Trinity Students Achieve Top Scores on PSAT and Colleges Come Calling

MARCH 2010 - This past fall, Trinity Classical Academy 9th and 10th graders took the PSAT, which is typically only given to 11th graders. The high scores the students achieved took even the administration by surprise.
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The scores our students posted on the PSAT were incredible. Our freshman and sophomores essentially took this test cold, with no prep at all,” said Michele Puglisi, Trinity’s College Advisement Director. “They had not even been exposed to the 11th grade curriculum and we do not ‘teach to the test’. Despite this, most of them
posted high 80th and 90th percentile scores. We even had three scores of 99! This is incredibly rare on the PSAT!”
“This is really the first time that Trinity’s focused, classical, Christian methodology has been put to the test and these scores confirm that this type of education is indeed producing superior results.” Puglisi adds. “It has actually exceeded our expectations.”
For a detailed letter from Michele, discussing Trinity's PSAT scores in depth, CLICK HERE.
PSAT scores are made available to colleges and universities worldwide and as a result, Trinity students are already being pursued. “It’s like a floodgate has been opened and our burgeoning, 9-year-old school is now on the radar of some highly acclaimed institutions,” says Liz Caddow, Trinity Head of School. “
Our 9th and 10th graders have been getting letters of interest from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Brown, West Point and even Oxford, just to name a few. We always thought that teaching through a classical, Christian curriculum would produce good academic results, but we were actually quite shocked at just how well our students performed on the PSAT.”
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These outstanding results will open so many doors for these students,” remarks Puglisi. “Based on their scores, I anticipate 6-7 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists and Finalists to come from these two Trinity classes. To put that in context, the former public school where I worked produced only a handful during my 15 years there as guidance counselor. These scores also indicate that these students will have a very high success rate on AP tests in the coming years.”
Mrs. Caddow is quick to point out though that standardized test scores are not the only barometer by which achievement is measured at Trinity. “While we thrilled with these scores, we realize that they are only one measure of success. In addition to developing the intellect,
we at Trinity strive to nurture the heart and the soul of every student.”
For Trinity's PSAT scores in depth, CLICK HERE.