; consumer and community health; and injury prevention and safety. Upper school students who have not yet received credit for this course can take it during the fall or spring semester. This course satisfies the graduation requirement.

Honors Geometry will cover the basics of Euclidean geometry, including lines, planes, angles, triangles, polygons, circles, area, volume, similarity, congruence, geometric inequalities, constructions, transformation, and logic. Students will also gain an understanding of deductive methods of reasoning and practice critical thinking skills through the study of geometric proofs. Prequisite: B+ or higher in Honors Algebra I and permission of the current mathematics teacher/department chair.

This course combines face to face instruction with remote instruction. This course is designed to increase the students’ personal fitness level through daily exercise and training, giving students the knowledge and desire to establish personal health and fitness programs, helping them realize that daily physical activity will increase their energy level and productivity, and providing lifetime fitness activities. The goal of this course is to provide participants an overall health and wellness awareness that will lead to behavior change. This course satisfies the graduation requirement.

This course combines face to face instruction with remote instruction. This course is designed to increase the students’ personal fitness level through daily exercise and training, giving students the knowledge and desire to establish personal health and fitness programs, helping them realize that daily physical activity will increase their energy level and productivity, and providing lifetime fitness activities. The goal of this course is to provide participants an overall health and wellness awareness that will lead to behavior change. This course satisfies the graduation requirement.

Social Media and Ethics (semester – grades 10-12) This course fulfills the Social Science (ethics) ½ credit for graduation. This course provides students with an introduction to ethical theory as it applies to users and consumers of social media. Students will explore the possibilities, limitations, rhetoric, history, and ethical uses of social media through hands-on experience, case studies, timely readings, and class discussions. Students will demonstrate their learning through a series of collaborative and creative projects that integrate various social media platforms.

This course is offered to rising sixth grade students prior to taking Math Concepts. This course will offer a review of operations, using fractions, decimals, integers and order of operations. It is designed to help students refresh previous concepts so that they can enter sixth grade with confidence, with the skills necessary for a successful year.

This course is offered prior to taking Pre-Algebra. Students will review concepts covered the previous year in math, allowing them to enter Pre-Algebra feeling confident and ready to apply and build upon their prior knowledge, deepen their conceptual understanding, grow as problem solvers, and solidify a strong foundation for continued mathematical learning.

This course is offered prior to taking Algebra IB or Algebra I. Students will review concepts covered in Pre-Algebra, allowing them to enter Algebra I feeling confident and ready to apply and build upon their prior knowledge, deepen their conceptual understanding, grow as problem solvers, and solidify a strong foundation for continued mathematical learning.

There are many skills that are needed to become successful throughout middle school and beyond. Many of these skills are learned in the classroom along the way, but what about the skills needed for that work behind the scenes? Middle School Steps to Success is designed with those hidden skills in mind. During the course of the week, students will work on mastering effective study skills, organization, time management, keyboarding, document formatting, and even opening a combination lock!

Trinity Preparatory School is proud to offer a summer intensive program in speech and debate. This is for grades 7-12. Our program will focus on the skills and techniques necessary for successful competition regardless of ability or level, with participants leaving prepared for their upcoming speech and debate season. Students may choose to work in speech or debate, choosing the event they plan on competing in the upcoming school year. Individual events students will leave with a piece ready for competition or ready to compete to elimination rounds in extemporaneous speaking. Debate students will learn skills such as card cutting, case construction, and how to research to garner the results they seek in competition season.