Dear Trinity Employee,

Welcome to Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill! If you are a new employee, we are very glad that you have decided to join us. If you are a returning employee, it is a great pleasure to welcome you back to what promises to be another fine year in the growth and development of the school.

The mission of Trinity School is to educate students in transitional kindergarten to grade twelve within the framework of Christian faith and conviction—teaching the classical tools of learning; providing a rich yet unhurried education; and communicating truth, goodness, and beauty.

At Trinity School, we seek to create a community in which there is delight in learning and an atmosphere that encourages the sort of intellectual, moral, and aesthetic development that is fitting for those who bear the image of God. We want to challenge our students in a way that stimulates their natural curiosity, guiding their discovery toward personal, intellectual, and spiritual growth.

In whatever we do, we seek to honor the Lord Christ. Our school motto is not a quaint Latin phrase, but a real guidepost for us: Non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. “Not to us, Lord, but to your name be the glory.”

This handbook is intended to be a guide to our school’s employment policies, benefits, administrative policies, practices, and philosophies. It is not meant to categorize all expectations for behavior, but rather to serve as a reference for both the details of daily operations and a larger vision of the school’s ideals as well as our relationship with the community. If you have any questions about the information contained in this handbook, please do not hesitate to speak with me at any time.

With warmest regards,

Chip Denton
Head of School