Trinity Preparatory School
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Trinity Preparatory School is an independent college preparatory day-school for students in grades 6 to 12, in Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando, Florida in the United States. It is affiliated with the Episcopal Church and is accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools.[1][2]
History
Trinity Prep was established in 1968 by Rev. Canon A Rees Hay. The first class had 173 students and served the grades 7–12.[3]
Academics
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.[4]
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[5]
In 2019, Trinity Prep was voted a top private school for grades 9–12 as well as grades 6–8 in the Orlando Magazine[6] "Best of Orlando 2019."[7][8]
Athletics
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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Extracurricular activities
The Trinity Voice, the school's student news publication, published articles on current events, school news, pop culture.[10] In 2020, The Trinity Voice was named one of the seven best high school publications in Florida by the Florida Scholastic Press Association.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Trinity Prep's speech and debate team finished within the top 20 nationally in 2020, and finished 5th in the State in 2021.[11]
Notable alumni
- Winston DuBose (1973), professional soccer player
- Whit Watson (1989), Emmy Award-winning sportscaster for Golf Channel
- Pardis Sabeti (1993), Rhodes scholar, Harvard professor, computational biologist, medical geneticist and evolutionary geneticist
- Matthew L. Golsteyn (1998),[12] U.S. Army officer charged in 2018 with murder but pardoned in 2019 by President Donald Trump
- Shyam Sankar (2000),[13] CTO Palantir
- Will Proctor (2002), professional football player
- Jazzy Danziger (2003), poet and winner of the 2012 Brittingham Prize in Poetry
- Eric Wilbur (2003), professional football player
- Sam Saunders (2006), professional golfer and grandson of Arnold Palmer
- Denée Benton (2010), theater and television actress, currently starring in "Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812" on Broadway
- Hank Lebioda (2012), professional golfer
- Max Moroff (2012), professional baseball player
- Slade Cecconi (2018), professional baseball player[14]
- John Flemm, (2020), businessman and politician
- Alex Balfanz, video game developer
- Mohammed Dewji, Tanzanian billionaire businessman and former politician
- Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse, former Thai prince[15]
References
External links
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