At Trinity Episcopal Day School, being known is more than recognition—it’s belonging. As Father Peter puts it, “When you come here, you’re known, and that makes all the difference.” It’s the comfort of walking into chapel and hearing your name in prayer, the sound of familiar hymns washing over you, and realizing that everyone around you—teachers, staff, and church leaders—knows who you are.
“For our youngest students especially, that sense of identity, rooted in being intimately known as a person with all of your quirks and all of your personality, is one of the greatest gifts Trinity gives,” Father Peter says. It’s a gift that shapes not only how children learn, but who they become—a confidence grounded in being loved and accepted just as they are.
A Place That Feels Like Family
There are many things Father Peter loves about Trinity, but one of his favorites sits just outside his office window. “My office looks out over the Pre K playground,” he says. “At any point in the day, if I’m struggling, if I’m having a difficult time, I can just walk over to that window and watch these children play with joy and just be children. It’s such a gift.”
That simple act—taking a moment to watch children delight in being themselves—captures something essential about Trinity’s spirit. “Being a part of the church and the school gives you access to this larger community,” Father Peter explains. “It’s this host of aunts and uncles and grandparents, this sense of being part of a larger family. It gives the students a sense of being home and being welcomed by all different kinds of folks.”
That’s what it means to be an Episcopal school: a community that lives its faith through relationships, where every person is seen, valued, and loved.
Faith Lived Out Loud
For Father Peter, serving as Trinity’s chaplain and the spiritual leader of the church means far more than preaching on Sundays. “The most important thing to me,” he says, “is that the students who come here, the teachers who come here, the parents who come here see that I am struggling to do my best to be Christ-like in their lives—to be that presence that can listen, to counsel, to celebrate with them when they celebrate, and to mourn with them in places of mourning.”
That presence is woven into everything from chapel and prayer to moments of quiet conversation on the playground. “We forget sometimes that the grief children feel is also part of how they grow up,” he reflects. “To sit with them and walk with them through that is a transformative experience.”
At Trinity, faith isn’t an add-on. It’s the heartbeat of the community. Each week in chapel, students sing, pray, and lead—discovering that worship isn’t something done for them, but with them. They learn that faith is something to practice every day: in kindness, in curiosity, and in the way they care for one another.
A School That Nurtures the Whole Child
“We indeed provide an excellent education,” Father Peter says, “But Trinity is so much more. We not only support a child’s academic development, but also their relational and personal growth.”
This balance—academic excellence alongside spiritual and emotional well-being—is what makes the school’s Episcopal identity so distinct. In a world where children are often “shuffled into larger and larger organizations where they’re less and less known,” Father Peter says, “Trinity offers something different. Our community is small, but that allows us to truly nurture the whole child.”
That development comes to life through chapel leadership, service projects, classroom devotionals, and daily acts of care. Students learn that faith isn’t confined to Sunday mornings—it’s something lived out in how they greet a classmate, serve at chapel, or lend a hand to a friend.
Home for the Heart and Spirit
When Father Peter describes Trinity in one word, it’s this: home.
“For me, we chose to come here five years ago because it felt like a place we could make our home,” he says. “Our kids went to school here because it was a place where we felt we belonged. And I’ve heard that same thing from so many parents who’ve had kids here for years—it becomes home for them too.”
Every spring, as families gather to celebrate graduating students, that truth comes full circle. “They walk these halls and remember everything about their time here,” Father Peter says. “It’s a homecoming.”
Trinity’s Episcopal identity makes that possible. It’s a faith that welcomes every child, celebrates their unique gifts, and invites them to grow in love and compassion. It’s faith lived in action—through laughter, through worship, through learning—and through belonging that endures long after graduation.
At Trinity, faith doesn’t just shape what students know. It shapes who they become. And that, Father Peter reminds us, “is a real gift we give to every student who walks our halls.”
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