The High School

High School Courses

Division Overview

Our High School students are challenged to analyze complex literary works, through the study of authors such as George Eliot, Charles Dickens, and Dostoevsky. They progress to the A.P. level in Mathematics, Science, and Foreign Language, and excel in their knowledge of the Faith.  

In our Middle School and High School the foundations of Western Civilization and American heritage are stressed. A deepening appreciation for the spiritual and moral teachings of the Church also evolves throughout the higher grades, including precise teaching of the Moral Theology of the Church as presented in the Catechism, and the Social Justice principles of the Church from the encyclicals of the popes. Students are also exposed to a wealth of reading in classic literature.

Our Trinity Academy High School curriculum embraces the cross-training of the mind brought forth through the balanced study of Literature, Mathematics, History, Science, Religion, Classics, and Languages. Students are asked to Read, Write, and Converse in all areas of study, and are taught to think independently.

Our Program of Studies (TAHS Program of Studies) is specifically designed to give each student the proper number of credits for entrance into college, while offering the most advanced students a deepening in subject matter through our Advanced Placement opportunities. Students also memorize literature for recitation at all levels of the High School, and enjoy presenting these recitations as Assemblies and Presentation Days.

Our graduates leave Trinity Academy as critical thinkers, competent writers, and strong speakers. They have a self-confidence which is outward looking, and they are ready for higher academics at the college level and beyond.

  • What Our Parents Are Saying

    It feels like Trinity is a hidden gem. Grace loves attending 4K AT Trinity Academy! The small class sizes allow for individualized attention and kids to work at their own pace, and I love that she is learning how to pray and love Jesus in the classroom.

    -Michelle, K4 Parent

  • What Our Graduates Are Saying

    Trinity Academy has greatly influenced my ability to achieve academic greatness and manage a busy school work load. This was important for me because, without the strong and steady academic life I had at Trinity, I would not be able to do the things I am doing now.

    -LT. Brendan Lee, Class of 2016

  • What Our Graduates Are Saying

    Thank you is not enough to express my deep gratitude for the beauty, the wonder, the awe and the love you have given me during my education at Trinity. You changed my life completely. Thank you. Prayers for you, especially now in these challenging days, and May God bless you always!

    -Therese Moen O’Grady, Class of 2003

  • What Our Graduates Are Saying

    Trinity Academy was a blessing in disguise when I transferred to my junior year. Over the next two years I learned numerous lessons about life and the Catholic faith that I continue to carry with me to this day. My time at Trinity will forever be a pivotal foundation of my teenage years.

    -Jourdan Reynolds, Class of 2010

  • What Parents Are Saying

    Trinity Academy provides an exemplary Catholic education for our children, helping them to grow ever more in Christ’s life and thus to find their true happiness.

    - Cardinal Raymond Burke, Trinity Academy Board Chairman

  • What Students Are Saying

    Dad, do I get to go to school forever?

    - Trinity Academy Grade K3 Student

  • I live in a suburb just north of NYC filled with million-dollar homes and successful people, and we pay stunningly-high school taxes. The elementary schools are good. But I can’t recall ever seeing test results that equal those in your Iowa Basics letter about the achievements of the kids at Trinity Academy. Congratulations for such a stunning, ongoing success.

    - Brad Miner, Senior Fellow, Faith & Reason Institute, Senior Editor. TheCatholicThing.org