| Trenton Catholic Academy | |
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| Address | |
| 175 Leonard Avenue Hamilton, New Jersey, (Mercer County), 08610 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Opened | 2005 (new name) |
| President | Sister Dorothy Payne |
| Faculty | 49.1 [1] |
| Grades | PK–12 |
| Enrollment | 621 [1] (2010-11 PK-12) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10.0:1 [1] |
| Campus size | 62 acres (250,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue and White |
| Slogan | Expect the Exceptional! |
| Team name | Iron Mikes |
| Accreditation(s) | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[2] |
| Upper School Director | Michele Neves |
| Lower School Director | Anne Reap |
| Admissions Director | Mary Glass |
| Technology Director | Randall Breuninger |
| Athletic Director | Mark Eckel |
| Website | http://trentoncatholic.org |
Trenton Catholic Academy is a regional Catholic elementary and high school in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, serving students in pre-K through 12th grade, under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton.
The schools is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.[3]
As of the 2007-08 school year, the school had an enrollment of 493 students and 49.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0.[1]
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Trenton Catholic Academy's high school, i.e., upper school, was known as McCorristin Catholic High School from 1979 to 2005. Prior to 1979, the school was known as Saint Anthony High School and was affiliated with Saint Anthony Church on Olden Avenue in Hamilton Township.
The name McCorristin refers to Monsignor Michael (Iron Mike) McCorristin, a well known Catholic cleric responsible for major parish expansion projects at Holy Angels Church and Saint Anthony Church in Hamilton, Mercer County, NJ (a suburb of Trenton). The announcement of the closing of Trenton Catholic High School in the early 1960s prompted Monsignor McCorristin to build a new high school to serve the parishes of Trenton and Hamilton Township. Monsignor McCorristin was noted for his staunch support of education and parish life as well as a devotion to a spartan personal lifestyle.
== Trenton Catholic Academy competes in the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL), which consists of nineteen public and non-public high schools covering Burlington County, Mercer County and Ocean County in central New Jersey. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).
The girls basketball team won the 2006 South B state sectional title, topping Cardinal McCarrick High School 64-53.[4]
The team won the South B state sectional championship again in 2007 with a 74-54 win over Sacred Heart High School.[5] The team moved on to win the Group B State Championship with a commanding 69-27 win against St. Anthony High School.[6]
The 2008-09 Trenton Catholic Lower School Girl's basketball team finished the season with a 26-1 record, won the Mercer County CYO Championship, and was Runner-up in the Tournament of Champions.
At the high school level the Iron Mikes have added other sports to the list such as Cross Country, Winter and Outdoor Track for the 2008-09 year.
The 2009-10 Trenton Catholic boys' basketball team became the first Mercer County team to win the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions, defeating the Irish of Camden Catholic High School, 53-39, at the Izod Center on March 23, 2010.[7]
On March 21, 2011 the Trenton Catholic Academy girls' basketball team defeated Neptune HS 54-49 in the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions final. In doing so, TCA became the first New Jersey high school to capture both a boys (2010) and girls (2011) TOC title.[8]
[Correction] Nick Werkman and Joe Plumeri graduated from Trenton Catholic Boys High School in 1960 and 1961 respectively. Trenton Catholic Boys High School was located on Chestnut Avenue in Trenton and closed in June 1962. The Trenton Catholic Academy on Leonard Avenue in Hamilton (and its predecessors, St. Anthony High School and McCorristin High School) has no affiliation with the former Trenton Catholic Boys High School.
St. Mary’s Cathedral High School opened its doors around 1900. Cathedral was coed through June 1936 when it changed to an all girls high school. Immaculate Conception High School had opened in September 1921 using the building of the former St. Francis College on Chestnut Avenue. It too was coed through the 1935-36 school year. In September 1936 it became an all boys high school. The boys from Cathedral High School and the girls from Immaculate Conception High School swapped schools in September 1936. It wasn’t until 1938 that the name of the high school was changed from Immaculate Conception to Trenton Catholic Boys High School. The nickname of the school remained “Golden Wave”. Cathedral was known as the “Gaels” beginning 1962. Other parishes in Trenton may have established their own high schools during earlier years but by the 1930s Immaculate Conception and St. Mary’s Cathedral were the only Catholic parishes operating high schools in Trenton. From the fall of 1936 until 1957 when the Catholic Diocese of Trenton opened Notre Dame High School on Lawrenceville Road, the gender of the Trenton area student determined the Catholic high school that was attended. Parish affiliation was the factor that determined attendance at Notre Dame High School. The number of graduates of Trenton Catholic and Cathedral each declined by nearly 100 students between June 1957 and June 1961. Presumably these 200 students were now graduating from Notre Dame. In February 1962 it was announced that Trenton Catholic Boys High School would be closing at the end of the school year. In April 1961, Msgr. Michael McCorristin of St. Anthony’s Church on South Olden Avenue had announced that his parish would be building a parish high school on Leonard Avenue in Hamilton Township.[13] The teaching staff would include lay teachers and Franciscan nuns. The Franciscan nuns of Aston, Pa. were also the primary teachers at the grammar schools operated by these same four parishes. The parish high school was to be named St. Anthony's High School and when it was announced that Trenton Catholic would be closing, it was decided that graduating students from Immaculate Conception, Holy Angels and St. Raphael's in addition to St. Anthony's parish would be allowed to enroll in September 1962. Students from these four parishes who would be sophomores in September would be accepted as transfers. Boys from these four parishes who would have been juniors and seniors at Trenton Catholic in September 1962 would transfer to Cathedral High School. The first graduating class for St. Anthony HS was in June 1965. Cathedral was coed again from September 1962 until it closed in June 1972. In June 1979 St. Anthony HS was renamed McCorristin HS in honor of its founder. It was renamed again in September 2005 to Trenton Catholic Academy and divided into an upper division (grades 9-12) and lower division (grades 1-8). Earlier in 2005, the Diocese of Trenton had announced the closing of last remaining parochial grammar schools in the city of Trenton and those affected students would be accommodated at the lower division of TCA.
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