Trinity School at Greenlawn is a private 7-12 school located in South Bend, Indiana. It was founded by the People of Praise community in 1980 with fewer than 30 students. Since then it has developed a strong educational presence that attracts students from all parts of northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan, as well as foreign students. Located at 107 South Greenlawn Avenue in South Bend, Indiana, it offers classical education to students. It is accredited by North Central Association and Independent School Association of the Central States (NCA/ISACS).
The Greenlawn campus has two sister schools, Meadow View, and River Ridge. The schools are independent; owned and operated by Trinity Schools, Inc.
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John Lee is Head of School at the Greenlawn campus, and Thomas Finke is associate head of school. Matt Bartek is dean of boys and Ruth Sanford is dean of girls. Kerry Koller is the president of Trinity Schools, Inc.
Most of the faculty belongs to the People of Praise.
Trinity School at Greenlawn has been praised for its strong programs in history, writing and mathematics. On three occasions, in 1988-89, 1992-93 and 2001-02, it has been selected by the United States Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School, for:
Trinity School at Greenlawn’s graduates have been accepted at many prestigious colleges and universities around the U.S., including Notre Dame, Princeton, Northwestern, Stanford, Saint Mary's, Pepperdine, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Duke, University of Chicago, Rose-Hulman, U.S. Naval Academy, Carnegie Mellon and North Carolina/Chapel Hill.
Trinity School at Greenlawn hosts athletic teams for its students. Their mascot is the Titans. The sports for girls are volleyball, soccer and basketball. The sports for boys are soccer and basketball. Greenlawn has posted its best records in boys' basketball and girls' soccer. The school's home games are normally located at the Trinity School Athletic Center. Greenlawn has also hosted golf, fencing and boxing.
Trinity School at Greenlawn occupies part of a complex of buildings initially named Elm Court, site of the c. 1914 opulent mansion home of Clement Studebaker, Jr., and his family. Studebaker sold the property to Vincent Bendix, one of South Bend's most prestigious businessmen. Bendix never resided in the mansion, preferring to live in Chicago, but he renovated parts of the building to accommodate glamorous parties for air race pilots and Hollywood celebrities. In those days the property became known as Chateau Bendix. After Bendix declared bankruptcy, the mansion was unoccupied for a time. In the late 1940s the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis purchased the site for use as their motherhouse. The sisters preserved the original mansion, with renovations, and added a new three-story building adjacent to the mansion with a magnificent chapel, numerous classrooms and residence space for the order's members. When their ministries shifted geographically away from Indiana, the sisters relocated their motherhouse. The People of Praise community acquired the property in August, 1982, for dual use by Trinity School and by the community's international headquarters. At that point the school became known as Trinity School at Greenlawn, with reference to the address on Greenlawn Avenue. Though there is some overlap, People of Praise offices are situated in the original mansion, and Trinity School leases space in the parts of the building constructed by the sisters.