Course registration packets for next year were distributed during advisory on Thursday, March 31. Advisers and teachers will help students with the registration process. Please review, sign, and return the completed registration form no later than Tuesday, April 12. A digital copy of the 2016-17 Curriculum Guide can be accessed in Canvas; select "Resources" and then select "TPS Students" or "TPS Parents" in the left navigation bar.
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STUDENT REGISTRATION
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CELEBRATE HEADMASTER MAUGHAN - RSVP NOW
Celebrate Headmaster Maughan's 23 years of service to Trinity Prep at Lunch on the Lawn, April 30, 11:30 a.m. Click here to RSVP.
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Boys varsity tennis wins Districts; Girls win doubles
On March 29 and 30, the Trinity Prep boys varsity tennis team took first place in the District Championship game. The team faced tough opponents but emerged victorious from the competition after winning all their single and doubles matches.
The team will go on to the Regional Championship as the host team next week. If they are successful, they will advance to the State competition.
The girls varsity team competed in the District Championship competition as well. They played well and took first in doubles. Their overall team score tied with the score of Father Lopez Catholic High School, however, and this means they will need to replay their match before a winner is announced. They'll take on Father Lopez again on Friday, April 1, to declare a winner.
We wish both the boys and the girls varsity tennis teams the best of luck in their upcoming matches!↧
Thespian students receive superior rating in all events at Florida State Thespian Festival
Thirty-four Trinity Prep students attended the Florida State Thespian Festival in Tampa from March 16 to 19. They attended classes and workshops and entered in six different events: large group musical, small group musical, solo musical, duet acting, costume design, and ensemble acting. Performances were ranked on a scale of poor to superior and all events that Trinity Prep participated in received superior marks! Check out the names of the students and the categories they entered below. Congratulations, thespian students!
Costume Design: Jimmy Hurley
Duet Acting: Jake McGarey, Jacob Halladay-Glynn
Solo Musical: Tony Moreno
Ensemble Acting: Ailsa Mcfadyen-Mungall, Cameron Miller, Nicholas Riefler
Small Group Musical: Rachael Pisarski, Katie Lewis, Jenna Debell, Alexandra Rick, Ashleigh Avallone, Carly Swain
Large Group Musical: Demetri Crane, Maddie Walker, Tyler Covington, Tony Moreno, Rachael Pisarski, Lorelei Gifford, Lydia Gifford, Jimmy Hurley, Jenna DeBell, Katie Lewis, Robin Sharp, Carly Swain, Maya Ilagan, Ian Costello
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Students take home top awards from Winter Park Sidewalk Arts Festival
By Delaney McLinden '18
From March 18 to March 20, Trinity Prep students participated in the Winter Park Sidewalk Arts Festival, many winning awards and honorable mentions. Students submitted paintings, ceramic works of art, and photography. The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival has proudly showcased student artists of Orange County and Winter Park public and private schools since the first festival in 1960. The Leon Theodore Schools Exhibit is shown in eight tents around the festival. Awards of Best of Show, Excellence, Distinction, Merit, and Honorable Mentions were presented to the students.
"I am very proud of each student whose work was shown at the festival," said Irina Ashcraft, a visual arts teacher. "Due to limited space, the decision process was highly selective. Each chosen piece showcases the highest standards of craftsmanship and conceptual thinking."
Out of Ashcraft's students, Devina Naidu '16, Amelia Petree '17, and Kate Justin '18 all received an Honorable Mention. Other participants included Emma Cohn '16, Nicki Harris '16, Michaela Isaacs '17, Alisha Rajan '16, Hannah Hernan '16, Natalie Hoeg '17, Emily Vu '16, Jared Christopher '18, Arianna Dantes '18, Natalie Farr '17, Amy Lowndes '17, Colt Holler '18 , Charlie Tang '18, Jessica Marc '18, Joseph Atallah '18, Sebastian Chan '18, Lydia Gifford '17, Nixie Turner '18, and James Hurley '17.
In photography, Jessie White '18 received the Award of Distinction, Tedi Beemer '16 won an Award of Merit, and Annie Rang '16 was awarded an Honorable Mention. Other participants included Emily Jones '16, Truitt Dill '16, Hannah Cooperman '16, Elle Anderson '16,, Emma Meeks '18, Ethan Kobrin '17, Dylan Havlicek '16, Nicholas Reifler '16, Hayley Canal '17, and Amanda Rivas '16.
"I was really excited to see my photo in an art festival that I've admired for many years!" said award winner Jessie White. "I was also really impressed by all the other art by Trinity Prep students."
