Trinity Christian High School

Infobox school
name = Trinity Christian School


established = 1977
motto= Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. ~ Pr 22:6
type = Private
location = [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=7002+Canton+Ave,+Lubbock,+TX 7002 Canton Ave.] , Lubbock, Texas, 79413
Telephone = [phone]
website = [http://www.tcslubbock.org tcslubbock.org]
principal = Tami Prichard

Trinity Christian High School is a private high school run by Trinity Church of Lubbock, Texas with around 875 students. [ [http://www.allprivateschools.org/private-schools-plainview-tx.html "Private Schools in Plainview Texas"] , AllPrivateSchools.org] The school was founded in 1977 and graduated its first senior class in 1991. The school is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and is approved by the State of Texas.

Awards and recognition

Trinity Christian School was selected by the "Lubbock Avalanche-Journal" as its Readers Choice Best of Lubbock Awards 2006 winner as Best Private School, based on ballots submitted by 2,500 of the paper's readers. [ [http://www.bestoflubbock.com/2006/services/private_school.shtml Best Private School] , accessed March 17, 2007]

Athletics

Trinity Christian defeated Fort Worth Christian by a final score of 55-51, to win the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) 4A state championship game played on March 1, 2003, at Texas Southern University in Houston. ["High School Briefs", "Dallas Morning News", March 5, 2003]

The Trinity Christian girls basketball team won the 2005 Class 4A championship over Carrollton Christian by a score of 56-44. [http://lubbockonline.com/stories/060505/lif_910602.shtml Area high school teams enjoy more success over past year] , "Lubbock Avalanche-Journal", June 5, 2005] The team also won the 2004 4A championship. [ [http://lubbockonline.com/stories/111206/hig_111206060.shtml Trinity Christian looks forward to challenge] , November 12, 2006. "On the surface it would appear the Trinity Christian girls basketball team has nothing much left to prove. Such is life when you're the two-time Texas Association of Private and Parochial School Class 4A defending state champion."]

Trinity Christian has won three girls volleyball TAPPS state championships, including back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2005 (with a 3-0 over Garland Christian), when the team had records of 40-4 and 41-7 respectively. The team won their first state title in 1999, with a 31-1 season record. [ [http://www.uca.edu/aoep/camps/athletic/volleyball.htm Summer 2007 UCA Athletic Camps] , accessed March 17, 2007]

The third-ranked Trinity Christian girls basketball team made it to the TAPPS 5A state championship, falling to the 2nd-ranked Liberty Christian by a final score of 62-51, in a game played on March 4, 2007, at the University of Texas at Tyler. [ [http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/sports/highschools/stories/DRC_Liberty_girls_basketball_3-4.185fe956.html Girls high school basketball: Sweet Liberty] , "Denton Record-Chronicle", March 4, 2007]

Notable alumni and students

* Bobby Livingston, baseball player, Cincinnati Reds. [ [http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=455751 Bobby Livingston player profile] , Cincinnati Reds, accessed March 17, 2007]
* Hillary Sproul, while a student at the school, was crowned 'Miss Lubbock's Outstanding Teen 2007' on January 6, 2007. [ [http://www.misslubbock.org/Teen.html "Miss Lubbock's Outstanding Teen 2007"] , MissLubbock.org]

References

External links

* [http://tcslubbock.org Official site]
* [http://tchsaa.org TCHS Alumni Association]
* [http://trinitytoday.com Trinity Church]