Trinity ARP

"Teach that students may become their own teacher. Let us feed our pupils with the right food so that time will come when they will be able to provide their own food."

- St. Augustine of Hippo (Serm.155,3,3)

Trinity's cottage school program is a literature and Christian worldview academic supplement program for homeschooling families. Classes engage with both Christian and secular "Great Books" throughout history drawn from age appropriate book suggestions in sources like The Well Trained Mind, Ambleside, and Veritas Press.

The Junior class is introduced to the stories and ideas of these great works, while the Intermediate and Senior classes read the primary sources themselves. We seek to develop a Christian Worldview in students through interaction with these foundational documents in Western Literature.

Parents, please note that some of the works the Intermediate and Senior class will read may deal with mature subjects and elements not always consistent with Christian teaching. We do not celebrate those elements of the works. Rather, our aim is to guide students in interacting with these works through a Christian worldview.

Here is an article you can read explaining this approach to classic works.

We offer classes for age 3 - grade 12 on Wednesday mornings from 9:30 am - 11:15 am. Classes will run 31 weeks this school year.

Our curriculum is on a 4 year class rotation which can be seen in the link below. 2025/26 is YEAR A.

Trinity Cottage School Scope and Sequence

2025/26 school dates are:

Fall Semester: September 10 - December 17

Christmas Break December 24 - January 14

Spring Semester: January 20 - May 6 (March 18 - off for March Break)

May 13 - wrap up picnic at Kingston Park, 10:30 - whenever

Please click on the class names below for more details.

Welcome Wednesday (ages 3 - 7)

Tuition is $50 per family for 30 weeks, or $2 per drop-in

Junior Cottage School (ages 8-11)

Tuition is $100 for the year, or $60 for a semester.

Intermediate Cottage School (ages 12-13 and/or grades 7&8)

Tuition is $150/student.

Senior Cottage School (grades 9-12)

Tuition is $150/student.

Because the session of Trinity Presbyterian Church wants to make this as accessible to as many families as we can, they have placed a $500 family cap on tuition.

For more information email cowancoralie@gmail.com

We would encourage students graduating Grade 12 to consider Gillespie Academy.

We take any interested Grade 11 and 12 students to a Gillespie Academy campus visit every January. Our next campus visit will be Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Email Mrs. Cowan for more details if you are interested in attending.