Art teacher Kimberly Moreland-Garnett's middle-school student art was also recognized. Bennet O'Connor '21 received an Award of Distinction, and Alexandria Lamar '20 won an Honorable Mention. Gianna Aceto '20, Colby Barron '20, Alex Bedine '20, Grace Beneke '20, Justin Bigney '20, Will Butts '21, Jessica Celuch '20, Will Corddry '21, Brandon Crag-Chaderton '20, Carson Drummond '21, Jessica Dorrien '21, Andrew Feenstra '22, Abby Freedman '20, Matthew Halpin '21 , Allie Hoeg '20, Alex Holt '21, Sarah Lin '22, John Lowndes '21, Alexandia Madsen '21, Jack Martin '21, David Manning '20, Aidan McLaughlin '20, Anna Myers '20, Dylan Nemec '21, Rhea Otal '21, Tulsi Patel '20, Carly Pierson '22, Alaina Pisello '21, Connor Raffa '21, Jake Raffa '21, Jenessa Schwarz '20, Sidney Seybold '21, Laney Walters '21, Ellie Watson '21, Emily Wilhelm '21, Tara Wisniewski '20, and Grace Yip '22 also participated with works of art shown in the festival.↧
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Science Olympiad team places fourth at Florida Science Olympiad State Tournament
By Alyssia McDonald '17
On March 19, Trinity Prep's Science Olympiad team traveled to the University of Central Florida to participate in the Florida Science Olympiad State Tournament. The competition consisted of 42 teams from all around the nation competing in 23 different science events. Trinity Prep's performance was truly spectacular! Our students placed high in all events, putting us at the upper top half of all teams. In addition to this outstanding achievement, our team placed fourth overall.
Science Olympiad sponsor and faculty member Michael Arney said, "This year's group of scientists was amazing. We had a good combination of youthful enthusiasm and senior leadership. Saumya Sao '16 and Jacob Goldberg '16 went above and beyond in terms of planning and working hard. Some last minute lineup changes made for excitement, but everyone really rose to the occasion, and I couldn't be prouder."
Check out the results below to see our team's highlights. Congratulations to the entire Science Olympiad team!
Trinity Prep Science Olympiad awards:
1st: Wright Stuff, Chemistry
2nd: Astronomy
4th: Forensics
6th: It's About Time, Invasive Species
7th: Game On
8th: Protein Modeling
9th: Wind Power
Trinity Prep Science Olympiad team:
Zain Aamir '18
Varun Bhatia '16
Vikas Bommineni '17
Kian Vakili '22
Jacob Goldberg '16
Justin Graham '16
Brian Hoepfl '17
Akhil Karandikar '18
Sarina Kothari '17
Saumya Sao '16
Sumer Sao '18
Salena Zhao '17↧
Junior Amber Yang wins Grand Prize at Florida State Science Fair
Trinity Prep Junior Amber Yang is a budding scientist in the making! Not only did she win multiple awards at this year's Ying Orange County Science Expo; last week she was awarded the Grand Prize for best overall project at the Florida State Science Fair. With the award came a $1,000 cash prize. She was also the recipient of a $200 cash award from the Florida Department of Agriculture and two recognition awards--one from NASA and one from the United States Air Force. Yang's project is entitled "Orbital Recognition System for Space Debris Tracking Using Artificial Neural Networks— A Journey from Inner-Brain GPS to Outer-Space GPS."
Additionally, senior Saumya Sao placed third in the chemistry division and was awarded a $600 cash award from the American Chemical Society.
Sophomore Akhil Karandikar also participated in the fair and, while he did not place, he was awarded a $50 cash award from the Florida Science Supervisors group for his project.
Our students' performance in the competition was truly an honor for Trinity Preparatory School. Their hard work and dedication to the fair is something to be applauded.
Congratulations, Amber, Saumya, and Akhil!↧
Four varsity baseball players recognized by Rawlings and Perfect Game
By Delaney McLinden '18
Each year, the Rawlings Baseball company and Perfect Game name both a Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-American team and an All-Region team. These awards are given to honor the top senior baseball athletes nationwide. Varsity baseball player and senior Jared Herron was awarded a High Honorable Mention for All-American and named to the Florida All-Region First Team.
Herron was recognized at both the national and regional levels. A few of Herron's teammates also received awards of distinction. Robyn Steenstra was ranked at the regional level for the class of 2016, and Slade Cecconi and Andrew Roberts were recognized at the national level for classes 2017, 2018, and 2019.
"This recognition is a testament to the ability level and hard work that these young men have put into becoming the best players they can be," says head varsity baseball coach Trevor Berryhill. "I very am proud of them and blessed to be their coach at Trinity Prep."
