Trinity High School (Euless, Texas)

For other schools with similar names, see Trinity High School (disambiguation).

Trinity High School
Address
500 North Industrial Boulevard Euless , Tarrant County , Texas 76039 United States of America
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Responsibility, Pride, and Determination Make Trinity Different
Established	1968
School district	Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District
Principal	Mike Harris
Staff	163.5 (2008-09)
Faculty	149.5 (2008-09)
Grades	10-12
Number of students	2,180 (2008-09)
Color(s)
Mascot	Trojan
Website	Euless Trinity Trojans

Trinity High School (also known as Euless Trinity) is a public high school in Euless, Texas. It administers grade levels 10–12 and is a part of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District.

The school is named "Trinity" as an homage to the three cities comprised by the school district in which it is located: Hurst, Euless, and Bedford (and also as a reference to the nearby Trinity River, which forms the southern border of the school district). The school's mascot is a Trojan, a citizen of Troy. The Trinity High School football team has won the Texas 5A Division 1 State Championship in 3 of the past 5 seasons (2005, 2007, 2009).

History

Trinity was established as the second high school in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. (The first high school in the school district was L.D. Bell High School, which opened in 1957 in Euless and moved to its current site in Hurst in 1965.) The campus sits on a hillside in west central Euless, less than one-fourth of a mile from the Euless-Bedford city limit.

Alma Mater

All hail to thee our Trinity

To thee we are proud and true

We'll gaze into the years to come

From the height of our hillside view

Through hallowed halls our voices ring (T's UP)

With memories old and new

All hail to thee our Trinity

Our alma mater true

Campus

Front view of the campus

Aerial image of the entire campus

Trinity High School is made up of eleven distinct buildings, most of which are named for the department they house (often abbreviated to just the first letter). The nine original buildings were: the Fine Arts Building, the Academics Building, the Library Building, the Science Building, the Physical Education Building, the Cafeteria Building, the Driver's Education Building, a small two-story building called D-Building, and an Administration Building. The Physical Education Building includes a natatorium. The late 1990s brought three major changes to the campus: a system of covered walkways was built to connect most of the school's buildings, a new band hall was added to the Fine Arts Building, and a wing was added to the Academics Building. This new wing became the new face of the campus because of its large and prominent façade and provided new offices for, the principal, vice-principals, and secretaries. The original Administration Building was converted to house the counselors' offices.

In the first few years of the new millennium, two new buildings were added to the Trinity campus. The two-story N-Building lies on the campus's southern edge and houses the Foreign Language Department. Just a little further into campus from the D-Building is the new W-Building. The W-Building houses special education classrooms and is specifically designed to accommodate the needs of students with physical disabilities.

Trinity is the only high school in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District to have a natatorium facility, allowing Trinity to host swim meets on the campus.

Student body

During the 2008-2009 school year, Trinity High School enrolled 2180 students in grade 10 (32.8%), grade 11 (33.6%), and grade 12 (33.7%). Ethnicities represented include white (49.7%), Hispanic (19.4%), Asian and Pacific Islander (12.7%), African-Americans (17.2%), and Native American (1.0%). Thirty-six percent were economically disadvantaged.

Euless has one of the largest Tongan communities in the nation; there are an estimated 4,000 Tongans living in the city at present, representing approximately 7.5 percent of the city's population. Likewise, Trinity High School is unique because of its large percentage of Tongan students.

Trinity High School receives students from three feeder schools: all students from Euless Junior High school and Harwood Junior High school attend Trinity along with a share of the students from Central Junior High school. Students in the attendance zones for Bell Manor, Lakewood, Meadow Creek, Midway Park, North Euless, Oakwood Terrace, Shady Brook, South Euless, Spring Garden, and Wilshire elementary schools attend Trinity High School.

The State of Texas defined "college readiness," or readiness to undergo university studies, by scores on the ACT and SAT and in the 11th grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) tests. Holly K. Hacker of The Dallas Morning News said that the school was "high-performing" in that regard.

Academics

Among Tarrant County high schools, Trinity High School ranks eighth (of forty-six) in average points above passing on the 11th grade TAKS test.

Trinity High School is ranked 304th in the nation (and 6th within Tarrant County) on Newsweek's 2007 list of the top 1,200 high schools in the country The rankings are based on the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests taken by graduating seniors — Trinity had 2.296 tests taken per Class of 2007 graduate. This year's ranking is up from 997th in 2006 and 1017th in 2005.

• National Merit Finalists (2007): 4
• Average SAT Score (Class of 2008): 1044
• Average ACT Score (Class of 2008): 21.5

Trinity High School is an International Baccalaureate World School. The program graduated its first group of seniors in 2004.

