Athletics
Trinity’s Department of Athletics takes inspiration from the School’s mission statement, providing meaningful learning opportunities for students outside the classroom, including community-building and developing respect for others. The program is distinct in its breadth and depth; there are various levels in many sports and students may participate in one sport or play all year! The Department of Athletics meets the needs of accomplished, experienced athletes and students who want to try something new. Trinity’s athletics program offers opportunities in unique sports, such as water polo, as well as recent additions to the program such as girls golf, boys volleyball, and squash. Seventy percent of Trinity’s Upper School students play on at least one team during the school year, giving student athletes the opportunity to meet others beyond their grade and friend groups. After a full academic day many students need a respite, and athletics provide fulfilling, inspiring, and invigorating experiences. Trinity athletics give students the opportunity to come together and have fun!
Athletics offerings:
FALL
BOYS TEAMS
Cross-Country Soccer
GIRLS TEAMS
Cross-Country Soccer Tennis
Volleyball Water Polo
MIXED TEAM
Water Polo
WINTER
BOYS TEAMS
Basketball
Indoor Track and Field Squash
Swimming Wrestling
GIRLS TEAMS
Basketball
Indoor Track and Field Squash
Swimming
SPRING
BOYS TEAMS
Baseball
Golf
Lacrosse Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
GIRLS TEAMS
Golf
Lacrosse
Softball
Track and Field
FEATURED PODCAST
Faculty author Teresa Edwards
This podcast features Teacher of Physical Education and Fitness Teresa Edwards, a five-time Olympian and a four-time Olympic gold medalist—in 1984 she became the youngest basketball player to win a gold medal and in 2000 the oldest to win gold—a two-time All-American basketball player, the University of Georgia retired her jersey number, one of only three players to receive that honor. She scored 1,982 points playing for the Cairo High School Syrupmakers and in 1982 was named Georgia High School Player of the Year. She is the author of Black Gold, in which she shares her story of Olympic success and challenge and how she helped lead the USA women’s basketball squad to gold at the Atlanta Olympic Games. Profoundly influenced by the many strong women in her family and life, Teresa is a leader, a coach, and an inspiration.
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FEATURED VIDEO
Peter H. Walker ’76
Profile of Peter H. Walker ’76 describing how he packs for extreme backcountry skiing in the Rocky Mountains and in the Alps. Founder of Ryder-Walker Alpine Adventures, Peter is an experienced ice climber, rock climber, skier, and adventure tour guide.
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Episode One: Growing Up
In Episode One: Growing Up, Alexis and Faith have a candid conversation exploring Alexis’s childhood—where she grew up, her vivid memories of school, and her most memorable teachers. Alexis shares specific experiences that motivated her to pursue a career in education. She also talks about how these experiences inform her new role as head of school and what she looks for in each student as they enter the school each morning.
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“For me, school just made so much sense from the start. It was where everything good happened.”
From the Archives
Alexis Mulvihill and Faith Salie: A Conversation
Trinity’s thirtieth Head of School Alexis Mulvihill in conversation with Faith Salie, the Emmy-winning contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning and a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! Faith is also the parent of a student in fifth grade.
Alexis and Faith met in Trinity’s Lower School Library to talk about Alexis’s childhood, her education, Trinity, her hopes and plans for the future…and countless other topics.
In an expansive conversation to be released over multiple episodes, Alexis and Faith explore the essential questions about K-12 education today and how Trinity continues to do an exemplary job of preparing students for the future.
More episodes to come, check this link on upcoming Fridays.
Episode Two: A Learner’s Mindset
In Episode Two, Alexis and Faith examine the “learner’s mindset” and how this is key to school and life. In this compelling conversation, they discuss the notion of perfection and why helping students be comfortable with mistake-making and failure is so important. Alexis also shares personal stories involving music and improvisational comedy, and the ways these interests have inspired her life.
Episode Three: The Heart of Our School
In Episode Three, Alexis and Faith talk about the first sentence in Trinity’s mission statement, Our Idea of Excellence: “The conversation between student and teacher is the heart of our school; all that we do must be born of and nourish that relationship.” They discuss great works of literature, including Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Toni Morrison’s Beloved, the Odyssey, among others, that are the catalysts for important conversations. Alexis also discusses a plan to nurture a dialogue with each senior class at Trinity.
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“Every mistake is gold waiting to happen.”
1881, Class pictures of the Lower School and Middle School when Trinity was in Times Square at 1521 Broadway, between 44th and 45th Streets. Trinity School started in 1709 at Trinity Church Wall Street and moved eleven times, following the growth of Manhattan, until settling in 1895 at its current location on West 91st Street.
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“There cannot be an exchange more sacred than the conversation between student and teacher that happens here.”
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