Enrollment at Trinity is going up

Times Reporter 

 

Trinity Christian Academy (TCA) has undergone some changes this year, some of which have been credited for helping the school see 30 per cent growth. 

Bevan Daverne, Superintendent of Schools for Golden Hills School Division (GHSD) believes consultations with parents, gathering feedback and then implementing some of the ideas is what has helped the school grow. 

“Overall the feedback we’re getting from people is they feel really good about the direction of that school, they feel good about the staff, they feel good about the leadership, they can attend now,” said Daverne.

“We have local church support for the Christian portion of education for the kids and I think people are feeling pretty good that as an environment for their children and about the quality of education that they’re getting there too.”

 “To me there’s three clear reasons. One is Golden Hills is now providing free transportation in town to Trinity which wasn’t the case in the past. We’ve dropped our alternative program fees from $500 per student to $250 per student and that’s with Golden Hills support as well,” said Principal Wayne Funk.

“The third thing is that we’ve got a spiritual partnership with a local church which we didn’t have in the past. I think that’s a reason for growth as well.”

The Alliance Church is now a partner with the school and Funk said the school appreciated the partnership with the Lutheran Church in the past. 

Thanks to the increased number of students, the school is now able to split up some of the classes a bit. There is now a Pre-Kindergarten program, a stand-alone Kindergarten class, a stand-alone Grade 1 class and a Grade 2/3 split. The Grade 4,5,6 students are in one class and the 7,8,9 also share a class. If the school gets to 125 to 130 students, they will be able to break down the classes more and get closer to all stand-alone classes. 

“One hundred twenty-five gets us to a nice spot, I would love to see us get to 250 and have the government have to say ‘well obviously they need a new school for that facility’, that’s our long term goal”, said Funk. 

This is the fifth year the school has been in operation. The first year there were 56 students. As of the end of November there were 100 students registered.