TVS History
Trinity Valley was founded in 1959, when George Bragg and Stephen Seleny realized they needed to provide the young men of the Texas Boys Choir with an opportunity to learn as well as rehearse. On a tour of Europe, Bragg and Seleny realized the signing of the Magna Carta and the crowning of Charlemagne meant nothing to the boys. In response, the two men founded a liberal arts school – the Texas Boys Choir School – in the third-floor kitchen and one tiny room of St. Ignatius Academy in Fort Worth. By 1962, enrollment had rapidly increased to 120 students in grades three through nine, necessitating a move to leased space in the old Laneri High School. As demand for admission increased, the need for a larger site became apparent; in 1969, the School moved to the 35-acre McCart Avenue campus with an enrollment of 185 boys. Two years later, Trinity Valley had grown to 284 students, including 40 girls.
Bragg and Seleny's shared vision, nurtured by Founding Headmaster Stephen Seleny, has taken Trinity Valley School through six decades of reaching for the stars. What began with six boys and handful of teachers in 1959 is now a school of over 1,000 young learners.
Today, Trinity Valley School is firmly established as an esteemed independent, college-preparatory school for children in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. TVS is located on a 75-acre campus at 7500 Dutch Branch Road in southwest Fort Worth.
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TVS History: Heads of School
2024-present: George N. King, Jr., Interim Head of School
2020-2024: Blair Lowry, Head of School
2016-2020: Ian L. Craig, Head of School
2015-2016: Donald C. North, Interim Head of School
2006-2015: Gary W. Krahn, Head of School
2001-2005: Bob Windham, Head of School
1999-2001: Gerald Kramer, Interim Headmaster, fall 1999 through spring 2001
Mr. Kramer served the School in a dual role as Interim Headmaster and Head of Lower School. From 2001 to 2007, he served as Head of Lower School/Associate Head of School.
1994-1999: Walter W. Kesler, second Head of School
1959-1994 - Stephen Seleny, the School's founding Headmaster
Interim Head of School: George N. King, Jr.
George N. King, Jr.
Interim Head of School
George N. King, Jr. 's thirty plus years as a teacher, administrator, and educational leader began in Boston, MA where he taught instrumental music at The Elma Lewis School and Boston Latin School. At the conclusion of his tenure at Boston Latin School, George entered the world of independent schools. In pursuit of his goal of becoming a Head of School, George held several key positions, including Director of Instrumental Music and Assistant Director of Admissions at Newark Academy in Livingston, NJ; Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at the Queen Anne School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland; Principal of Grades 9 & 10 at the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland; and Head of Upper School at the Greenhill School in Dallas, Texas. As Headmaster at the Wooster School in Danbury, Connecticut, and Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, George worked with his leadership teams, students, parents, trustees, and consultants to successfully lead those schools through transformative strategic planning processes. In addition to strategic planning, George enjoys fund and friend raising. One of the highlights of his tenure at Moravian Academy was working with trustees and his team to raise the funds for the design and construction of a 40,000 square foot athletic and wellness center. George also enjoys building teams and positioning them for success as well as mentoring teachers, administrators, and aspiring Heads of School. Since “retiring”, George has served as Interim Head of School at the Woodlynde School in Strafford, Pennsylvania, where he worked with trustees and his team to raise the funds required to initiate a campus facilities expansion project, and as Interim Director of Upper School at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
George earned a Bachelor of Music Education from Murray State University and a Master of Science in Jazz from New England Conservatory. He is an accomplished saxophonist who performed as a member of the Chico Hamilton Group at many of the major jazz venues and festivals in America and Europe, including the Newport Jazz Festival in New York City and the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.