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Welcome To
St. Mary's Parish
263 Hamilton Street
Southbridge MA 01550-1876
(508) 764-3226

Trinity Catholic Academy

please visit the school's official website by clicking here

The first Catholic school in the Southbridge area was opened by the pastor of Saint Mary's Parish, Fr. John Drennan invited the Sisters of Saint Joseph to come and teach in the former Saint Peter's church in 1889.  For almost forty years the reconditioned church served as the parish school.  In 1936, Fr. Mullins, the pastor of the parish then completely renovated the school, providing such modern conveniences at the time as electric lights and clocks. In the years that followed there were double grades for the elementary school on the first floor and the high school occupied the second floor, complete with a science lab housed in a tiny room over the main doorway.

The next major change came in 1959 when the parish broke ground  next to the school in what had been used as a ball field to build a modern high school.  The new Saint Mary's High School welcomed its first students in 1961 and the first class completely through the new school graduated in 1964.  The following year the school merged with Notre Dame High School and was known as Marianhill High School, a diocesan institution.

In 1988, Marianhill High School and Saint Mary's Grammar School, along with the recently opened Saint Mary's- Marianhill Junior High School merged into a single institution to be run by the diocese.  These three schools now a unit were obviously named for the Trinity:  Trinity Catholic Academy.  For various reasons, among them financial, the high school closed in 1991.  The following year the grammar school moved into the high school building and eventually out of the home it had known for over a century.  That building was tragically lost in fire in December 1999.  However, the power and gift of Catholic education is solid and strong in the building that now houses Trinity Catholic Academy.  Since its construction as a high school, it has seen a few changes.

The following is a visual tour of the building.  These pictures do not do our school visual justice.  The beauty and vitality of our school is its students.  When students return in September, we will post new pictures of them and their school.  Until then, please enjoy these!

 

The building sits at the corner of Pine and Hamilton Streets.  As the building is situated, it is difficult to provide a full shot.  The photo on the left is at the corner and shows the windows of one tier of classrooms.  The photo in the middle shows the main entrance on Pine Street.  Above the main door, to its right is the gym and underneath that, the cafeteria.  The last photo taken from above on Pine Street shows the Pre-school area that was reconstructed from the locker room area.
The pictures bring you inside the front doors and show the lobby and main stairway.  On the left, the artwork shown is the gift of a parent identifying the trinitarian aspect of our Catholic education, mind:  the gift of academics and the learning of subjects that takes place; soul:  the life of  faith in the teaching of religion and body: our various programs of athletics and arts.
At the top of the stairs is the main office to the school.  This vantage point allows control of visitors and serves as a nerve center to Trinity.		Pictured here is our secretary Mrs. Letourneau.  She has been a valuable part of our school's life for several years.  This candid shot gives a glimpse at how busy her days can get!
	Two different angles of the cafeteria where our students have lunch and many of our parish events and classes are held.
A view of our regulation basketball court and gym with a stage that also serves as an auditorium on many occasions.		The gym is one of the busiest rooms in the school between weekly physical education classes, TCA's sports programs, and parish events.
	These two shots give an idea of our dedicated computer room that students take full advantage of during the academic year.
Above the main entrance is the school's library, with an extensive collection of books in a variety of subjects for our readers.		The library is also the site of weekly classes to help improve reading skills for younger students and study skills for older ones.

Photos of our Accreditation Celebration & Principal's Day:  December 13, 2002

Background on TCA and Accreditation process

Photos of our Thanksgiving service: November 26, 2002

Are you an alumnus of one of our local Catholic Schools?  We are looking for our alumni; please contact us by connecting to a form that you can fill out: Alumni Flyer

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