Trinity Presbyterian School

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

Trinity Presbyterian School
Address
Map
1700 East Trinity Boulevard

Montgomery, Alabama
36106

United States
Coordinates32°21′14″N 86°13′59″W / 32.354°N 86.233°W / 32.354; -86.233
Information
School typePrivate day school
Religious affiliation(s)Presbyterian
Established1970 (54 years ago) (1970)
CEEB code011914
HeadmasterSuzanne Satcher
Faculty69.4[1]
GradesK-12
Enrollment828 (2015[1])
Color(s)Red, white, and blue
   
Athletics conferenceAHSAA 4A
MascotWildcat
NewspaperTrinity Tribune
YearbookThe Crusader
Websitetrinitywildcats.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 schools 645 students were black.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "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.