Trinity Catholic High School (Missouri) Explained

Trinity Catholic High School
Streetaddress:1720 Redman Road
Zipcode:63138
Country:USA
Coordinates:38.7847°N -90.2233°W
President:Sr. Karl Mary Winkelmann
Principal:Mrs. Kristen Shipp
Conference:Archdiocesesn Athletic Association (AAA)
Motto:Ex Trinitate Unitas
Motto Translation:From Trinity Comes Unity
Accreditation:North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Team Name:Titans
Newspaper:Titan Times
Established:2003
Closed:2021 closed
Free Label1:Dean of Discipline
Free Text1:Tim Quinn
Free Label3:Athletic Director
Free Text3:Dan Grumich
Homepage:trinitycatholichighschool.org

Trinity Catholic High School was a private, Catholic high school in Spanish Lake Township, St. Louis County, Missouri. It was located in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. The school closed in 2021.[2]

History

Trinity Catholic was established in 2003 from the merger of St. Thomas Aquinas-Mercy and Rosary high schools to serve the northern portion of St. Louis County.[3] Its school building had opened in 1959.[4]

Mercy High School, which began operations in 1948, became St. Thomas Aquinas-Mercy in 1985 due to combining with St. Thomas Aquinas High School, which was in Florissant.

In February 2021, the total number of students was 284, with 12th graders making up 77 of them.[5]

Trinity Catholic High School closed at the conclusion of the 2020–2021 school year. The archdiocese stated that it would be expensive to repair the building, and that area families chose other Catholic schools, which is why the number of students had declined.[4] Had the school remained open, it would have had an expected 9th grade enrollment of 37 the following year.[5] It was the final high school in St. Louis County that the St. Louis Archdiocese had directly administered.[6]

Former students at the school told Alexander Thompson of the National Catholic Reporter that they felt betrayed by the school's closure.[2]

Notable alumni

Further reading

External links

News reports on the closing from official news channel accounts on YouTube:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement . 23 June 2009 . NCA-CASI . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090429033455/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ . April 29, 2009 .
  2. Web site: Thompson. Alexander. Closures of Catholic schools in Black neighborhoods provoke sense of abandonment. National Catholic Reporter. 2021-04-21. 2022-07-23.
  3. Web site: About Trinity Catholic. 11 May 2007. TCHS.
  4. Web site: Clancy. Sam. Archdiocese to close Trinity Catholic High School at the end of 2020-21 school year. KSDK-TV. 2021-02-25. 2022-07-23.
  5. Web site: Bernhard. Blythe. Trinity Catholic High School in north St. Louis County will close. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2021-02-26. 2022-07-23.
  6. Web site: Bernhard. Blythe. Saying goodbye to Trinity Catholic, the last Archdiocesan high school in St. Louis County. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2021-06-28. 2022-07-23.
  7. Web site: Ryan . Shannon . Illinois committed to giving Isaiah Williams a shot at quarterback — a big reason he signed with the Illini: 'He loves that "he's too short" thing' . Chicago Tribune . February 5, 2019.

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