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Celebrating 13 years of Academic Excellence!!

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 Thursday, May 08, 2008  at  13:50:04

Trinity Collegiate School Students Excel in Spanish !   

 

Darlington, SC - May 8, 2008:  Spanish students at Trinity Collegiate School received Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honorable Mention awards for their outstanding performance on the recent 2008 National Spanish Exam.  These students scored top awards among 1,000,000 students nationally and they are listed below:
 
Gold (Oro):
Daniel Young--Daniel also scored 16th in the State (Spanish IB)
Katerina Lay--Katerina also scored 6th in the State (Spanish I)
Jessica Jordan--Jessica also scored 4th in the State (Spanish III)
 
Silver (Plata):
Emily Paschal--Spanish IB

Madison Smith--Spanish II

 
Bronze (Bronce):
Anna Lee Rhea--Spanish IB
Alison Milz--Spanish I
Ashton Avent--Spanish III
Antonio Malvagomez--Spanish III
Seth Perry--Spanish III
Chris Gerwig--Spanish IV
 
Honorable Mention (Premio):
Elisa Gandy--Spanish IA
Taylor Baxley--IB
Jansen Ford--IB
William Jordan--IB
Matthew Lee--IB
Donovan MacPherson--Spanish IB
Brooke Amerson--I
Haesin Kim--I
Sara Francis Koontz--I
Miranda Severance--I
Lauren Burner--II
Parker Freels--II
Eduardo Hernandez-Cruz--II
Caroline Jones--II
Ashlyn Baxley--III
Stephen Culleton--III
Katie Kelafant--III
Alex Smith--III
Casey Burner--IV
Grace Culleton--IV
Hannah Dexter--IV
 
"We're very proud of the success our Spanish students have had on this exam.  We have come to expect this level of excellence every year from our Foreign Language program, which we feel is one of the best in the state, year after year.  My congratulations to our Spanish Scholars and their teachers, Joy Jenkins and Cara Christian, for this outstanding performance in 2008,"  said Dr. Robert Veto, Headmaster of Trinity Collegiate School.  

Trinity Collegiate School History Student Recognized!

Darlington, SC-May 1, 2008- Mary Elizabeth Walters, a Senior at Trinity Collegiate School in Darlington, was recently selected as the winner of the SC Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Essay Award.   She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Walters of Cheraw. 

This award is designed to recognize and reward high school seniors who possess good citizenship qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism in their homes, schools and communities.  Awards are given on a merit basis including completion of a questionnaire, essay, scholastic record, and a letter of recommendation.

Each participating school selects a winner, who then competes at the district level.  District winners then compete at the state level.  Mary Elizabeth was presented with her award at a recent luncheon during the state-wide DAR conference in Columbia.

Mary Elizabeth will be attending the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio next year, and plans to major in history, with an emphasis on military history.

The full text of her essay is included below:    

"OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRESERVING IT"

By Mary Elizabeth Walters for the DAR Good Citizen Contest 2008

“We the people of the United States of America…”  “…the American Melting Pot….”  “Land of the Free and Home of the Brave”  “… that all men are created equal…”  “I have a Dream…”  “…the only thing we have to fear is fear itself…”  “Give me Liberty or give me Death!”

These quotations make up the bulwarks of American Heritage.  From Patrick Henry and the American Revolution, to Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 20th Century.  These men and their ideals have shaped America into the country she is today, and will continue to shape America as  we enter the 21st Century.

A country’s heritage, her past, her shared experiences form her national identity.  It is what makes America American, Britain British, and France French.

American Heritage isn’t something that can be defined.  It’s composed of tangibles, like Colonial Williamsburg, and intangibles, like the principles of Liberty and Freedom that were so important to the Founding Fathers.  American heritage may be hard to delineate, but it is crucial to understanding who we Americans are, because we ARE our Heritage.

Our American Heritage shapes our values and our prejudices.  It brings the Melting Pot of people that compose America together with a common denominator – we’re all Americans.  Because of the hardships early settlers faced, we value our independence.  Because of the Patriots who held their ground at Bunker Hill in the Revolution, we love our freedom.  Because of the brothers who fought each other in the Civil War, we have a stronger respect for national brotherhood.  Because of the Melting Pot, we cherish diversity.  These are the beliefs that compose American Heritage.  And yet… no pen could ever truly capture what it means to be American or to have an American Heritage.

