Thank you for coming to visit us on the Web. We are beginning to give an account of ourselves on this site, and will continue to add both information and structure as the months pass.

Trinity is a great and good place with a long history of fine teaching and of students who go out in to the world having been well served by their school. From time to time, people ask me what I think lies at the heart of Trinity. Something like the following is my best answer, for the time being:

When we are doing our absolute best we are learning together how to read and write. We figure out together how to read accurately and critically and how to write with economy, force, and grace. And we do this in several languages... in literature, in mathematics, and the several sciences, in theater, music, the arts, sport, history, religion, ethics, and foreign cultures. This is the very best we can do, our highest calling and it may even be the best any educational institution can hope to do.

I believe the content of our curriculum and the diverse composition of our faculty, staff, and student body, must serve at least three high purposes. First, we owe our students the richest possible mix of educational experiences, given our human and material means. Second, we must be vigilant in admitting and hiring individuals of character, intellect, and talent who are ready to work, play, and thrive here, given our ideas of education. Third, we must educate young people who will be prepared for the complexities of democracy. In serving these purposes, the faculty and the student body are, of course, educational resources like the library, or the curriculum, or extracurricular programs and opportunities...resources for achieving our most deeply rooted purposes. The School must be a mirror in which our students can see themselves, and a sounding board that will let them hear themselves.

We hope to hear from you.

Henry C. Moses
Headmaster