Volume 1,WE Issue ARE 1 A VIBRANT COMMUNITY On behalf of Trinity Christian ethical and moral leadership, your Academy (TCA), I would like to support helps make it possible for express how very grateful we are to many Cape Cod parents to provide all who pray for and support our leadership education based on school community. As I write this Christian principles for their children. letter, the school year is well underway. This first quarter was As you review this Annual bustling with activities: High School Newsletter, may it serve as a Retreat, Parent Teacher Fellowship reminder of the impact that you are Meetings, Back-to-School BBQ, Chapel having in the lives of TCA students. May it be a testimony to the Services, Middle School and High School support of TCA’s friends. Soccer, High School Girls’ Volleyball, faithfulness of God and to all those TCA was able to provide financial Parent Teacher Conferences, After who labor, volunteer, pray and aid to 36 percent of TCA’s students, School Band, Teachers’ Convention and support Trinity Christian Academy of thanks to your support. Student Cape Cod. Thank you for your our Hoop-A-Thon Fundraiser. financial aid, as well as projects and After a successful Fall Sports continued partnership in providing a wish list items to enhance our schedule, our TCA Athletic Christian education that shapes a academic, extra-curricular, and Department is gearing up for lifetime! athletic programs, have all been basketball season. The Drama Club is possible through the generosity of practicing for a fall performance of Yours for Christian 477 families, friends, organizations Anne of Green Gables and the Music Education, and alumni who have contributed to Department is rehearsing songs for the Hoop-A-Thon, Annual Appeal, Trinity’s Annual Christmas Pro- Spring Banquet and/or various Ben Haskell gram. These activities are wonderful fundraising efforts. THANK YOU! Headmaster indicators of a vibrant Christian School community which would In these times when it is becoming not be possible without the generous more evident that our country needs TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY RANKED IN TOP 100! The 2015 NICHE Rankings for Best K-12 Private Schools listed Trinity Christian Academy 54th in the top 100 Best Private Schools in Massachusetts “A high ranking in Overall Experience generally “Best Private High Schools ranks 3,880 high schools based indicates that: on key student statistics and more than 120,000 opinions Students are very happy with all aspects including from 16,000 students and parents. High ranking indicates academics, teachers, health, safety, resources, that the school is an exceptional academic institution with facilities, music, art, extra - curricular, sports, and a diverse set of high-achieving students who rate their fitness. experience very highly. The Best Private High Schools ranking provides a comprehensive assessment of the over- The school is an exceptional academic all experience at private high schools in all 50 states and institution: teachers, students, resources for the District of Columbia. It uses data sourced from various learning, and student outcomes. government and public data sets, Niche’s own proprietary The school is made up of a diverse population data, and 123,218 opinion-based survey responses across and fosters an accepting, positive school culture; a variety of topics from 16,688 current students, recent Students are actively involved in a variety of alumni, and parents.” www.niche.com extra - curricular and sports the school offers.” 45 Years of Faithful Service Joy Wordell After 45 years of teaching truly made an impact and her (44 at TCA), Mrs. Joy Wordell Thank you for planting seeds legacy has influenced generations announced her retirement in the of JOY for the Lord. You have of students. If you would like to Spring 2015. Mrs. Wordell has helped many children learn to send a card or note to touched many lives during her spread their wings and fly! Mrs. Wordell, please send it to long tenure as Trinity’s 3rd Grade In honor and recognition for 45 the school and we will be sure to Teacher. She has served and years of service as a teacher. deliver it to dedicated her life to Christian her! education and she has remained at Trinity Christian Academy Mrs. Wordell TCA through the good and the of Cape Cod couldn’t stay difficult times. completely out of the During Lower Level Students, faculty, alumni and c l a s s r o om , Convocation in June, parents created a memory book and is now Mrs. Wordell was that was presented to her at a volunteering one day a week to presented a 45 Year lovely garden party at her home assist one of her former Pin and a Gift Certificate for a in September. colleagues! Mr. Nat Wordell Garden Bench with an engraved came out of retirement and is plaque with the following Her dedication and commitment