The only way to truly grasp the meaning of being American or the true value of American Heritage is by experiencing it.  You have to go to Philadelphia and see the Liberty Bell.  You have to travel to D.C. and see the Declaration of Independence and face the Vietnam Memorial with the names of the dead continuing endlessly to either side.  You have to sit on a bench in Colonial Williamsburg and watch the re-enactors.   You have to trod the beautiful fields that ran red during the Battle of Gettysburg.  You have to trace the footsteps of Paul Revere from Boston to Lexington and Concord.  You have to sail past the Statue of Liberty as millions of immigrants have done before you.  After you do those things, you might start to understand what our American Heritage means.

It is crucial to preserve America’s Heritage because it’s not something that can be taught in school as meaningless names and dates.  You can only learn your heritage by seeing, by touching, by experiencing.  But to do that, the tangibles, the battlefields, the statues, have to be saved.  Because it is the tangibles that make the intangibles come to life and take meaning.  It is the tangibles that make you realize that it was your great—great-grandsomething who fought beside George Washington, that it was your grandfather who faced-down Hitler, just as it’s your brother who is fighting now.  America’s Heritage is a rich combination of tangible places, intangible ideas, and individual stories.

Our American Heritage is what we grow up on, it’s what makes America a desired destination for immigrants, it’s what directs politicians, it’s what makes us Americans.  America’s Heritage is not only who we were, but also who we are and who we will be.  Our American Heritage is precious and should be preserved at all costs, because Americans ARE our Heritage.

 

NETWORK EXECUTIVE TO SPEAK AT TRINITY COLLEGIATE SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT 

Darlington, SC - April 25, 2008 - Trinity Collegiate School will hold its annual graduation day ceremony on Saturday, May 31 at 2:00 PM.   
 

The Class of 2008 consists of 35 students. They will be attending various colleges and universities across the country later this year, such as: Auburn University, Boston College, Clemson University, College of Wooster, Duke University, Furman University, Georgia Tech, NC State, the University of South Carolina, Washington & Lee University, Wofford College, and several others.  Since 1999, one hundred percent of Trinity Collegiate School's graduates have been accepted into 4-year colleges and universities.   

Marva Smalls will serve as commencement speaker. She is the Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Chief of Staff for Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, TV Land and Noggin. As Chief of Staff, Smalls is the chief administrative officer for the networks and their ancillary businesses, coordinating and directing financial resources, personnel and facilities for their New York, Los Angeles and international offices. Smalls also manages and oversees meetings of the company’s Executive Management Team, a strategic planning group comprised of the senior executives in charge of each network and line of business.

An established veteran in the public sector, Smalls oversees all of the pro-social and corporate responsibility initiatives for the networks and their relationships with advocates, government officials, educators, non-profit organizations and trade associations. Smalls has longstanding relationships with public affairs, government relations, communications and philanthropic organizations on both the state and national level.

A resident of New York City and South Carolina, Smalls has a long history of political activism and public service across the United States, having served in a variety of positions in local and national government, and also with the NAACP. She is also an active member of the Executive Leadership Council, an organization representing the top African-Americans in corporate America. Smalls is a frequent speaker on the topics of empowerment and mentoring, and she has received numerous awards for her work with and support of community-based projects aimed at improving the quality of life for children.

Smalls has been a leader in developing strategies to combat the growing obesity epidemic with kids.  She has testified and spoken at leading governmental and industry forums on the topic, and has partnered closely with advertisers, child advocates and academics involved in the issue to help forward a proactive movement for kids. 

Smalls has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of South Carolina. She serves on numerous boards of directors including the National Council for Families and Television, the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, South Carolina’s Brookgreen Gardens, New York City’s Northside Center for Child Development, Big Brothers - Big Sisters of America, the National Bank of South Carolina, the South Carolina Educational Television Endowment Commission and the University of South Carolina’s Education Foundation. Smalls is also a recent recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Francis Marion University, and Coker College.  She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Trinity Baptist Church in Florence, South Carolina.

