Trinity Christian Academy
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Campus context with a parent-friendly heart.
Let's Talk TCA follows the life of Trinity Christian Academy through steady, parent-focused conversations. Episodes translate school priorities, student development, faith formation, academics, athletics, and campus initiatives into practical context for families.
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Let's Talk TCA is a parent-facing conversation series about the people and decisions shaping Trinity Christian Academy. It keeps the tone close to campus. Episodes often begin with a plain question a family might actually ask, then slow down long enough to explain the why behind a program, a policy, or a priority. Recent installments introduce athletics leadership, Henry Morris's work with the TCA Foundation, TCA counselors' advice on frightening news, and academic specialists' thinking about curriculum and homework. The show is especially comfortable translating institutional plans into daily family terms. That matters here. A foundation update becomes a conversation about fields, tuition assistance, giving options, and the Pursuing Victory campaign. An academics episode becomes a look at how teachers know students, how homework is being considered, and how Christian discipleship shapes the classroom. A counseling episode gives parents steady language for talking about human violence, anxiety, and hard headlines without giving children too much detail. The Discover Week conversation adds a more exploratory note, with Lisa Wong describing classes in personal finance, AI, gardening, hospitality, babysitting, sustainability fashion, line dancing, pickleball, grilling, fishing, etiquette, cuisine, and discipleship. Student voices also enter the mix. Eighth grade girls bring questions to Carrie Kompakis after studying friendship and wisdom. Tim Elmore frames leadership as something parents, teachers, coaches, and youth workers can cultivate rather than merely hope for. Bob Goff brings a more story-driven energy around loving difficult people, living with margin, and responding to student questions. Across episodes, the show returns to the same center: students are known, families are included, and school life is treated as formation, not just programming. Its best use is as a bridge between campus leadership and parents who want the fuller context behind what their children are experiencing.
Made for: Parents and prospective families connected to Trinity Christian Academy who want a clearer sense of campus life, student support, academics, athletics, and faith formation. It also suits school-community listeners who prefer practical conversation over polished institutional messaging.
What sets it apart: The show pairs behind-the-scenes school updates with pastoral, parent-level guidance from the people working directly with students. Its conversations make campus decisions feel personal, specific, and tied to the everyday formation of children and teens.
Let's Talk TCA is a podcast where parents can learn about what's going on at TCA, hear from school leaders and stay connected. Trinity Christian Academy is located in Addison, Texas.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Let's Talk TCA Podcast makes school operations legible by connecting fundraising, facilities, academics, and student support to the people making those decisions.
Cynthia Yanoff turns institutional decisions into approachable conversations with the people responsible for carrying them out. Let's Talk TCA Podcast moves between academics, counseling, athletics, and the TCA Foundation, asking guests to explain how priorities become policies,…
A scary headline reaches your dinner table; Cynthia Yanoff brings in the counselors before panic gets dessert.
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Beck Brighton's story turns on success measured less by titles than by the calls that come later.
The episode offers a warm, clear look at TCA's new executive director of athletics, Beck Brighton, and the path that brought him to a role he did not enter with a playing background or coaching resume.
A clear look at how TCA's foundation connects giving with visible campus change.
The segment presents the TCA Foundation as a practical guide to giving, campus upgrades, and the Pursuing Victory campaign. Henry Morris, who says he has been at Trinity Christian Academy for just over six months, lays out the TCA fund, tuition assistance, phase one, and what…
TCA counselors offer parents a steady, practical way to answer scary-news questions.
Let's Talk TCA centers a problem many parents know well: how to answer a child when the news feels frightening. Cynthia Yanoff joins TCA counselors Emily Iyer, Sean Lediber, and Linda McDonough, and the exchange stays grounded in what children can take in, how they make sense of…
A clear look at how TCA ties academics to student care, purpose, and faith.
This episode gives a steady view of how TCA approaches curriculum, critical thinking, homework, and student development. It is at its best when it returns to a plain but important idea: students tend to learn better when teachers know them well, have time to call parents and…
Public lives, private fatherhood lessons.
Less perfection, more workable home routines.
Christian leadership for a pressured culture.
Steady support for military-connected children.
Grounded Coffee Company at Trinity Christian Academy gives 19 entrepreneurship students responsibility for operations, marketing, finance, culture, and customer service.
Cynthia Yanoff welcomes Coach B, TCA's new executive director of athletics, for a warm conversation about how he found his way into football coaching and what drew him and his wife to TCA.
Henry Morris explains how Trinity Christian Academy's foundation pays for campus upgrades that tuition does not cover.
Cynthia Yanoff opens with a simple question.
Cynthia Yanoff sits down with TCA's academic specialists for a conversation about how the school approaches curriculum, critical thinking, and student development across the lower, middle, and upper grades.
This episode features an interview with Lisa Wong, Chief Innovation Officer at Trinity Christian Academy, discussing the upcoming Discover Week event for middle and upper school students to explore innovative and creative learning opportunities.
This episode features an interview with author Kari Kampakis and 8th grade girls discussing friendship and wisdom from her book '10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know'.
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This episode features an interview with author Bob Goff discussing his books 'Love Does' and 'Everybody Always', focusing on loving difficult people, living undistracted lives, and making margin for others, with questions from students.
Bev Birmingham, assistant head of school for the lower school at Trinity Christian Academy, discusses her family's journey from South Korea to TCA, her role in building community, and initiatives like virtues education and a mom's book club.
This episode features an interview with TCA alum Matthew Marks discussing his journey from Trinity Christian Academy to OU, his studies in broadcast journalism and intercollegiate athletics administration, and how his faith and education prepared him for his career.
This episode features an interview with lower school counselor Emily Bush discussing the emotional impacts of COVID-19 on children, how to identify mental health issues, and the support available at Trinity Christian Academy.