TAKS - Met Standard (Sum of All Grades Tested)

Subject	2005 School (10,11)	2006 School (10,11)	2006 District (all grades)	2006 State (all grades)
Reading/ELA	86%	93%	93%	87%
Mathematics	74%	82%	85%	75%
Science	73%	77%	80%	70%
Soc. Studies	92%	96%	94%	87%
All Tests	61%	70%	79%	67%

Athletics

Trinity hosts its home games at Pennington Field, which they also share with L.D. Bell High School.

Trinity Football performing the Haka

Currently playing in the Texas 5A Division 1 football, The Trinity Trojan football team is often in the national spotlight due to its rich football history including three state titles in the past five years, 2005, 2007 and 2009, defeating perennial power houses Converse Judson twice and Austin Westlake. The 2008 football season brought a great deal of national attention, during which Rivals.com ranked the Trojans # 1 in the nation. The team is also known for performing the "Ka Mate Haka" an old Māori war dance which is performed before and after their games. The "Haka" has been featured in various articles around the country including news casts on ESPN, CNN and most noticeably, in 2007, on CBS's evening news cast with Katie Couric. The Trojans have also been featured in commercials for Gatorade and EA Sports Madden NFL 11.

Over the years, the football team has earned 23 Texas State Playoff appearances, including twenty District Championships, seven semifinal appearances, 5 state championship appearances, and three state titles. In 2008, the Trojans faced Louisiana power-house John Curtis in a labor day showdown at Texas Stadium, the game ended with the Trojans winning 28-12.

Trinity returned strong the following year, defeating Bingham High School 42-21, playing the first high school football game at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Trinity went on to defeat many teams, including an 88-27 win over Flower Mound. This game produced the most amount of points scored in a Texas high school football playoff game since 1941. The 2010 football season, the trojans were going into the state championship game 15-0 and #1 in the nation. They ended up losing to the pearland oilers 24-28.

• The Men's Tennis team succeeded in taking the 4A All-District Title in 1978 under the leadership of Hall of Fame, All Conference Tennis Coach, Cal Hopkins, defeating L.D. Bell with a Finals match between Trinity's Robert Matuszewski and L.D. Bell's Tom Ferris.

• The Women's Soccer team reached the State Playoffs in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. They have also won the NSCAA Team Academic Award in 2005 and 2006.

• The Men's Soccer team reached the State Playoffs in 1986, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008.

• The Women's Basketball team has earned playoff spots 17 times in the past 20 seasons, including a 33-2 record in 2002. Coach Sue Cannon started the 2006 season with a career record of 858-251, with 490-173 at Trinity. They became the Area Champions in 2007.

• The Men's Basketball team were the 1996 State Runners-Up.

• The Men's Gymnastics team won State Championships in 1990 and 2002. The 2007 season brought them District Runner-Up, 2nd at Regionals, placed 5th at State, 3 Regionals Champions, one State Champion, and 2 athletes qualified for National Gymnastic Meet in Tenn.

• The Girls Lacrosse team won the Div. II State Championship on May 6, 2007. They entered the tournament ranked second and defeated the defending div. II champions (9-8).

• The Women's Cross Country team was the District 7-5A Champion in 2007.

• The Men's Cross Country team had 2 runners qualified for Regionals in 2007.

• The Girls Swimming team became the District Champions and had 13 qualified for Regionals in 2007.

• The Boys Swimming became the District Runner-up and had 8 qualified for Regionals in 2007.

• The Baseball team was Bi-District Champion in 1999 and 2000 and reached Area-Round Competition in 2002 and 2003.

• The Softball was Bi-District Champions in 2007.

• The Tennis team won Runner up district Champions in 2003 and anvanced to Regional team tennis quarterfinalist under Coach Kevin Faulse.

• The Volleyball team won the District Championship in 2007.

• The Drill Team in 2007 National Champions - Novelty 2nd place - Pom 5th place - Jazz Award of Excellence - awards to the top 10 teams at the competition [1]

• The THS Cheerleaders won first place in a National Championship in Florida. Winning their division and finished in the top 10 the over all level 4 division (out of 36 teams) in 2008.

• The Computer Science team (The Bobsled Team) had 2 TCEA state-finalist teams, 1 of which came in 1st at the regional competition in 2007.