to Christian education at TCA has teaching Pre-K — 4th grade music inscription: one day per week! Trinity Welcomes New Faculty for the 2015-2016 School Year Mrs. Katherine Becrelis joined the Upper Level faculty this fall (2015-2016). She earned a Master’s in Education and Bachelor of Thanks to the generosity of the Science from the University of Maine. She majored in Elementary and Secondary Education and minored in English. She holds a Rhode Island teaching certificate for Grades 7-12 in English. Mrs. Becrelis has over ten years of Lyndonteaching Paul experience; Lorusso Founda- most recently she taught English and electives at East Greenwich High School in Rhode Island. She has coachingtion, experience construction in Mockof Phase Trial and in Two in the Creative Arts and Cheerleading. Mrs. Becrelis is an accomplished piano teacher and teaches private piano lessons after school at TCA. Activity Center is underway. It is our joy to welcome Mrs. Pam Hitchins back to TCA! Pam is teaching 3rd grade. After teachingA second at storyTCA isfrom being 2001 built- to2008, she moved to Mississippi where she was a staff writer for The Vicksburg Post. She returned to Capethe Cod CreativeArts in early 2015and Activityand substitute taught at TCA. Pam has several credits toward a Master's degree from Bridgewater State College,Center whicha B.A. willin Englishadd two from the University of California, and a teaching certificate from MS in Elementary Education. Pam also wasclassrooms a reading to andaccommodate writing teac her at Henry T. Wing Elementary School and a Staff Writer for The Sandwich Broadsider. future enrollment, an elevator to accommodate handicap TCA Science Department News Mrs. Donna Morin, TCA’s new 6th grade teacher, comes to TCA with over 25 years of needs, and 2 new bathrooms. teaching experience, many of which included teaching 5th and 6th grades. Earning both Trinity’sWe Upper are Levelexcited is togrowing using andthis so is degrees from Eastern Nazarene College, she holds a M.Ed. in Elementary Education and our sciencenew department!space within thisWe schoolare pleased Early Childhood Administration and a B.S. in Elementary Education with a minor in to introduce Mrs. Barbara Furner who Special Education. Donna and her husband, Tom, have two children: Emily, who is joined TCA's High School Faculty this attending Eastern Nazarene College and David, a junior at Trinity. She and her family are September. She earned a Bachelor’s of active members of Marstons Mills Community Church. Donna enjoys family time, Science in Chemistry from SUNY Geneseo and a Master’s in Chemistry from Purdue reading, walking, Suduko and music. University, focusing on inorganic chemistry Mr. Nathaniel B. Wordell joined the faculty as the Pre-K-4th grade music teacher. He and laboratory learning practices. Mrs. is a graduate of the American Boychoir in Princeton, New Jersey, the High Mowing Furner taught high school chemistry and School in Wilton, New Hampshire, and received a B.A. degree from Barrington College physics in Kentucky and Massachusetts, in Barrington, Rhode Island. While in college, he met and later married his wife, college chemistry in Georgia, middle school Joy. Mr. Wordell taught vocal music and theater arts for grades K – 12 in the Chatham science in Georgia, and elementary school school system for 35 years. His choirs have performed at Lincoln Center, the science in Virginia. She is the owner of Washington National Cathedral, and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. His cur- Derbyfield Kennel in Harwich (since 2008), an active member of Hope rent interests are gardening, pottery, cooking, and music. Church in West Yarmouth Mrs. Mary Browne (Coach Mary) earned a BS in Health Education at the University of and an active volunteer with Utah. Her experiences include being a Health and Fitness Coach, Skiing Instructor, and Boy Scout Troop 77 in Program Director for a Racquetball Center. Mary loves children and also Brewster. Mrs. Furner and enjoys teaching Sunday School at her church, tutoring and teaching reading to her husband, Stu, are proud students. Currently, she is a Wellness Coach at the Cape Cod YMCA in Hyannis. Mary parents of three children and her husband, Doug have three children. Their daughter, Juliana, is a junior at TCA. Olivia, Carl & Mariana. “Although I spent many years as a news producer at CNN TCA ALUMNI and then at ABC World News Tonight, I’ve never been enchanted by SPOTLIGHT Washington DC’s ‘chattering class’ who want to parse the past 24 hours. Perhaps that’s because years ago, I was introduced to what The Trinity Christian Academy of Mortimer Adler calls the “Great Conversation” while I was a student at Cape Cod (TCA) Development Office Trinity. recently caught up with Trinity alumna, “Trinity Christian Academy teachers and classes gave me a Jody Hassett-Sanchez.