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TRINITY’S HALL OF FAME was created to recognize and appropriately honor achievements of individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to the programs of Trinity School. Alumni, faculty, and friends of Trinity nominated several candidates for the newly formed Hall of Fame. After prayerful consideration, the Hall of Fame nominating committee elected the 2014 class.
MR. JOHN ALBRITTON, JR.
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Mr. Albritton has served on the Trinity Board of Trustess numerous times, including the very first Board in 1970. He has held the position of President of the Board twice and is currently a member of the Trinity School Charitable Trust committee.
MR. BILL JOSEPH
The first President of the Board in 1970, Mr. Joseph’s leadership was instrumental in creating Trinity as an independent Christian school. He has served the school tirelessly over the decades in many capacities.
MR. PAT WILLIAMS, SR. MR. RAYMOND BOYKIN Mr. Boykin was the first Headmaster of Trinity School, serving from 1970 to 1975, as well as a beloved math teacher and football coach. He retired from teaching in 1991.
An avid supporter of Trinity School since its inception, Mr. Williams served on the Board of Trustees numerous times as well as the architect of the original school building and additions throughout the years.
COACH JIM CHAFIN
DR. ROBERT STRONG
Coach Chafin became Trinity’s first Athletic Director in 1982, and helped set Trinity on the path of athletic success that the program has enjoyed over the last 30 years.
Dr. Strong led the vision of an independent Christian School in Montgomery during his tenure as Senior Minister of Trinity Presbyterian Church and guided the session in making Trinity School a reality.
MR. JOHN (JACK) NOBLE One of the founding Board members of Trinity Presbyterian School, Mr. Noble has previously served as a Board member for numerous years and as well as Board President. He generously built the first phase of Trinity School at its current location at cost.
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The National Junior Honor Society and the National Honor Society Induction The National Junior Honor Society Induction was held on Friday, January 24, while the National Honor Society Induction occurred on Tuesday, April 8. Both events hosted in Willett Hall included an induction ceremony and a brief reception afterwards for parents and new inductees.
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Membership in the National Junior Honor Society is one of the highest honors that can be awarded a student. This organization strives to recognize the student who excels in scholarship, leadership, service, character, and citizenship. Students considered for membership must achieve the required cumulative grade point average.
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Newly inducted Members of the National Junior Honor Society
National Junior Honor Society Induction • Friday, January 24
(8th grade)—Katherine Albrecht, Madison Bowen, Wallace Bryan, Caroline Chapman, Ensley Craven, Myra Rivers Dorey, Jonathan Green, Lauren Hemmings, Reed Henderson, Chris Howard, Luke Hufham, Miller Johnson, Echols Jones, Meredith Kingry, Mackenzie LeGrand, Ben Loftis, Ben Martin, Will Merrill, Emmalyne Phillips, Zoe Portis, Wells Rutland, Daniel Sellers, Maria Stevenson, Mary Emily Taylor, Jessica Wilson, Jackson Younger (9th grade)—Sophie Burks, Allie Dillard, Andrew Martin, Jenna Moore, Betsy Powell, Madison Tylicki, Grace White.
Newly inducted Members of the National Honor Society Members (Senior)—Mori Wallace (Juniors)—Ashley Berry, Caroline Colee, Hunter Johnson, Ashley Patino, Barbara Ann Trotman (Sophomores) Robert Adams, Beth Birchfield, Sam Bishop, Erica Boleyn, Jackson Byrd, Betsy Byrne, Gracie Champion, Katie Chandler, Savannah Elrod, Maggie Flotemersch, Carter Green, Carson Hartzog, NAL HONOR SOCIETY
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Shea Henry, Christina Hogan, Hudson Hufham, Bray Jones, Addison Love, Jordyn Meeks, Meredith Moore, Hammond Parsons, Parker Reynolds, Leslie Schuneman, Tanner Shamburger, Abbie Sims, Anna Slawson, Aline Sluis, Steven Smelley, Daniel Smitherman, Sydney Snowden, Blake Stratton,
National Honor Society Induction • Tuesday, April 8
Nicholas Styron, Olivia Trehern, Kelly Trumbull, Tyler Vermillion, Grant Watson, Katie Windham. We congratulate each of these students on this outstanding academic achievement.
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The Lady Wildcats finished an unbelievable season (26-3). They made their first state semifinal appearance since 2000 and had their most wins in 17 years.
Lady Wildcats Make it to Final Four!
