Type Private, Coeducational Established 1980 Faculty 13 Founded 1980 | Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Principal Brian Muth Phone +1 707-258-9030 Colors Blue, Red | |
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Motto Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
(For the Greater Glory of God) Address 2055 Redwood Rd, Napa, CA 94558, USA Founders Marge Crotty, Jerry Muth, Fran Crotty, Vince Cortese, Lucille Cortese, Jack Kersting, Tony Ryan, Dianne Muth Similar Kolbe Academy, Justin‑Sie Catholic High Sch, Napa High School Campus, Vintage High School, New Technolo High Sch | ||
Kolbe Academy & Trinity Prep is a private school in Napa, California. It offers grades from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade and embraces a classically based Catholic educational model. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa, though it operates independently.
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Background
Kolbe Academy was established in 1980 by Fran & Marge Crotty, Jerry & Dianne Muth, and Vince & Lucille Cortese in Napa, California. In 1995, the academy's homeschooling program began. Trinity Grammar and Prep was established in 1995 by Jack Kersting, Tony Ryan and others.
The two schools merged in 2008, and the homeschool program split off into an independent homeschool program.
Curriculum
The school's curriculum is grounded in the Ignatian tradition. The spoken arts of grammar and rhetoric are emphasized. Grade levels at the school are combined in pairs — first-and second graders are in one classroom, third-and fourth graders are in another, for example. Students are exposed to the greatest works of Western Civilization and also study Latin and public speaking.
History
Kolbe Academy was founded in 1980 as a 1st through 7th grade school, with a grade per year added until it was 1st-12th Grades. Trinity Education Center, Inc. was founded in 1991 in Fairfield, California as a home school. In 1995 it began doing business as Trinity Grammar and Prep as a 1st through 12th Grade school with 50 students.
In 2008, the two schools united to form Kolbe Academy & Trinity Prep.
Alumni Accomplishments
Kolbe-Trinity graduates have been accepted at state and private schools both large and small. The school’s graduates have been accepted at such schools as UCLA, UC Berkeley, Cal Poly, Gonzaga University, West Point, the University of Dallas, Thomas Aquinas College, Christendom College University of San Francisco, Hillsdale, UC Davis, Wheaton College, Pepperdine, Notre Dame School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, University of Texas School of Law, Ave Maria, St. John’s Annapolis, Fordham, USC, Catholic University, St. Louis University, and Franciscan University. They are actively recruited to attend and often receive generous scholarships. Nearly 100% of the school’s graduates who have attended four-year colleges have completed college. Graduates have received awards such as Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s List, graduating Magna and Summa Cum Laude, etc.
Graduates include a priest, a religious brother and a religious sister; chief of staff for a former California Senate Minority Leader; a National Sales Manager for a leading resort; several PhD candidates; a West Point graduate currently serving as an engineer in the army (and who served a tour in Iraq); a doctor; a medical school student; several Registered Nurses; a mechanical engineer; law students; nursing students; several teachers; owner of an event management company; a two-time Jeopardy champion; a Director of Marketing for the leading legal publisher in the U.S.; and the Principal of the school.