Trinity High School offers a rigorous college-preparatory education and a rich student life experience, rooted in Catholic Tradition.
We are the only high school in Central Pennsylvania to offer the House System–a unique European educational model that fosters mentorship, collaboration, and connection among students of all grades. Since 1963, Trinity has been educating students holistically–mind, body, and spirit–as we nurture and challenge every young person to become exceptional women and men.
Invest today in your child’s tomorrow. Trinity’s graduating Class of 2024 not only had a 97% college attendance rate, but students were offered $18.3 million in merit-based aid. As a sample, our students are currently attending Columbia University, Dartmouth University, Georgetown University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, Notre Dame University, and UCLA.
Our alumni have gone on to have prestigious vocations in law, medicine, engineering, business, the arts, and in the Church. Trinity graduates have founded tech companies, led the CIA, sold out 20,000-seat venues as entertainers, engaged in service around the world, and championed social justice in their communities. From here, you can go anywhere!
The House System at Trinity shifted the culture of the school, changing it fundamentally from other schools in the area. Students grow as leaders through opportunities ranging from mentor group leader to planning events and programs. The House System gives students ownership of their high school experience while building character, relationships, and school spirit. The focus on smaller communities, friendly competition, and integration of grade levels brings a different atmosphere to Trinity, one that includes all students and brings out their best.
Trinity offers the most competitive athletics in the area. In 2023-24, Trinity won the PennLive Cup as the best all-around sports program in the area.
In 2023-24, seven of our teams earned gold or silver District medals, with gold medals going to Girls Volleyball, Girls Soccer, Boys Lacrosse, and Softball, and silver medals for Football, Boys Basketball, and Baseball. Individuals also brought home gold medals with stellar performances in Boys Swimming, Wrestling, Boys Track and Field, and Girls Track and Field.
Our school not only has opportunities for all students to compete, we rely on the contributions of students who are multi-sport athletes, musicians, artists, scholars, and more.
Community service is at the heart of the Trinity experience, with every graduate contributing at least 80 hours of service over the course of four years. Our House System also fosters service to others, with students serving as “service coordinators” and specific charities chosen by each House annually.
As a school community, we regularly collect items to support groups and organizations in need, including: food for New Hope Ministries, diapers for the Healthy Steps Diaper Bank, hygiene items for veterans, and clothing and winter items for the homeless. Trinity students are constantly in motion helping others.
In the fall of 2024, Trinity’s Seton House helped to staff Saint Francis Soup Kitchen for eight consecutive Tuesdays. They brought with them needed items for donation and they fed their brothers and sisters when they arrived.
We are called to serve one another, and students at Trinity see and hear that message daily and live that message after they leave our school.
Trinity has secured agreements with more than 30 faith-based colleges and universities, guaranteeing qualified students acceptance and merit-based scholarships. Our agreements include advance programs such as Doctor of Physical Therapy, Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Master of Speech-Language Pathology, Engineering, and Physician’s Assistant. With 98% of Trinity students advancing to post-secondary education, college acceptance and scholarships are on the minds of nearly every one of our families. These partnerships make it clear: the investment in a Trinity education is an investment in your student’s future.
How many teenagers do you know who cite a four-day religious retreat as the highlight of their high school experience? At Trinity, most graduates since 1998 have called their Kairos retreat just that. Because of the program’s deep impact, we recently expanded the retreat so juniors attend a three-day Kairos retreat locally, and seniors can build on that experience at their overnight Fourth Day retreat. Nearly every student attends these optional retreats and returns with a deeper love of God, a greater appreciation for the experiences and feelings of their peers, and a more profound understanding of themselves. Graduates from decades ago still quote the way they felt on retreat and the lessons they learned as teenagers as among their most memorable and formative experiences.
Trinity has a full-time strength and conditioning coach on staff to work with each of our teams on developing safe and effective weight room habits. This work helps our student-athletes perform better on the court and field, while also helping them to prevent injuries in training and competition.
An extension of the House System, the Trinity Leadership Institute builds on our students’ abilities, convictions, and values to grow leaders who are confident, ethical, and capable. The House System gives extensive leadership opportunities to our students. The Trinity Leadership Institute trains those students on all aspects of leadership by bringing in community leaders each month.
Trinity’s Great Books Program is modeled after programs at the college level and has seen students reading some of the most complex texts in literature one-on-one with faculty mentors. Our program uses well-crafted, multicultural selections that connect to our established curriculum while offering enrichment opportunities. Our students gain insight into other cultures through the diverse voices of authors from across the world.
Trinity students spend one half day at the beginning of the school year taking the PSAT, while their public-school counterparts spend significant classroom time all year preparing for the Keystone Exams. Keystone Exams are not considered by college admissions, but nevertheless consume classroom time, student attention, and teacher resources. In contrast, Trinity allows teachers freedom to cater to the needs and interests of their classes, and this keeps students focused on their own education. And in 2019, the last year before the pandemic, Trinity outscored every public and private school in the area.
Students, alumni, parents, and teachers all come back to one idea when describing Trinity: family. As a community, we learn together, root for each other, and pray for one another by name. At Trinity, you’ll find dedicated faculty, a tight-knit student group, and a family atmosphere you won’t find anywhere else. Here, you will know every single one of your classmates, and they will know you. Once a Shamrock, always a Shamrock!
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