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at SMU, Julia had the opportunity to intern at the George W. Bush Presidential Center as well as the office of Senator Jeff Sessions in Washington, D.C. She spent a few months working on a political campaign before moving to Washington, D.C. to work at the Republican National Committee for the remaining 2012 election cycle. She has been working at a political consulting firm in D.C. since April of 2013. EMI RAYCRAFT attended the University of Alabama on a Presidential Scholarship. She graduated in 2011 Summa Cum Laude from the Honors Program with a degree in Biology. Upon graduation, she began her postgraduate work at Harrison School of Pharmacy at Auburn University. Emi began her final year of pharmacy school in May 2014 concluding with clinical rotations in Montgomery and Auburn. She contributes her success to hard work, dedication, and principles taught to her by the wonderful teachers and staff at Trinity. MARY CAM CARLSON ‘08 and ZACH SHAW were married this past December 2013 and live in Montgomery.
Mary Cam is the Youth Ministry Assistant at Trinity Church and Zack is an insurance agent with Allstate.
KELLY JACKSON and DAVID ROY were married on July 13, 2013 and live in Birmingham, Alabama. STEVI SPORTand
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KRISTEN STALLINGS ‘09 and WILLIAM VAN HOOSER were married on June 29, 2013 and live in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. FRANK YOUNG works with the Department of Defense as a nuclear engineer in Seattle, Washington. He attended Auburn University on a Founder’s scholarship where he majored in Chemical Engineering and graduated magnum cum laude.
2009 EMILY COX and TYLER MOORE were married on June 29, 2013 and live in Birmingham, Alabama.
KYLE SHAW were married on June 15, 2013 and live in Roseville, California on Beale Air Force Base. Stevie is a CPA—Tax Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Kyle is a 2nd Lt. United States Air Force— Space: UEWR (upgraded early warning radar) Crew Commander. He is also a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Air Force Space 100 and UEWR training. WILSON VAN HOOSER signed a free agent contract with the New England Patriots. Wilson transferred to Troy for the 2013 season after beginning his college career at Tulane. The 6-foot, 197-pounder was a three-year letter winner for Tulane, finishing with 55 receptions for 805 yards and nine touchdowns. Last season at Troy, he played in 10 games and finished with 13 receptions for 188 yards and two
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touchdowns and returned 15 kicks for 237 yards.
2010 MARK HERTENSTEIN recently graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program at Boston College. He was a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, and Alpha Sigma Nu—an exclusive honor society for Jesuit Catholic universities. He was also an officer with the University Chorale of Boston College. He completed the University Research Fellowship with Boyd Taylor Coolman, Professor of Medieval Theology at Boston College in the fall of 2013. Mark was recently accepted into the GordonConwell Theological Seminary. ANNE CAROLINE THOMPSON has been dancing with Alabama Ballet for three years as an apprentice and was recently offered a contract performing six shows a season around Alabama, including classical ballets and contemporary works. She also teaches at Encore Performance Company instructing 6-14 year-olds ballet technique.
REBECCA YOUNG recently graduated from Vanderbilt University, where she majored in chemistry and competed on the swim team. She attended Vandy on academic and athletic scholarships. Rebecca will attend medical school this upcoming fall.
2011 Since graduating from Trinity, HADEN ELLIS has been studying at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. She has a double major in history and Spanish. Last semester, Haden studied abroad in Madrid, Spain in a language immersion program through Furman. The program allowed her to travel all across Spain, studying linguistic and cultural differences in the different regions. Upon graduation, Haden
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plans on attending law school at Furman.
SHEA SUMMERLIN is a junior at Samford University studying chemistry. In addition to being a Beeson scholarship recipient, which covers all tuition and fees, she serves the university as a Samford Ambassador. Last year she studied in London, England for a semester and in Grenoble, France for the summer. She was selected to represent the university as Miss Samford, a preliminary to Miss Alabama and Miss America. Shea paid a visit to Trinity in January. Read more about this special visit on the following page.