Football History

Current Season (09'10)

Regular Season

8/28/10 (Tyler, TX) @Tyler Lee 35-0 (W)
9/06/10 (Arlington, TX) @Shiloh Christian (AR) 80-26 (W)
9/11/10 (North Richland Hills, TX) @Richland 50-3 (W)
9/17/10 (Bedford, TX) vs. Irving 54-0 (W)
9/24/10 (Colleyville, TX) @Colleyville Heritage 42-7 (W)

10/01/10 (Bedford, TX) vs. L.D. Bell 45-22 (W)
10/08/10 (Haltom City, TX) @Haltom 48-6 (W)
10/15/10 (Bedford, TX) vs. Irving Nimitz 56-7 (W)
10/22/10 (Grapevine, TX) @Grapevine 55-7 (W)

11/04/10 (Bedford, TX) vs. Irving MacArthur 48-15
Playoffs (10'11)
Bi-District- 11/12/10 (North Richland Hills, TX) @South Grand Prairie 36-16 (W)
Area- 11/20/10 (Arlington, TX) vs. Allen 37-35 (W)
Regional Semi-finals- 11/26/10 (Arlington, TX) @Arlington Martin 42-21 (W)
Regional Finals- 12/03/10 (Southlake Carroll, TX) vs. Coppell 41-40 (W)
Semi-finals- 12/11/10 (Waco, TX) @Round Rock Stony Point 28-24 (W)
State Final- 12/18/10 (Arlington, TX) vs. Pearland
28-24 (L)

2009 Playoffs
Bi-District- 11/14/09 (Arlington, TX) @Flower Mound 88-27 (W)
Area- 11/21/09 (Arlington, TX) vs. Plano 41-38 (W)
Regional Semi-finals- 11/27/09 (Bedford, TX) vs.Arlington Martin 37-19 (W)
Regional Finals- 12/04/09 (Bedford, TX) vs. Arlington 47-17 (W)
Semi-finals- 12/12/09 (Waco, TX) vs. Round Rock Stony Point 35-28 (W)
State Final- 12/19/10 (San Antonio, TX) vs. Austin Westlake 41-38(OT) (W)

Fine arts

In the spring of 1968, Mr. William D. Reavis was selected to be the first Director of Bands as well as Trinity's Director of Fine Arts; positions he held until the end of the 1972 school year. Before the official opening of Trinity H.S., Mr. Reavis composed the music and words for the Trinity High School Alma Mater and Fight Song. The first Trinity High School Marching Band consisted of freshmen, sophomore and only 10 juniors. Trinity did not have a senior class until its second year of existence. Most of these students had no marching experience and that along with no band hall, no practice field and only a few weeks to prepare for the band program's first UIL Marching Contest, their hard work along with Mr. Reavis's dedication they brought home Trinity's first ever UIL trophy. More trophies and awards were bestowed upon the band the first two years. The Trinity Band was becoming a powerhouse band and they obtained the coveted UIL Sweepstakes the third and fourth year of the school's existence. January 1972; The Trinity HS Symphonic Band, representing The United States, was invited to Mexico by the Department of Cultural Exchange. Three concerts were presented in Monterrey, Mexico as well as one concert in route at Three Rivers High School, Three Rivers, Texas. After building a well established sweepstakes band Mr. Reavis left Trinity after the fourth year and Mr. Tom Nugent then took over the band program the fifth year.

The Trinity Trojan Symphonic Band is a well-respected, award-winning group in TMEA class AAAAA category, and during Tom Nugent's twenty-four years at Trinity High School, the band achieved twenty-four consecutive UIL sweepstakes ratings. The Trinity High School band was named Outstanding Band in their classification at several invitational contests throughout the United States, including Smoky Mountain Music Festival in Gatlinburg, TN, Six Flags Over Georgia in Atlanta, Six Flags Over Mid-America in St. Louis, the Durango, CO Fine Arts Festival, Winter Park Music Festival, Mountain States Music Festival in Phoenix, AZ, Bluebonnet Festival in San Antonio, Galveston Music Festival, and Cavalcade of Music in Colorado Springs. In addition, the Trinity High School band was selected to attend the UIL State Marching Contest on two different occasions and was an area finalist three times in Honor Band selection. Many of these recordings are located for review at http://www.youtube.com/user/daryldallas

The Trinity Drama Department has also had its share of success, advancing to the State finals for UIL One Act Play in 1987, 1990, 1991, and 1992. They won the State Championship in 1992.

The Trinity Photography Department is a 5 time State Champion program. In 2008 Trinity had at least 9 finalists in the Best of College Photo Contest. At the Texas A&M Photo Shootout and the Association of Texas Photography Instructors Winter Conference in Arlington the Trojans brought home 33 awards. In 2008 alone the Trinity Photo Department won over 100 awards. They also had a special appearance in the nationally broadcast Dallas Cowboys End of Year Special in 2008. The Trinity Photography Department won State Championships in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, and 2005.

