When Trinitas Christian School opened its doors in 1999, we were the only classical, Christ-centered school in Northwest Florida. In the quarter-century since then, this unique form of education has exploded all across the country and even more so in Northwest Florida with nearly a dozen classical schools in operation. Over the years, I have expended much energy trying to convince parents not only how but also why Trinitas Christian School is different from other schools. It is hard to gauge how many people I have persuaded. I am painfully aware at times, though, that I have persuaded at least a few people in the Pensacola area that Trinitas is different, and that they view that difference suspiciously as if they think we are conducting some kind of weird and isolated experiment here with this classical Christian stuff.

Just to set the record straight about Trinitas not being a weird and isolated experiment, I am taking a different tack this week. Recently, The Heritage Foundation published a comprehensive report titled Classical Schools in America: A Movement of Hope. Summarizing her findings, author Rachel Alexander Cambre stated: 

Responding to parental demand for more options and input regarding their children’s education, lawmakers have created or expanded education choice programs in more than a dozen states over the past few years, restoring education freedom for rising numbers of American parents. But parents are not simply seeking education freedom: They are, in increasing numbers, seeking an education for freedom for their children—a classical liberal arts education that aims to form adults capable of understanding, exercising, and protecting their American rights and responsibilities. This report constitutes an inquiry into that model of education by surveying the growing number of classical liberal arts schools committed to it.

Another great resource - although a bit more dated older the aforementioned article - is this short film (less than 20 minutes) produced by The Classical Difference as proof that Trinitas is part of global movement in classical Christian education. It is a movement made up of hundreds of schools like Trinitas all around the world filled with tens of thousands of students being educated just like Trinitas students. Many would say the movement is a course correction in education, the forging of a new path by going back to an old and proven method. We are organized under the Association of Classical Christian Schools which accredits only the best classical Christian schools in the world. Approximately sixty schools currently hold accreditation with the ACCS—Trinitas is one of them.

Trinitas is different in the best sort of way, and we are not alone! Join us, won’t you? Enjoy these two informative resources!