Trinity High School (Euless, Texas)

Infobox_School
name = Trinity High School


imagesize = 183px
motto = Responsibility, Pride, and Determination Make Trinity Different
established = 1968
type = Public
principal = Mike Harris
location = 500 North Industrial Boulevard
Euless, Texas 76039
country = USA
district = Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District
grades = 10-12
students = 2,135 (2006-07) [cite web|url=http://www.hebisd.edu/pages/news/db_pages/detailspage_pr.asp?PR_ID=504|title=District Enrollment on the Rise|author=Judy Everett Ramos|publisher=Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District|date=2006-08-31|accessdate=2007-05-15]
faculty = 143.4 (2005-06)
staff = 156.3 (2005-06)
mascot = Trojan
colors = Black color box|#000000 and Red color box|#FF0000
website = http://sc.hebisd.edu/trinity

Trinity High School is a public high school in Euless, Texas. It administers grade levels 10-12 and is a part of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District.

The school is named for the nearby Trinity River, which flows through the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The school's mascot is a Trojan, a citizen of Troy. The Trinity High School football team won the Texas 5A Division 1 State Championship in 2005 and 2007.cite news|last=Lunsford|first=J. Lynn|title=A Tongan War Dance Enlivens Football in Euless,Texas|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=2006-11-16|url=http://www.trinitytrojanfootball.com/SB116364486631624627.html|accessdate=2007-05-08 ( [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116364486631624627.html?mod=hps_us_pageone WSJ link] )] cite web|title=Trinity wins 2nd title in 3 years|last=Verdejo|first=Angel|date=2007-12-22|accessdate=2008-01-03|publisher=Ft. Worth Star-Telegram|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/highschools/story/375069.html [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.star-telegram.com%2Fhighschools%2Fstory%2F375069.html&date=2008-01-03 Archived by WebCite] ]

History

It was the second high school to be established in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. (The first high school in the school district was L.D. Bell High School, which opened in 1957 in Euless and moved to its current site in Hurst in 1965.) The campus sits on a hillside in west central Euless, less than one-fourth of a mile from the Euless-Bedford city limit.

Campus

Trinity High School is made up of eleven distinct buildings, most of which are named for the department they house (often abbreviated to just the first letter). The nine original buildings were: the Fine Art Building, the Academics Building, the Library Building, the Science Building, the Physical Education Building, the Cafeteria Building, the Driver's Education Building, a small two-story building called V-Building, and an Administration Building. The Physical Education Building includes a natatorium.The late 1990s brought three major changes to the campus: a system of covered walkways was built to connect most of the school's buildings, a new band hall was added to the Fine Arts Building, and a wing was added to the Academics Building. This new modern style wing became the new face of the campus because of its large and prominent façade and provided new offices for the principal, vice-principals, and secretaries. The original Administration Building was converted to house the counselors' offices.

In the first few years of the new millennium, two new buildings were added to the Trinity campus. The two-story N-Building (for "new") lies on the campus's southern edge and houses the Foreign Language Department. Just a little further into campus from the N-Building is the new W-Building. The W-Building houses special education classrooms and is specifically designed to accommodate the needs of students with physical disabilities.

Trinity is the only high school in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District to have a natatorium facility, allowing Trinity to host swim meets on the campus.

tudent Body

During the 2005-2006 school year, Trinity High School enrolled 2,098 students in grade 10 (34.7%), grade 11 (35.0%), and grade 12 (30.3%). Ethnicities represented include white (53.9%), Hispanic (17.2%), Asian and Pacific Islander (14.7%), African American (13.0%), and Native American (1.2%). Twenty-nine percent were economically disadvantaged.

There were 633 graduates in the class of 2005. The annual dropout rate is 0.4% (in 2004-2005).

Euless has one of the largest Tongan communities in the nation; there are an estimated 4,000 Tongans living in the city at present, representing approximately 7.5 percent of the city's population. Likewise, Trinity High School is unique because of its large percentage of Tongan students.

Trinity High School receives students from three feeder schools: all students from Euless Junior High school and Harwood Junior High school attend Trinity along with a share of the students from Central Junior High school. Students in the attendance zones for Bell Manor, Lakewood, Meadow Creek, Midway Park, North Euless, Oakwood Terrace, Shady Brook, South Euless, Spring Garden, and Wilshire elementary schools attend Trinity High School. [cite web|url=http://www.hebisd.edu/pages/schools/school_listings.html|title=HEB ISD School Feeder Chart & Sites|publisher=Hurst Euless Bedford Independent School District|accessdate=2007-05-04]

Academics

Among Tarrant County high schools, Trinity High School ranks eighth (of forty-six) in average points above passing on the 11th grade TAKS test. [Citation|title=School ratings can hide disparities: Another way to gauge high school quality|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/229/story/103586.html|last=Brock|first=Katherine Cromer|last2=Claassen|first2=Jeff|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Northeast edition)|pages=1B,9B|date=2007-05-16 [http://media.star-telegram.com/smedia/2007/05/16/12/Ratings.source.prod_affiliate.58.pdf (direct link to chart)] ]

Trinity High School is ranked 304th in the nation (and 6th within Tarrant County) on Newsweek's 2007 list of the top 1,200 high schools in the country [Citation|title=Tarrant schools make the grade|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/407/story/110470.html|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Northeast edition)|date=2007-05-22] The rankings are based on the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests taken by graduating seniors — Trinity had 2.296 tests taken per Class of 2007 graduate. This year's ranking is up from 997th in 2006 and 1017th in 2005.cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/site/newsweek/|title=America's Top Public High Schools|year=2007|accessdate=2007-05-22|publisher=Newsweek]

* National Merit Finalists (2007): 4 [cite web|url=http://www.hebisd.edu/pages/news/db_pages/detailspage_pr.asp?PR_ID=543|title=Nine Named National Merit Finalists|date=2007-02-14|publisher=Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District|accessdate=2007-05-15]
* Average SAT Score (Class of 2005): 1036
* Average ACT Score (Class of 2005): 21.6

Championships

References

External links

* [http://sc.hebisd.edu/trinity Trinity High School Official Website]
* [http://www.trinitytrojanfootball.com/ Trinity Trojan Football Team Official Website]
* [http://www.trinityband.org/ Trinity High School Trojan Band Official Website]
* [http://www.trinitysoccer.net/ Trinity Trojan Soccer Team Official Website]
* [http://www.trinitytrojanbaseball.com/ Trinity Trojan Baseball Team Official Website]
* [http://www.trinitytrojanwrestling.com/ Trinity Trojan Wrestling Team Official Website]