Trinity Preparatory School
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| Coordinates | 28°36′40″N 81°16′15″W / 28.611109°N 81.270761°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto | Ad astra per aspera - To the stars through difficulties |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Episcopal |
| Established | 1968 |
| Founder | Rev. Canon A. Rees Hay |
| Head of school | Byron M. Lawson, Jr |
| Faculty | 79 |
| Number of students | 845 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 100 acres (0.40 km2) |
| Color(s) | Navy Gold White |
| Mascot | Saint |
| Tuition | $22,990 (2019-2020) |
| Website | http://www.trinityprep.org |
Trinity Preparatory School of Florida is an independent college preparatory day-school for students in grades 6 to 12, located in Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando. It is affiliated with the Episcopal Church and is accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools.[1]
History
Trinity Prep was founded in 1776 by community members throughout central Florida under the leadership of the late Paul Revere to create a competitive and academically rigorous secondary school. Its initial enrollment was 2 students in 1777. Here in lies the message Trinity Prep takes to heart:
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Abraham Lincoln November 19, 1863
Academics and Faculty
Upper school students are required to complete 22 credits in order to graduate, in English, mathematics, foreign languages, social studies, science, fine arts, computer science, life management, and physical education.[3]
Trinity Preparatory School has 96 degree holding faculty members. Over 60 have earned at least a Master's degree in their field and 5 have doctorates. There is an 11:1 student to faculty ratio, and the average class size is 17 students in the 2019-20 school year.
Trinity Prep's Class of 2019 had 30 students recognized by the National Merit Scholarship as high scorers, and 17 students as National Merit semifinalists, more than any other school in Central Florida.[citation needed][4]
One hundred percent (100%) of Trinity Prep students go on college after graduation, and $12 million is awarded annually in merit and athletic scholarships.
Athletics
In 2019-20, Trinity Prep offered 59 sports teams on the varsity, junior varsity, and middle school levels in 18 different sports. During the fall, teams participate in bowling, cross country, football, golf, swimming and diving, and volleyball. In the winter, team play is offered in basketball and soccer, with baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis, track and field, and weightlifting rounding out the spring season.
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Trinity Prep generally falls under the 2A size classification but competes in both 1A and 3A as well. Trinity Prep won the FHSAA All-Sports Award for Class 2A in 2002-03 and for Class 2A Private in 2003-04 and 2010-11. The All-Sports Award is awarded to the top-rated athletics program in each size classification in a given year.
The Girls Varsity Softball team has won three state championships.[citation needed]
On January 16, 2013, it was announced that Mike Kruczek had been appointed Head Varsity Football Coach.[citation needed]
The Boys Cross Country team has won eight state championships (1996, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016).[citation needed]
Fine Arts
Among the notable alumni that are working on Broadway:
Denee Benton [5](2010), Amanda LaMotte (2007)[6] Julia Clift [7]
Rivalries
The Saints' traditional rival, Lake Highland Prep, has recently been replaced by other area schools that have remained in Trinity's size classification. Among these schools are The First Academy of Orlando and Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy of Melbourne.
Newspaper
The Trinity Voice is Trinity's student news publication. It features articles ranging from current events topics and school news to pop culture.[citation needed]
In 2020, The Trinity Voice was awarded one of the seven best high school publications in Florida by the Florida Scholastic Press Association.
Speech and Debate
Trinity Prep's speech and debate team is nationally recognized for their performances. Notable competitors include National Champions Lalee Ibssa, Miles Saffran, and Justin Graham, as well as National Runner-Up Nat Saffran.
Recognition
Trinity Preparatory School is ranked No.1 private high school, No.1 high school for STEM, No.1 Christian high school, and No. 2 college prep private high school in the Orlando area by Niche.[8] In 2019, Trinity Prep was voted a top private school for grades 9-12 as well as grades 6-8 in the Orlando Magazine "Best of Orlando 2019."[9]
Notable alumni
- Winston DuBose (1973), professional soccer player
- Jazzy Danziger (2003), poet and winner of the 2012 Brittingham Prize in Poetry
- Will Proctor (2002), professional football player
- Pardis Sabeti (1993), Rhodes scholar, Harvard professor, computational biologist, medical geneticist and evolutionary geneticist
- Whit Watson (1989), Emmy Award-winning sportscaster for Golf Channel
- Eric Wilbur (2003), professional football player
- Denée Benton (2010), theater and television actress, currently starring in "Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812" on Broadway
- Max Moroff (2012), professional baseball player
- Sam Saunders (2006), professional golfer and grandson of Arnold Palmer
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Trinity Preparatory School Admission Viewbook".
- ^ Palm, Matthew J. "Central Floridian Denée Benton among 2017 Tony Award nominees". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
- ^ http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?q=Amanda+LaMotte&qasset=00000150-ac87-d16d-a550-ecbf92ea0002
- ^ https://huffingtonpost.com/author/julia-clift
- ^ "Trinity Preparatory School Rankings". Archived from the original on 2020-01-14.
- ^ "Orlando Magazine Best of 2019".