Recently, two North Dallas residents and students at Trinity Christian Academy (TCA), were recognized at the Schmidt and Jones Awards Gala for their exceptional performance in “The Sound of Music”. Mackenna Schults received Best Female Ensemble and Clark Pino received Best Actor.

Students were judged by a panel of theater professionals and educators. The judges provided nominations and voted for winners in various performance and design categories as the students competed against the productions from high schools in Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties. Sponsored by Dallas County's only locally produced professional musical theater company, Lyric Stage, the gala honors the students' hard work by providing a Tony Award-like ceremony.

Recently, four high school students at Trinity Christian Academy (TCA) were recognized at the Schmidt and Jones Award Gala for their outstanding performances in The Sound of Music. Mackenna Shults received Best Female Ensemble for her part as Frau Schmidt,Emma Hodge received Best Actress in a Minor Role for her part as Brigitta, Michelle Raybourn received Best Supporting Actress for her part as Elsa and Clarke Pino received Best Actor for his part as Captain Von Trapp. TCA also tied for the most award nominations of the year in north Texas.

Students were judged by a panel of theater professionals and educators. The judges provided nominations and voted for winners in various performance and design categories as the students competed against the productions from high schools in Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties. Sponsored by Dallas County's only locally produced professional musical theater company, Lyric Stage, the gala honors the students' hard work by providing a Tony Award-like ceremony.

Recently, seven seniors and student-athletes from Trinity Christian Academy (TCA) signed national letters of intent to play college sports. The letter of intent signifies a binding agreement between the prospective student and the institution.

Hunter Balk of Weatherford signed with Arizona State University for wrestling and Mia Gradick of Plano signed with Fresno State University for equestrian. Five seniors signed to play football including Isaac Agumadu of Preston Hollow for Trinity University; Xavier Brooks of Lewisville for Benedictine College; Michael Callahan of Plano for Lehigh University; Justin Moore of Carrollton for University of Connecticut and Reid Stacy of Plano for Southern Methodist University.

For the holidays, fourth-grade students at Trinity Christian Academy (TCA) collected more than 1,000 boxes for Operation Christmas Child, a national project to deliver gifts to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine and disease. Students at TCA filled the boxes with toys, books, notes and hygiene items.

Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization, with a mission to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items and school supplies. This is the 18^th year TCA students have participated in the nationwide event.

Jessica Lee, Georgia Nine and Jillian Delp, north Dallas residents and students at Trinity Christian Academy (TCA) were named 2019 National Merit Commended Students. Last year, 1.6 million students in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT. The students were judged on a variety of information including a personal essay, letters of recommendation, their academic record and their PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test scores. More than 34,000 commended students throughout the nation were recognized for their exceptional academic promise.