Middle & High School
Music and Drama Activities and Courses:
- Praise Band
- High school students prepare songs that aid in worship during weekly chapels for the student body. High School students who are enrolled in Instrumental Music can be in the Praise Band.
- Drum Line
- Percussion ensemble that performs at pep rallies and various athletic and community events. High school students sign up for this group as part of their class schedule.
- Choir 1
- This is a beginning level choir for freshman or 1st year choir students. Students will perform at various community and church events.
- Advanced Choir
- High school students sign up for this group as part of their class schedule. Offered to students in grades 10 through 12 in which the students will perform a more difficult repertoire of choral music. Group will also represent the school at various community and church events.
- All Northwest Senior Honor Choir
- This is an individual competition in which students grades 9 through 12 compete for a seat in the honor choir. Students will compete against other students all over Northwest Tennessee and, if selected, are then eligible to audition for a spot in the All State Honor Choir. All students selected will perform in a choral concert.
- All Northwest Junior Honor Choir
- This is an individual competition in which students grades 7 through 9 compete for a seat in the honor choir. Students will compete against other students all over Northwest Tennessee and ,if selected, will perform in a choral concert.
- All State Honor Choir
- Students in grades 10 through 12 who earn a seat in the All Northwest Honor Choir are eligible to audition for All State Honor Choir and perform at the Tennessee State Music Conference in Nashville.
- Spring Musical
- This is an open audition for all Trinity students. Practices are after school.
- JEA Christmas Concert
- Trinity choir students, along with other area high school choirs, record a special Christmas concert that is shown on Jackson’s channel 6 before Christmas.
- Treble Honor Choir
- Students, grades 5 through 6, audition for a seat in this state choir. If selected, they will perform a concert at the Tennessee State Music Conference in Nashville.
- ACSI Choral Festival
- Choir students will travel to a competition among Christian school choirs. Students, grades 6 through 12, will be adjudicated individually and as a group.
- Theater Arts
- Students grades 9 through 12 sign up for this group as a part of their class schedule. Students will learn basics to acting and theater production. They will also use theater in various ways to aid in worship in chapel services. They will also be required to perform in a school play.
- School play
- Students enrolled in the Theater Arts class will perform a selected full length play during the winter season.
- Talent Shows
- 3 divisions: Elementary, Middle and High school
Students prepare a selected piece and are judged. Winners are awarded prizes and recognized.
Art Class Theme:
God is the Creator of the universe; after he designed and created every part of nature around us, he designed us in his own image! Therefore, God had intended for humans to be creative beings as well. God is the supreme Artist! He has given each one of us creative and artistic talents and gifts; it is our responsibility to develop these gifts as much as possible and use them to glorify him. What I think is great about being a Christian and an artist is the fact that we know that God created the world around us. Whenever we portray the world in our artwork, we are honoring God. Art class enables us to realize and acknowledge the world around us, which God has created.
Middle School Art Course Description:
Our program is discipline-based, meaning that we focus on the four disciplines of art-- art production, art history, aesthetics, and art criticism. Students will be exploring a variety of media. They will be exploring drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Students in Middle School Art with get a basic understanding of the Elements of Art and the Principles of Art. Students will also learn about important artists and their influence on the world around us. Furthermore, students will be learning to take a closer look at the world God created and will be representing it through creative means.
Art 1 Course Description:
Our High School Art program will be a much more extensive study of Art. It too will be discipline-based, including art production, art history, aesthetics, and art criticism. Students will begin the year by developing their own visual understanding of the world God created by completing a drawing unit. Students will be exploring different drawing media, such as pencil, pen, India ink, charcoal, paint, etc. Students will compile their artwork into a sketchbook/journal. In their sketchbook they will not only create artwork, but they will also be writing critically about their artwork.
Students will be completing units in drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. These units will be intertwined throughout the year. In these units, students will be investigating different techniques and subject matter. We will be doing multiple self-portrait studies, still life studies, photorealism studies, abstract studies and more.