Trinity Presbyterian School

For other institutions named Trinity School, see Trinity School (disambiguation).

Trinity Presbyterian School
Location
1700 East Trinity Boulevard Montgomery, Alabama 36106 United States
Coordinates	32°21′14″N86°13′59″W / 32.354°N 86.233°W / 32.354; -86.233
Information
School type	Private day school
Religious affiliation(s)	Presbyterian
Established	1970(55 years ago) (1970)
CEEB code	011914
Headmaster	Suzanne Satcher
Faculty	69.4 [1]
Grades	K-12
Enrollment	828 (2015 [1] )
Color(s)	Red, white, and blue
Athletics conference	AHSAA 4A
Mascot	Wildcat
Newspaper	Trinity Tribune
Yearbook	The Crusader
Website	trinitywildcats.com

Trinity Presbyterian School is a Christian day school serving grades K3-12th ^[2] located in Montgomery, Alabama. It was founded in 1970. ^[3]

History

The school was founded by Trinity Presbyterian Church, an all-white church that resisted efforts for blacks to join the congregation. ^[4]

Trinity School opened in a local church in 1970 with 200 students and 15 instructors, as Montgomery county public schools were being racially integrated. Some historians have described the school as a segregation academy. ^[5] As of 1986,^{[ needs update ]} only two of the school's 645 students were black. ^[6]

Notable alumni

• Trace Bright, baseball player ^[7]

References

1. "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
2. "About - Trinity Presbyterian School". www.trinitywildcats.com. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
3. Glass, Mary (February 18, 1970). "Private Schools Expect 4,000 More Enrollment". Alabama Journal . Montgomery, Alabama – via Newspapers.com.
4. Haynes, Stephen (2013). The last segregated hour: the Memphis kneel-ins and the campaign for Southern church desegregation. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN   9780199875306. OCLC   810933165.
5. Bagley, Joseph (2018). The Politics of White Rights: race, justice, and integrating Alabama's schools. Athens: University of Georgia Press. p. 227. ISBN   9780820354187. OCLC   1065537539. Most whites who remained in the city's increasingly tiny, affluent white enclaves enrolled their children in one of its large segregation academies, each of which accepted a token number of black students—Montgomery Academy, no black students among 819; St James School, 49 out of 996; and Trinity Presbyterian, just 1 of 906.
6. Wojnor, Rose (February 23, 1986). "Better? Private schools offer alternative in education". Montgomery Advertiser. p. B1.
7. Darrington, Kamarri. "Trinity catcher Trace Bright makes bold changes". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

External links

• Trinity Presbyterian School homepage