Administration

Before coming to Trinitas, Mr. Cowart served as Headmaster at a classical Christian school in Tennessee. Mr. Cowart and his wife Joy have five children, all attending Trinitas. The Cowarts are members of Providence Church (CREC) in Pensacola.

Ed Varela has been teaching music for over seventeen years and joined the Trinitas staff in 2013. With a bachelor's and master's degree in music, he has taught on the college level all the way to preschoolers.  He serves as the chairman for the Pensacola Music Teachers Association Sonata Contest, serves on the Florida State Music Teacher Association Executive Board, and serves in his local church as a pianist. In July, 2022, Mr. Varela completed Kodaly Music Certification from New Saint Andrews Conservatory of Music which is a three year summer program totaling 225 hours of class time. He and his wife Miranda have three children at Trinitas.

Mrs. Phillips taught children for over thirty-five years. After homeschooling her four children for fifteen years, she taught in a classical school in Georgia before coming to Trinitas. She has presented workshops at ACCS national and regional conferences, and is called upon frequently to present teacher training modules for Trinitas and other regional classical schools.

Mrs. Phillips is an accomplished musician who accompanies Morning Meeting and Trinitas choral performances. Her love for music fills her classroom and overflows into her students’ hearts.

Mrs. Phillips retired from the Trinitas classroom after twenty years of teaching, she continues to serve our school in an administrative role as our Director of Grammar Instruction.