Trinity School (New York City)

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Trinity School is a private, co-educational day school for grades K-12 located in New York City and a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League. Founded in 1709 in the Tower of the old Trinity Church at Broadway and Wall Street, the school is the fifth oldest in the United States^[1] and the oldest continually operational school in New York City,^[2]

Trinity will celebrate its 300th anniversary in 2009.

Contents 1 Brief history 2 Rankings 3 Athletics 3.1 Fall 3.2 Winter 3.3 Spring 3.4 Athletic Facilities 4 Notable alumni 5 Notable attendees 6 Books or movies with Trinity connections 7 External links 8 References

[edit] Brief history

Trinity School was founded by William Huddleston in 1709 as the Charity School of Trinity Church and was originally open to both boys and girls. Classes were originally held in the steeple of Trinity Church in lower Manhattan, but, in 1749, Trinity moved into its own building across the street. Two months later that building burned down, but was rebuilt. Columbia University, then King's College, was founded in that building's first floor.^[3] Trinity traditionally educated its students for Columbia given their close ties, but today students matriculate at a wide range of colleges and universities.

In 1789, Trinity's student body consisted of 56 boys and 30 girls, and the school was under the instruction of John Wood, clerk of St. Paul's Chapel, located at 29 John Street. Tuition stood at seven dollars per quarter, in addition to a one guinea entrance fee -- a bargain compared the present day figure of $30,170 per annum.

In 1838, Trinity closed admission to girls, and girls would not be readmitted until 1971.^[4] In 1889, Trinity School moved to 627 Madison Avenue (at 59th Street), and moved again a year later to 108 West 45th Street. In 1898, the trustees established the St. Agatha's School for Girls at 257 West 93d Street as the sister school for Trinity. St. Agatha's eventually closed its doors.

In 1895, Trinity moved to its current location at 91st Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Trinity currently occupies three connected buildings: 139 West 91st houses the Lower School; 115 West 91st houses the Middle School; and 101 West 91st houses the Upper School.^[5]

Shortly before the completion of the new upper school building in 1968, Trinity severed its Episcopal ties with Trinity Church, and is now non-sectarian, and receives no endowment from the Church. The school does, however, retain an Episcopal reverend who is paid by Trinity Church who delivers weekly chapel services at the school, as well as the annual baccalaureate service held at Trinity Church each May.

The Trinity-Pawling School was named as such in 1946 in recognition of its ties to Trinity.

[edit] Rankings

The Wall Street Journal ranks Trinity as one of the top three high schools in the United States, as measured by students' admission to exclusive colleges^[6] although it should be noted that several schools were left off the list completely for having a graduating class size of under 50 students. In recent years, the parental anxiety created by the highly competitive admission process has been the subject of repeated press coverage.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Fall Boys Cross Country Girls Cross Country Boys Soccer Girls Soccer Girls Volleyball Coed Water Polo

[edit] Winter Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Boys Swimming Girls Swimming Indoor Track and Field Collegiate wrestling

[edit] Spring Baseball Golf Boys Lacrosse Girls Lacrosse Softball Boys Tennis Girls Tennis Outdoor Track and Field

[edit] Athletic Facilities

Trinity's athletic facilities are numerous and include: an outdoor astroturf, two full-size gyms, one wrestling gym, lap and diving pools, weight rooms, and athletic training facilities.

[edit] Notable alumni

Julie Ann Blumberg (1984) - Television writer, Felicity. Jim Carroll (1968) - Author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician David Faber (1981) - Financial journalist on CNBC Jim Fixx (1949) - Best-selling author and evangelist of running Daniel Garodnick (1990) - Representative, New York City Council, 4th District Russell Gewirtz (1983)- Screenwriter, Inside Man directed by Spike Lee Ryu Goto (2006) - Acclaimed violinist, brother of Midori Goto Larry Hagman () - Actor; played J.R. Ewing on the TV soap opera Dallas

Sophie B. Hawkins (1982) - Singer and song writer Katrina vanden Heuvel (1977) - Editor of The Nation Lloyd Kaufman (1968) - Independent filmmaker and producer Tracy Kidder (1963) - Author Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord (1999) - Designer and media personality John McEnroe (1978) - Professional tennis player and media personality Patrick McEnroe (1984) - Professional tennis player Eric Schneiderman (1972) - New York State Senator

[edit] Notable attendees

• Humphrey Bogart - actor
• Truman Capote - novelist and screenwriter
• Oliver Stone - film director
• Yo Yo Ma - renowned cellist
• James Murdoch - media executive

[edit] Books or movies with Trinity connections

• The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll (1978); made into film movie (1995).

[edit] External links

• Trinity School Homepage
• Trinity School Network
• Trinity Church

Ivy Preparatory School League Collegiate School • Dalton School • Fieldston School • Hackley School Horace Mann School • Poly Prep • Riverdale Country School • Trinity School

[edit] References

1. ^ Currivan, Gene. (1971). TRINITY SCHOOL WILL ADMIT GIRLS; Institution Founded in 1709 Plans Change Next Fall. New York Times. Feb 12. pp. 35.
2. ^ Trinity School viewbook, p. 4: http://www.trinityschoolnyc.org/pdf/general/viewbook.pdf
3. ^ Trinity Church schoolhouse
4. ^ Currivan, Gene. (1971). TRINITY SCHOOL WILL ADMIT GIRLS; Institution Founded in 1709 Plans Change Next Fall. New York Times. Feb 12. pp. 35.
5. ^ Google aerial satellite image of the Trinity campus
6. ^ College Bound News. "Admissions Watch." Vol. 18 No. 9, citing the April 2, 2004 Wall Street Journal. May, 2004. See http://www.collegeboundnews.com/03-04issues/may04.html#anchor514965 or view the full WSJ rankings from its archives at http://webreprints.djreprints.com/wsj_tuition_040104.pdf