The curriculum outline for the Trinity Yard School has been designed for both academic and trades courses for a three-year term of study. The goal is to prepare students with the skills to start a business and master a trade, while gaining knowledge in core subjects with a focus on reading, writing, and speaking in English. Extra-curricular classes in agriculture, drum and dance, and sports teams also make up an important part of the school's curriculum.

The Trinity Yard School aims to facilitate hands-on learning in courses that capture the interests of the students and inspire them to pursue more in-depth study. A general knowledge of English, mathematics, history, global/social studies and geography, with a specific focus on African studies, basic sciences, and agriculture will provide students with a practical academic education. Trades and crafts courses will teach students in a variety of different skills, preparing them to earn a living through a creative means.

The Trinity Yard School classes are organized in a block schedule, offering academic courses in the mornings, while the trades courses, which run throughout the school year, meet in the afternoons. All first-year students will take an intensive English course (E.M.K), named after our first volunteers, in preparation for future classes, all of which will be taught in English. After the E.M.K course, students will take two or more introductory trades courses. They will then choose the trade they want to pursue and embark on a two-year course of intensive study of this trade. Academic classes will continue throughout the three years, with third-year students helping to tutor students from the local elementary. The School's goal is to offer at least two trades courses every year, along with academic classes for all students.

While retaining some teaching methods familiar to Ghanaian students, Trinity Yard School hopes to introduce students to a more interactive classroom and learning environment. To that end, the School's program of study includes material from both the secondary school curriculum in Ghana, as well as from middle school and high school curricula in the U.S. While it is necessary for TYS students to have a knowledge base that is compatible with their Ghanaian peers, TYS is committed to exposing students to a more participatory and actively engaging style of learning quite different from the typical government school classroom.

At present, most Ghanaian students must learn by rote, copying material from the blackboard, memorizing information without understanding its meaning or underlying principles. Corporal punishment is universal and frequent. Failure to perform or disobedience of any kind results in verbal and physical abuse by the teacher or administrator. Trinity Yard School sees great value in motivating students to learn through positive reinforcement and encouragement, rather than through fear. Instilling a love of learning will hopefully inspire students to continue with their studies.

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear."
- Rosa Parks

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it."
- Malcolm X

"Knowing that material and spiritual progress are essential to man, we must ceaselessly work for the equal attainment of both. Only then shall we be able to acquire the absolute inner-calm, so necessary to our well being."
- H.I.M