Blessed Trinity Catholic High School, also known as Blessed Trinity or, informally BT, is an Archdiocesan

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high school in

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, United States, a northern suburb of

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. The multi-level curriculum provides Advanced Placement, Honors, Advanced, and Academic classes to fit the needs of each student. The curriculum grew over the first four years to over 130 courses, including 20

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offerings. The fine arts program, which began with study in visual art, dance and vocal music, expanded to include a comprehensive drama program and 65-piece symphonic band. ''

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'' was the first musical performed by the Blessed Trinity Theatrical Alliance, staged in April 2004.

History

The growth in the

population in the metropolitan

area during the 1990s caused the demand for quality Catholic education to increase. In response to this demand,

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John Francis Donoghue established Catholic Construction Services, Inc. (CCSI) in the fall of 1997, to facilitate the construction of additional Catholic schools. On January 29, 1999, Archbishop Donoghue broke ground onto a new archdiocesan high school, Blessed Trinity. Construction was briefly halted by the discovery of a shallow grave of

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, but was ultimately resumed and completed in 2000. The construction of the school was overseen by Project Manager Allen Kronenberger of CCSI, who commissioned Hussey, Gay, Bell and DeYoung International, Inc. of Savannah as

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s for the project. Blessed Trinity opened in August 2000 with a total enrollment of 219 students; 164 freshmen and 55 sophomores. The school's reputation led to its rapid growth, with enrollment increasing to 465 by the second year, 680 in the third, 840 in the fourth, and 875 in the fifth. The school's first graduation occurred on May 24, 2003. In 2014, Blessed Trinity was recognized with a blue ribbon award given to schools with overall academic excellence.

Athletics

The athletic program kept pace with the school's growth, and by the fourth year fielded 19 varsity teams, which was expanded to 22 in 2004–2005 with the addition of competition cheerleading and boys' and girls' lacrosse. Blessed Trinity has risen in the ranks of the state's athletic programs since beginning a varsity athletic program in 2002. BT won the 2004 and 2009 Directors Cup for class AA for having the top athletic program in AA. The school's first state Championship was won by the girls' golf team in May 2003, and the first state championship won by a boys' team was cross country in October 2003. As of November 2019, the school has won 46 state championships. Blessed Trinity was featured on highfive sports team of the week before the football championship in 2014.

Fine arts

The Blessed Trinity Fine Arts Department focuses on the five aspects of the arts. Students' work is showcased in many ways throughout the school year. Artwork is on display in the hallways and there are frequent art shows during intermissions of dance, band, choral, and theatrical shows. There are three opportunities for students' work to be displayed throughout the year, at the midpoint and end of the fall semester, and at the end of the spring semester, and this artwork includes a variety of works from the 12 different Visual Arts classes BT offers: graphic design, photography, drawing I, A.P. Studio Art, etc. Dance, band, and choir are also classes and rehearse during the school day. The school's a cappella group, the Blessed Trinitones, rehearses after school.

Blessed Trinity Theatrical Alliance

The BTTA performs three annual shows: a fall musical, a winter play, and a spring musical. Past fall comedies have included ''The Werewolf's Curse'' (2012), ''

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'' (2013), ''The Birds: A Modern Adaptation'' (2014), '' Reckless'' (2015), ''Figments'' (2016), and '' Puffs'' (2020). In the fall semester, an elite group of the school's most talented performers rehearse a particularly difficult piece. These have included ''

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'' (2019), ''

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'' (2018), ''

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'' (2017), '' 12 Angry Jurors'' (2016), ''

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'' (2012) and '' The Dead'' (2011). The spring musical is by far the largest production. Over time, the musicals have grown in size and difficulty. The biggest musical to date was ''Cats'', with a cast of 112. Its opening night also set the record for largest audience, with more than 650 viewers. This production combined the BTTA with the dance program to create the most spectacular production in Blessed Trinity history to date. Some of the other spring musicals include: * ''

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Urinetown ''Urinetown: The Musical'' is a satirical comedy musical that premiered in 2001, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bur ...

'', 2019 * ''

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'', 2018 * '' BIG: The Musical'', 2017 * ''

'', 2016 * '' Pippin'', 2015 * ''

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'', 2012 * ''

The Drowsy Chaperone ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' is a Canadian musical with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. The story concerns a middle-aged, asocial musical theater fan who, feeling "blue", decides to pl ...

'', 2011 * ''

Sweet Charity ''Sweet Charity'' is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon, based on the screenplay for the 1957 Italian film '' Nights of Cabiria''. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse sta ...

'', 2010 * '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', 2009 * ''

The Pajama Game ''The Pajama Game'' is a musical based on the 1953 novel '' 7½ Cents'' by Richard Bissell. The book is by George Abbott and Richard Bissell; the music and lyrics are by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Dances were staged by Bob Fosse in his chor ...

'', 2008 * '' Barnum'', 2007 * ''

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'', 2006 * ''

Once Upon a Mattress ''Once Upon a Mattress'' is a musical theater, musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. It opened off-Broadway in May 1959, and then moved to Broadway theat ...

'', 2005 * ''

Meet Me In St. Louis ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' is a 1944 American Christmas musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Divided into a series of seasonal vignettes, starting with Summer 1903, it relates the story of a year in the life of the Smith family in St. Louis ...

'', 2004

Notable alumni

* CJ Abrams (2019) - professional baseball player *

JD Bertrand James Bertrand (born May 5, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Early life Bertrand attended Blessed ...

(2019) - professional football player * Steele Chambers (2019) - college football player *

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(2004) - professional baseball player *

JC French James Charles French IV (born December 4) is an American football quarterback for the Georgia Southern Eagles. He previously played for the Memphis Tigers. High school career French attended Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell, ...

(2022) - college football player * Matt Skole (2008) - professional baseball player

References

External links

School website
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