Facility+Description


 * School and Library Facilities**

The school was established in 1970 and is situated on a 32 acre campus (TPS, 2010a). Several of the facilities have become outdated and are no longer large enough to house a growing population. In 2009, Trinity began a campaign to raise two million dollars to renovate the 40 year old upper school library and to build a new lower school building to meet the expanding population of elementary aged students. The lower school population currently averages 25 students per class. Based on research regarding student achievement, Trinity administrators are including four new classrooms in the lower school library building to reduce the class sizes to twenty students. The building is slated to be finished in June of 2011 and will also house a new art room and lower school computer lab, both of which are currently housed in the upper school building and cannot be conveniently accessed by classes. In 2011, the school will also be equipped with school-wide WI-FI access to accommodate the transition to a 1:1 laptop program for grades 6 through 12. Currently Trinity has 150 desktop computers, 157 Macbooks, 24 iMacs, 50 Smartboards, and 50 wireless ceiling mounted LCD projectors (TPS, 2010a). Each faculty member currently has a Macbook and iPad. Students in grades 7 and 9 will begin leasing computers in 2011.

Senior Loft

The library is currently home to a collection of 32, 412 books, DVDs, VHS tapes, and Audio books and runs on an annual budget of $22,500 the bulk of which is utilized to purchase books ($14,000). The number of items in the collection will be reduced once all elementary materials are transported to the new lower school library this summer. There are currently 5,175 books in the upper school fiction section. The nonfiction collection consists of the following:



The upper school library was renovated based on recommendations made by Apple and is currently serving grades K-12. Administrators from both the lower and upper school attended workshops at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California to learn how to develop a library that would serve as the school’s //watering hole//. The newly renovated library now serves as the central location for students to develop their research and technology skills as well as a place to socialize. The library is equipped with WI-FI capabilities and has modern concepts such as a loft area and the Cyber Café. Currently there is a laptop cart located in the Mac lab with 30 Macbooks. The main room currently contains all fiction materials with the circulation desk located in the center of the facility. The Cyber Café is located by the main entrance and the Mac lab is located at the back of the facility with doors to provide privacy for class sessions. Patrons will find all upper school reference materials located in the Mac lab while lower school nonfiction books are temporarily being housed in the lower school computer lab.

Mac Lab

The library has been furnished with new tables and chairs conducive to an atmosphere supporting collaboration amongst patrons. The Cyber Café is furnished with bar height tables and chairs, a flat screen television and a magazine rack to display student and professional periodicals. The loft, which is only used by upper school seniors, sits overhead of the circulation desk and is equipped with a circular table surrounded by lounge chairs to encourage reading for pleasure as well as a rectangular table for group study sessions. The main room furnishings consist of low circular tables with lounge chairs and rectangular tables. The Mac lab is equipped with a SMARTBoard and with furniture that supports the latest ergonomic concepts for computer use. The computer tables are situated on wheels so that they may easily be moved for group activities and can be folded up when they are not needed. The chairs have armrests and a mesh back rest to encourage proper posture for computer use.