Under Smalls’ leadership, Nickelodeon’s pro-social campaigns have been recognized by presidential administrations and have garnered the support of top names in the entertainment industry. Most recently, she brought Nickelodeon’s Let’s Just Play, an award-winning, national multi-media campaign and grassroots effort to get kids more physically active and encourage more positive, healthy and playful lifestyles, together with The William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association to help reduce the growing rate of childhood obesity.  Let’s Just Play, along with partners Boys & Girls Clubs of America and The National PTA, has motivated and empowered millions of kids around the country to become active.  Smalls also spearheaded The Big Help, which, for more than nine years encouraged and empowered more than 40 million kids to pledge more than 380 million hours of volunteer service to their communities. The Big Help was honored with the prestigious George C. Peabody and Golden CableAce awards.

Trinity Collegiate School Appoints New Head of School

Mr. Emeriel C. (Em) Hubbard

Trinity Collegiate School announced February 20, 2008 the appointment of a new Head of School, Mr. Emeriel C. (Em) Hubbard, Jr. effective July 1, 2008.

Em Hubbard has served as Headmaster of St. Andrew’s School of Savannah, Georgia, since August of 1999.  He also had a prior tenure at the school as teacher, coach, and administrator during the years 1981-1992.  He is in his 20th year of service at St. Andrew’s and has an additional ten years of service in other schools, including Headmaster of Beaufort Academy (SC) for six years.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education and a Master’s degree in School Administration; both degrees are from the University of South Carolina.  Em and his wife, Brenda, have three children:  Carrie, a freshman at The College of Charleston, Oliver, age 14, and Carter, age 8.

In his current role as Headmaster at St. Andrew’s, he holds responsibilities as the leader of a faculty and staff totaling eighty-five persons, oversees a budget in excess of $4.5 million, and manages an administrative team of twelve professionals.  Under his leadership, St. Andrew’s has increased its enrollment from 365 students in 1999 to the current 495 students.  Financially, the school has doubled revenue during that span of years, increased employee salaries and benefits, and substantially upgraded the physical facilities. 

Says Hubbard of his appointment, “I am honored to be selected to head Trinity Collegiate.  By continuing to focus on a defined mission and philosophy and by building upon the solid foundation already established, the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and I pledge to provide the highest caliber college-preparatory curriculum, superior instruction, and expert college placement.”    

Mr. Hubbard is preceded at Trinity Collegiate School by the current Headmaster, Bob Veto.  Dr. Veto began as Headmaster of Trinity Collegiate School in 1997.  He was instrumental in the growth of Trinity Collegiate as he watched the school’s enrollment grow from 75 students to a current enrollment of 172.  During his tenure the school physically moved from a temporary location on the property of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Florence to the 100 acres in Darlington County where the school is currently located.  Among Dr. Veto’s major accomplishments at Trinity Collegiate School has been the development of a faculty that delivers one of the best college preparatory programs in the region.  The school is accredited by the South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) and has recently achieved accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Dr. Veto has been an asset to the community of Florence as well.  He currently serves as President of the Florence Rotary Club.  He is an active member of the Masterworks Choir of Florence and of the Central United Methodist Church Choir.  He and his wife, Martha, have two children, Rachel and Charlie, both of whom graduated from Trinity Collegiate School and attended Davidson College and Emerson College respectively.

Dr. Veto has accepted a position at Stratford Academy in Macon, Georgia, as Headmaster.  According to Dr. Veto, “Trinity Collegiate School has been a warm and wonderful professional home for me for eleven years, and it has provided a top-flight educational experience for my own children as well as for hundreds of others.  While my wife and I will move to Macon with excitement over new challenges, a big piece of my heart will always be here.” 

Although Dr. Veto will be missed by the entire Trinity Collegiate family, the school is very excited about the arrival of Em Hubbard.  Upon Dr. Veto’s decision to move to Macon, the Board of Trustees embarked upon a deliberate and timely search for the new Head of School.  After considerable research, the Board feels that the search for a new Headmaster has resulted in the best choice for Trinity Collegiate School.  Dr. Veto will officially resign on June 30, 2008, and Em Hubbard will then assume the role as Headmaster at Trinity Collegiate School.