Trivium School

Trivium School
Sed nomini tuo da gloriam (unofficial)
"But to thy name give glory"
Location
Lancaster, Massachusetts
United States
Coordinates 42°31′28″N 71°45′57″W / 42.524399°N 71.765701°WCoordinates: 42°31′28″N 71°45′57″W / 42.524399°N 71.765701°W
Information
Type Private Independent Catholic
Patron saint(s) Sedes Sapientiae
Established 1979
Headmaster Dr. William M. Schmitt
Grades 7-12
Enrollment 80 students
Student to teacher ratio 7:1
Color(s) Red and Gold          
Song Trivium nostrum
Athletics Basketball, Soccer
Athletics conference Worcester County Athletic Conference (WCAC)
Mascot Keys (unofficial)
Website http://www.trivium.org

The Trivium School is an independent Catholic college-preparatory school for boys and girls in grades seven through twelve. It is located in Lancaster, Massachusetts.

Background

Trivium School was founded in 1979.[1] Its first headmaster was John S. Schmitt. Schmitt studied education at Harvard University, taught briefly at Colorado Rocky Mountain School and Millbrook School, before founding Thomas More School in Harrisville, New Hampshire in 1959.[2] Mr. Schmitt also taught at Thomas Aquinas College in California from 1974-1979.[3] The School is named for the trivium, the first three liberal arts (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric). The students follow a unified curriculum that includes college preparatory studies with an emphasis on the intellectual virtues. The curriculum is influenced by the ideas of Mortimer J. Adler, Sister Miriam Joseph, and Dorothy L. Sayers in that its stated purpose is to develop the "tools for learning" instead of simply teaching subjects.[4][5] The stated mission also includes the use of the Socratic method with small classes and a low student-teacher ratio. Students are required to participate in studios of music, visual arts and drama and sing in the School chorus.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Lennon, Heather. Images of America: Lancaster. Arcadia. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  2. ↑ "In Memoriam: John Stuart Schmitt 1927-2012". Trivium Scripta, Winter 2012.
  3. ↑ "John S. Schmitt, RIP". Thomas Aquinas College.
  4. ↑ Sayers, Dorothy. "The Lost Tools of Learning". Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  5. ↑ Leithart, Peter J. (2008-01-29). "The New Classical Schooling". First Principles. Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
  6. ↑ "The Trivium Curriculum". Retrieved 2014-03-17.

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