Early Learning Department (3s-1st)
Invite yourself into indoor and outdoor spaces brimming with the natural curiosity, energy, friendship, and joy of young children — embraced and artfully guided by wise teachers — all learning together — the never-ending cycle of education."
Dawn Pile, Early Learning Department Coordinator
Celebrating and valuing each child’s unique gifts, Trinity’s Early Learning Department provides a traditional yet innovative program responsive to individual differences. A warm and nurturing environment supports young children’s varying rates of development and styles of learning. Active, joyful learning, a Trinity hallmark, is characterized by a hands-on approach through discovery and exploration.
Early Learning Department Schedule for 2007–2008
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3-Year-Olds (8:05–11:45 AM)
- One lead teacher and two assistants in each classroom
- Average class size of 14 students
- Physical education and music twice per week
- Mother Goose/library once per week
- Art experiences with an ELD art teacher once per week
Pre-Kindergarten (8:05–11:45 AM)
- One lead teacher and two assistants in each classroom
- Average class size of 16 students
- Spanish, physical education, and music twice per week
- Mother Goose/library once per week
- Art experiences with an ELD art teacher once per week
- Science lab once per month
- Math lab once per week
Kindergarten (8:05 AM–2 PM)
- Two co-lead teachers and a shared assistant in each classroom
- Average class size of 18 students
- Spanish, physical education, and music twice per week
- Mother Goose/library once per week
- Art experiences with an ELD art teacher once per week
- Science lab twice per month
- Math lab once per week
1st Grade* (8:05 AM–3 PM)
- Two co-lead teachers and a shared assistant in each classroom
- Average class size of 18 students
- Spanish and physical education three times per week, music twice per week
- Mother Goose/library once per week
- Art experiences with an ELD art teacher once per week
- Science lab once per week
- Math lab once per week
- Tech lab once per week
*Friday early dismissal is at 2 PM for 1st grade.
