Trinity Catholic High School (Missouri)

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]

Trinity Catholic High School
Address
1720 Redman Road St. Louis County , Missouri 63138 United States
Coordinates	38°47′5″N 90°13′24″W
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Motto	Ex Trinitate Unitas (From Trinity Comes Unity)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	2003
Closed	2021 closed
President	Sr. Karl Mary Winkelmann
Principal	Mrs. Kristen Shipp
Grades	9–12
Color(s)	Crimson, silver and white
Athletics conference	Archdiocesesn Athletic Association (AAA)
Team name	Titans
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Newspaper	Titan Times
Dean of Discipline	Tim Quinn
Athletic Director	Dan Grumich
Website	trinitycatholichighschool.org

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.^[5]

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

• Isaiah Williams (2019), football player for the Cincinnati Bengals^[7]
• Ryan Kalkbrenner (2020), basketball player for the Creighton Bluejays^[8]

Notes and references

1. NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
2. Thompson, Alexander (2021-04-21). "Closures of Catholic schools in Black neighborhoods provoke sense of abandonment". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
3. TCHS. "About Trinity Catholic". Retrieved 11 May 2007.
4. Clancy, Sam (2021-02-25). "Archdiocese to close Trinity Catholic High School at the end of 2020-21 school year". KSDK-TV. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
5. Bernhard, Blythe (2021-02-26). "Trinity Catholic High School in north St. Louis County will close". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
6. Bernhard, Blythe (2021-06-28). "Saying goodbye to Trinity Catholic, the last Archdiocesan high school in St. Louis County". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
7. Ryan, Shannon (February 5, 2019). "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.
8. "Ryan Kalkbrenner - Basketball Recruiting - Player Profiles - ESPN". ESPN.com.

Further reading

• Clancy, Sam (2021-02-25). "Archdiocese to close Trinity Catholic High School at the end of 2020-21 school year". St. Louis Business Journal. KSDK-TV.

External links

• School website

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

• "Trinity Catholic High School closing". KSDK-TV. 2021-02-25.
• "Trinity High School closing". KTVI Fox 2 St Louis. 2021-02-25.
• "Trinity Catholic High School to close after 2020-2021 school year". KTVI Fox 2 St Louis. 2021-02-26.
• "Trinity Catholic High School to close after 2020-21 school year". KMOV-TV. 2021-02-26.