MEET OUR TEAM!

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Mindy McCelvey
Les Enfants Admission Coordinator
504.525.8661(Office)
mmccelvey@trinitynola.com

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Megan Lorio
Preschool—Eighth Grade Admission Coordinator 
504.670.2557 (Office)
mlorio@trinitynola.com

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Sheldon Schmidt
Director of Enrollment Management 
504.670.2557 (Office)
sschmidt@trinitynola.com

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Lower School

A Well-Rounded Curriculum

In the Lower School, we create an environment where each child is excited to come to school and see the new learning adventures that await them. Trinity students are taught to value the learning process and are provided with academic choice in their learning throughout each day. 

Our Lower School children are happily engaged as they are busy selecting writing topics based on individual interests, discovering new ways to tackle math concepts, or creating a plan for how they will present their knowledge on a favorite science or social studies theme. 

Student choice in learning provides our students with the opportunity to think deeply, articulate their thinking, and become expert problem solvers. Our dedicated faculty provides children with a warm, nurturing environment, and small group teaching is the norm. Through thoughtfully designed classroom communities and intentionally individualized curricula, children become ardent questioners, empathetic upstanders, and fluent communicators.

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Young students in a classroom, wearing red goggles and participating in a science experiment, are focused on their work with colorful posters and learning materials visible in the background.
A young boy in a red vest and blue shirt waves enthusiastically on a green field with a building and trees in the background.
A group of young girls in uniform stand in a circle holding papers and a floral arrangement, with trees and buildings in the background.
Two boys in a classroom, wearing goggles and blowing through straws into a shallow tank of water and sand, are focused on their science experiment in front of a whiteboard.
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Children in white head coverings dance in a circle on a stage with a black curtain backdrop.
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Children in historical costumes stand on a stage holding alphabet posters, while other children in similar attire sit in the foreground.
Children in a classroom sit in chairs facing a girl in a dark dress who stands with her back to the viewer, while a large window reveals a green lawn and buildings outside.
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Elementary Education at Trinity

Trinity’s Lower School encompasses Grades One through Four, and is filled with children who are highly motivated and excited to become lifelong learners. Our community provides an ideal setting for each of our young students to build a solid foundation by placing a strong emphasis on the development of the whole child socially, emotionally, and academically. Our faculty ensures that each child is known and valued, and that each student can learn and grow in an academic setting where risk-taking is encouraged and mistakes are viewed as opportunities for growth. 

Throughout the Lower School years, children gain personal responsibility, empathy, and learn to respect multiple viewpoints. We pride ourselves on stimulating both minds and hearts.