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TRINITY PREP ATHLETICS ON NFHS NETWORK
Watch Boys Varsity Baseball vs. Lake Highland Prep on April 8 at 7:30 p.m. and on April 14 vs. The Geneva School at 7 p.m. on NFHS Network. Click here to view the games.
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ASSIST STUDENT
Next year Trinity Prep will host an 11th grade male exchange student from Australia through the ASSIST program. More information will be available in the admission office within the next few weeks, but we do know that he plays rugby and soccer. Families interested in hosting this student for a semester should call the admission office to learn more about this wonderful opportunity.
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DATE CHANGE - SWEET SHOTS - LADIES' ROUND-ROBIN TENNIS
Contact Debbie Langdon at frenchdeb
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CHEERLEADING TRYOUTS
Varsity Cheerleading tryouts will be held April 11-15. Meet in the DAC classroom on Monday at 3:30 p.m., dressed and ready for workouts. Contact Susan Bentley with questions.
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JM STRONG EVENTS
JOHN MICHAEL NIGHT WEEK
Support JM by writing notes of support and purchasing wristbands ($5) and shirts ($15) in front of the auditorium during lunch.
Friday, April 8 - Varsity Baseball 7:30 p.m.
Monday - Kickoff in all school assembly
Tuesday - Chicken biscuit sale
Wednesday - JM $2 Casual Day
Thursday - Jeremiah Ice Sale
Saturday - JM 2.4 Fun Run and Celebration
JM24 FUN RUN
April 16, 10 a.m.
April 16, 10 a.m.
Join the Class of 2016 and support their senior service project at the JM 24 FUN RUN on April 16. Click here to register, sponsor, and make donations for the silent auction.
CARS FOR JM
May 7, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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Join us for 'The Addams Family' - April 13-17
By Delaney McLinden '18
This week, the musical "The Addams Family" is debuting at Trinity Prep on Wednesday and Thursday at 4:30 p.m., Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The students performing in the show are taking the musical to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and showing it this August.
Students are double cast as the main characters and will be alternating performances. Rachel Pisarski '17 and Delaney McLinden '18 are cast as Wednesday Addams, Alexandra Rick '18 and Rachel Sharp '17 are playing Alice Beineke, Liam O'Connor '18 and Ian Costello '17 are cast as Lucas Beineke, Hannah Mosher '18 and Maya Ilagan '17 play Grandma Addams, and Jenna DeBell '17 and Lydia Gifford '17 are cast as Morticia Addams. Tony Moreno '17 plays Gomez, Jake McGarey '16 is cast as Fester, Joshua Gerstein '18 plays lurch, Thomas Lightsey '21 is cast as Pugsley, and Jacob Halladay-Glynn '16 plays Mal Beineke. The actors have been learning the choreography and music since January.
"Being in Addams Family is a really cool experience," says Hannah Mosher '10. "The cast is amazing, and I can't wait to perform overseas with them!"
We hope you'll join us for this creepy and kooky production!↧
Six more Trinity Prep athletes commit to college athletics
On Wednesday, April 13, six Trinity Prep senior athletes symbolically signed their commitment documents to play college sports. Chas Cook, Jesse Millson, and Kendall Gasner will run cross country and track for California Polytechnic State University, the University of Florida, and Rhodes College, respectively. Robyn Steenstra will play baseball for Stetson University. Both Trent Suddeth and Blake Garfinkel committed to play basketball at the collegiate level. Suddeth will play for Carnegie Mellon University and Garfinkel will attend Sewanee University. In total for the class of 2016, 13 Trinity Prep students have committed to playing college athletics.
The students attended the signing ceremony dressed in their respective college apparel and took pictures with parents and coaches to celebrate their commitment to pursue their sport. The occasion is tremendously important both to remember all of the hard work that the athletes put into their sports, and to signal continued commitments in college.Congratulations, athletes!
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MUSICAL THEATER CLASS PRODUCTION
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8th GRADE T-SHIRTS
Click here to order Class of 2020 t-shirts.
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TEARS AND CHEERS FOR THE CLASS OF 2016
Click here to RSVP for the Class of 2016 Tears and Cheers Parent Event and to order DVDs and yard signs.
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TRINITY PREP FILM FEST
Student-produced films from a variety of genres will be shown on Saturday, April 23, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. The majority of films are family-friendly, with a few having a PG-13 rating. A $5 suggested donation will be collected at the door, and 24% will be donated to John Michael Night's Road to Recovery; the balance will be donated to United Cerebral Palsy (UCP).
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL
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