At Trinity High School, students establish a foundation for their future academic pursuits and life experiences with our comprehensive curriculum. We place students in leveled classes with their success in mind. Students flourish, while being challenged to do their best and realize their potential.
Trinity students excel at standardized tests without state-mandated testing requirements. We rely on our solid curriculum, our teachers’ expertise, and our students’ interests to drive learning. Our teachers and students have the time to entertain curiosity and consider great questions of life in the classroom.
Trinity was honored in 2023 and 2024 (the first years of the award) by College Board on their School Honor Roll as a “Silver” level school, based on how many Trinity students take AP courses and pass the corresponding exams. Only a third of schools in the nation receive any recognition at all, and no other school on the West Shore, public or private, can match this award that Trinity students have earned. Ask your District and find out.
The English Department develops learners capable of reading and interpreting novels, poems, and plays from Old English to the modern day. In a time when many high schools and colleges are trending toward reading excerpts from longer pieces and using easier texts, Trinity's selected texts remain as challenging and enriching as ever. Trinity students write often and in every class developing their voice, and honing their research and analytical skills. Students will study American and British literature, as well as pieces from cultures across the world. Our students also have the option to participate in various writing contests, including Scholastic Arts and Writing and competitions hosted by the VFW.
Some Courses of Note: AP English Literature, Creative Writing, Speech
The World Language Department promotes cultural understanding through the four fundamental language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students also experience the culture and geography of other languages through film, food, images, literature, and more. Trinity offers four years of instruction for Chinese (Mandarin), French, Latin, and Spanish.
Some Courses of Note: AP French, AP Latin, AP Spanish
Our Math Department places a high value on critical thinking and problem solving in its courses, which cater to students of all ability levels. Pre-algebra, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry/Precalculus, Statistics, Calculus I, and Calculus II, all give students the opportunity to understand concepts, demonstrate skills, and master techniques of high school and college-preparatory mathematics.
Some Courses of Note: AP Precalculus, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics
Trinity’s Science Department educates students in the scientific method and incorporates labs and real-world applications as a matter of course. Our classes in Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics reinforce the concept that lab experience is essential to integrating critical-thought processes. Trinity students routinely capture awards at the Capital Area Science & Engineering Fair.
Some Courses of Note: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Ecology & Environmental Science, Forensics, Human Anatomy & Physiology, AP Physics
Trinity’s Social Studies program creates citizens who are articulate and socially responsible. Through courses that cover events, persons, and trends from the ancient world through the modern era, students learn about the past with the idea of influencing the future.
Some Courses of Note: AP Psychology, AP U.S. Government, AP U.S. History, AP World History, World Religions
Trinity’s theology courses are designed to give students an in-depth look into Catholic tradition and history, Scripture, Christian vocations, faith formation, and moral development, while offering opportunities for spiritual growth and enrichment. Catholics will develop a deeper understanding of the intellectual and spiritual aspects of their faith, while non-Catholics will find parallels to their own faith traditions. Catholicism provides a foundation for Western history, culture, literature, and philosophy, such that students of all backgrounds will benefit from our required theology courses.
Trinity’s fine art students encounter diversity and beauty, promote self-expression, and communicate through art. Our program consists of studio art courses, painting, ceramics and sculpture, digital photography, and advanced studio design. Students will learn to draw, paint, throw pottery, sculpt, create mixed media works, photograph, and ultimately view the world through a different lens.
Some Courses of Note: Ceramics, Painting, Digital Photography
Students develop skills for lifelong learning and career awareness in our Business classes. Supported by area professionals who serve as visiting instructors and given opportunities for practical application of concepts through our DECA club, students gain insight and experience in the vast world of business.
Some Courses of Note: Accounting, Personal Finance, Sports & Entertainment Marketing, Entrepreneurship
Learn the basics of nutrition and how to apply healthy practices through our Foods classes. Students learn not just to cook from a recipe, but to plan, shop, adjust, portion, and enjoy nutritious foods.
Trinity students learn fundamentals of health and wellness and put their bodies into action in our Health and Physical Education classes. These classes pair healthy practices with fun, and students survey a variety of popular games and sports. Trinity students have been playing pickleball in PE for two decades before the craze!
Trinity's music program teaches a range of of musical styles and focuses on performance with opportunities for students to engage with the community in a variety of venues. Trinity students perform regularly for the school community in Mass, for fans at sporting events, for audiences in a theater setting, for children at their elementary schools, and even for those at Cumberland County Prison with a Christmas concert.
Some Courses of Note: Concert Band, Concert Choir, Strings
Students access print resources and online databases needed for academic projects at Trinity's Mary Buckley Library. In addition to providing written resources, our library is a place students can gather in community: creating at our makerspace, working on group puzzles together, and discovering books to read for pleasure. The library also houses all the books in our Great Books Program, which are available for students to check out. The library is named in honor of Mrs. Mary Buckley, librarian from 1974 to 1993.
Make your time at Trinity count for more with dual enrollment college credit. Enroll in dual credit courses taught by Trinity teachers for college credit with Alvernia University or the University of Pittsburgh.
Trinity partners with Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center (CPACTC) to offer our students opportunities to pursue programs of technology, manufacturing, arts, human services, and more. Students in this program complete half their course day at Trinity, and the other half at CPACTC.
Each Trinity student receives an HP Chromebook (1:1 technology) for academic use in and out of school. Students have the ability to research, complete homework, collaborate with one another, problem-solve, communicate with teachers, learn remotely in times of need, and engage with the modern world on their own device.
Chromebooks allow our students to gain valuable technology skills, while providing continuity of learning and equal opportunities for each student at Trinity.
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