The Trinity Choir program has seen success after success in National Competitions and at home. In 2007, the Trinity High School Choirs won 10 out of the 11 awards at the Disney Festival and received Sweepstakes ratings in the UIL Competition. The show choir, Harmony, is an award-winning 14-16 member auditioned ensemble and perform throughout the Metroplex including places such as The Mansion on Turtle Creek, the Nationalization Ceremony for immigrants, and the Ft. Worth Petroleum Club.

Trinity’s Triune Yearbook has received National Awards for its 2007 publication. Including the Gold Medalist from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the highest ranking category. They have been nominated to receive the prestigious CSPA Crown Award presented only to the top 30 yearbooks in the Nation. They received the All-American rating with 5 marks of Distinction from the National Press Association, the NSPA's highest ranking. Triune has been selected as an elite NSPA Pacemaker Finalist recognizing the top 25 books nationally. They have also been selected by Taylor Publishing as a top 5% outstanding yearbook that will be shared with yearbook staffs around the country.

The Trinity Trojan Marching Band has become an increasing success in the past few years. The band made their first appearance in the Bands of America San Antonio Super Regional competition on October 24, 2009 and received division 1 ratings in the 2009 Region 5 Marching Contest at Pennington Field. The band also received Division 1 ratings in the 2010 UIL Region 5 competition. The marching band advanced to the UIL Area B Marching Band contest at Standridge Field. On Friday, October 29, 2010 the Band competed for the second time in the Bands of America San Antonio Super Regional Contest and received 39th place out of 53 bands, improving from 2009 which they made 37th place out of 50 bands that competed, They also increased their general score by a full seven points, from a 66 to a 73.

Clubs / Organizations (Non-UIL)

• Academic Quiz League
• American Sign Language Club
• Asian Club
• Black Heritage Organization (cultural)
• The Debate Team
• FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
• FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)
• FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America)
• French Honor Society
• GAP Club (Girl's Awareness Program)
• German Honor Society
• Hispanic Scholars
• International Thespian Society
• Mu Alpha Theta (math)
• Philosophy Club
• Science Society
• Spanish Honor Society
• TAFE (Future Educators)
• Junior World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Famous alumni

Neil Denari	Architect	1975
Mike Baab	Former NFL center (1982–92) for the Browns, Patriots, and Chiefs	1978
Carla Fry	Production Executive	1979
Michael Muhney	Hollywood actor	1993
D. J. Brigman	Professional golfer	1994
Altie Jones	Former Minor League Baseball player	1996
Sarah Shahi	Actress	1998
Michael Lynn	Computer Security Expert	1999
Ryan McBean	Denver Broncos Defensive End	2003
Daniel Woolard	Professional Soccer Player	2003
Trevor Vitatoe	Quarterback UTEP	2006
Dimitri Nance	Greenbay packers Running Back	2006
Ryan L. Mar	Professional Boxer With Texas Premier Boxing Pros	2006
Kimberly Matula	Actress	2006
Michael Weiskircher	Professional Audio Engineer/Producer/Arranger	2007
Juan M. Cortez	Hip-Hop Artist/DJ/Songwriter	2007
Denarius Mcghee QB	Big Sky Conf. 2010 New comer of the year & Co-offensive player of the year	2010

Championships

Year	Organization	Award
1990	Men's Gymnastics	UIL State Championship
1992	Drama Department	UIL State Championship One Act Play
1992	Journalism Department	UIL Silver Star Award for Newspaper (The Palantir)[2]
2002	Men's Gymnastics	UIL State Championship
2005	Women's Soccer	NSCAA Team Academic Award
2005	Football	UIL State Championship
2006	Women's Soccer	NSCAA Team Academic Award
2007	Golf	UIL State Championship
2007	Girls Lacrosse	UIL Division II State Championship
2007	Football	UIL State Championship
2007	Women's Soccer	NSCAA Team Academic Award
2008	Cheerleading	National Champions
2008	Criminal Justice	Texas Public Service Association State Championships
2009	Girls Lacrosse	UIL State Championship
2009	Football	UIL State Championship

External links

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• Trinity High School Official Website
• Trinity Trojan Football Team Official Website
• Trinity High School Trojan Band Official Website
• Trinity Trojan Soccer Team Official Website
• Trinity Trojan Baseball Team Official Website
• Trinity Trojan Wrestling Team Official Website