Why Trent?                                                
The Mission of The Trent Schools

. . . is to provide structured home-schooling lessons which will  help students to independently mature as scholars and citizens who are willing to raise questions, weigh evidence, substantiate opinions, and communicate ideas clearly and effectively.

With students from across the nation and around the world, Trent offers alternative academic programs of excellence meeting the needs of high achievers and students who strive but have been thwarted by ineffective public school programs.  Trent takes full advantage of the inexhaustible learning resources available on the Internet.  Experiential education is the emphasis of all Trent curricula.

At The Trent Schools, students are subjected to higher levels of learning.  One result is enhanced self-esteem developed in the safe, healthy, friendly environment of your own home, free from the pressures often associated with good preparatory schools.

Trent provides lessons which are clay meant for you to mold to fit your personal educational philosophy and your own moral and ethical convictions.

       Why Trent? ". . .let me count the ways."

At Trent, no student who truly wants to succeed can fail.

Trent is the oldest established  online home school institution in the world.  You can take advantage of our established record of success.

There are no books to buy.  Trent strives to instill a love of books, requires the reading of many books, but does not demand that you buy any.

There is no postage to pay.  We are online and have no boxes of stuff to mail.  Our correspondence is by e-mail.  Even our tests are sent by computer.

There are no audio tapes or CDs to purchase.  No interactive CD can begin to compare with Trent's lesson links to the Internet.

There is no phone bill because of The Trent Schools.  We conduct all business and class work online, and Trent's Online Teachers are only an e-mail away.

Trent maintains student records and makes grade transcripts available to schools, colleges, and universities.

If selected, Online Teachers assist students and at-home teachers in all aspects of teaching and learning, and grade student tests.

You may grade your child's tests yourself.  Or for a modest fee, you can elect to have a Trent Online Teacher grade tests.

Trent presents traditional values through contemporary technology.

Trent curricula are logically integrated, week by week, year after year.

Today's student is oriented toward learning through visual input.  Trent provides it!

Student's who must be coaxed to study are usually eager to explore the Internet.

Trent lessons link to the greatest library civilization ever assembled: the World Wide Web.

Using Trent lessons trains students to successfully use the computer.

Parents who teach can spend more time on meanings and values because they need spend no time on lesson preparation.

Your student competes only with the person he or she can become, not in a crowded room of thirty students with thirty different sets and levels of abilities.

There is no safer school than your home.

Trent Math is thorough and tough, the right kind of stuff, and your child can get it, beat it, and gain pride in doing it.

Trent English, Writing, and Literature are demanding courses and strongly emphasized,

Trent Sciences are loaded with practical experiments.

Trent Social Sciences teach the world that was and the world that is -- without apologies, sermons, or justifications.

Trent Fine Arts: our crown jewel!  We could brag all day, but just wait and see (and hear) what your child learns in these course.

The Trent Gifted Child Program permits individual pacing to suit your child's abilities and personal drive, not the collective gifts of "the average gifted child."

Student actors, performers, and athletes can put their careers and their schooling together without difficulties.  

No big company, small company, publisher, church, or interest-group has control of any part of The Trent Schools.

Copyright 1998 - 2006, The Trent Schools