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n TRINITY ASSOCIATE Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adcock Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bryan Dr. and Mrs. Allen Clark Mr. and Mrs. Jay Collett Mrs. Sheila Elmore Mr. and Mrs. Brook Garman Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Glover Mr. and Mrs. Trey Handey Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Kyser Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lott Rev. and Mrs. Claude McRoberts Mrs. Judy Moody Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nunn Mr. and Mrs. Todd Parsons Mr. and Mrs. Greg Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Steven Scott Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Shamburger Mr. and Mrs. Chad Singletary Mr. and Mrs. Stan Snyder Dr. and Mrs. David Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Pat Watson Mr. and Mrs. Ken Whittle Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Yohn Mr. and Mrs. Mike Zavada n TRINITY FRIEND Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Mike Addison Mr. and Mrs. Michael Allen Mr. and Mrs. Troy Amster Mr. and Mrs. Mark Anderson III Mr. and Mrs. Joe Andress Mr. Matt Arrighi Ms. Martheen Baas Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Baker Dr. and Mrs. Matt Bennett Mrs. Diane Berney Mr. and Mrs. Tim Bethea Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bishop, Jr. Mrs. Whittington Black Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Boleyn Mr. and Mrs. Keith Boling Mr. Axel Borrero Mr. and Mrs. Bubba Bowden Mrs. Erin Bradshaw Mr. and Mrs. Larry Branam Mr. and Mrs. John Bricken III Mr. and Mrs. Reese Bricken Mr. and Mrs. Bo Burks Mr. Gene Butler Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cantey Mr. and Mrs. Chad Carr Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Dann Cleveland Mrs. Analyn Coker Mr. and Mrs. Chip Colee
Dr. and Mrs. John Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Jarrod Cook Ms. Angela Cooner Mr. and Mrs. Brien Cornett Mr. and Mrs. Billy Cox Crum Family Charitable Foundation Rev. and Mrs. Patrick Curles Mrs. Nikki Darley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DeBardelaben Mrs. Karen Dennis Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Dismukes Mr. and Mr. Robert Eike Mrs. Terry Elam Ms. Anita Ellis Dr. and Mrs. Brian Elrod Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Etheredge Mrs. Jana Evans Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ewing Mr. and Mrs. Gary Faulkner Mr. and Mrs. Mac Faulkner Mr. and Mrs. Bill Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Karl Franklin Mr. Trip Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Tim Freeman Ms. Latrell Fussell Mrs. Alice Gauntt Mr. and Mrs. John Gibbons Mr. Walter Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Chris Glover Mr. and Mrs. Marc Green Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hallford Mr. and Mrs. Clint Hammock Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Steve Harris Ms. Linda Hastey Mr. and Mrs. James Helms Ms. Rebecca Helms Mr. and Mrs. Britton Henig Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Bowen Hill Miss Alice Hill Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hilliard Ms. Patricia Hixon Dr. and Mrs. Tom Hodge Ms. Gennie Honel Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hynniman Mrs. Alice Jones Mr. and Mrs. Neal Kelley Ms. Kay Kirtland Mrs. Jessica Lassiter Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lawrence Mr. Dale Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Ms. Lynn LeFan Mr. and Mrs. Rick Letner Mr. and Mrs. Tom Littlepage Mr. and Mrs. Wes Loard Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Long Mr. and Mrs. Gene Long Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lumpkin Mrs. Lindsay Lyon
Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall Mr. Pete McCoy Mr. Lee McDaniel Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGowin Mr. and Mrs. John McInnis Mr. Oliver McLemore Mr. and Mrs. Scott McNelley Dr. and Mrs. Philip McVay Mr. and Mrs. Tim Miller Mr. and Mrs. Stan Milton Mr. Ken Moats Mrs. Cindy Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Mosley Mr. and Mrs. Chip Norris Mrs. Marie Parma Mr. Frank Parquette, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Patty Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Paulk Mr. Alonzo Pernell Ms. Heather Phipps Mrs. Kathy Pirtle Mrs. Laura Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Dale Polley Mr. Randy Ragsdale Mr. and Mrs. Epes Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Brian Roth Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saliba Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sasser Mr. and Mrs. Matt Satcher Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schweers Mr. and Mrs. David Scott Mr. and Mrs. John Shepherd Ms. Donna Siebenthaler Mr. and Mrs. Brian Sims Mrs. Melody Singleton Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sluis Mrs. Gidget Smith Mr. and Mrs. Blake Smith Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Sprague Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Stabler Mr. and Mrs. John Stallings, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stratton Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Larry Teel Mrs. Margaret Thompson Mrs. Lucy Thrasher Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Tidmore Lt. Col. and Mrs. Jerry Tonnell Mr. and Mrs. Randy Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Mike Turk Mrs. Sarah Tyus Mr. and Mrs. David Vickers Mr. and Mrs. Michael Waddell Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Warren Mr. and Mrs. Billy Weeks Mr. and Mrs. John White Mr. and Mrs. John Williams Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Williams Mr. and Mrs. Pat Williams Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Doug Woodruff Mr. and Mrs. Alan Worrell Mr. and Mrs. David M. Yohn SUMMER 2014
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Board of Trustees 2013-2014
Dr. Frank Young
president
Mr. Guice Slawson
vice president
Mr. Todd Parsons
treasurer
Rev. Patrick Curles
secretary
Mr. Cole Portis
member at large
Mr. Kerry Palmer
head of school
Rev. Claude McRoberts, III
ex-officio
Mrs. Ann Amster
Mr. Stephen Morris
Mrs. Jeannine Birmingham
Dr. Scott Parma
Mr. John Bricken
Mr. Phillip Pouncey
Mrs. Farrow Burks
Mr. Jimmy Rutland
Dr. Allen Clark
Mr. Troy Teel
Mr. David McClinton
Mrs. Nancy Trumbull
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