Holy Trinity Academy (Philippines)
Holy Trinity Academy (HTA), also referred to as the Most Holy Trinity Academy, or colloquially as Holy, is a private parochial co-educational school in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. The school was established in June 1947 by Rev. Fr. Bernardo Torres. The school accepted both male and female students, but in separate departments, until it became fully co-educational in 1976. The school currently maintains a Level 2 accreditation from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU) since its approval in December 2015. The school is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila Educational System (RCAMES), an educational system and a group of catholic and parochial schools governed by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila, where the school is under the fourth cluster, headed by the school's director, Rev. Fr. Marion C. Munda. Holy Trinity Academy offers the K–12 curriculum program. In the Senior High School Department, the school offers five academic tracks, which prepares students for college and their chosen undergraduate program. In the school year 2019–2020, the school served a population of around 3,000 enrollees annually in its preparatory, elementary, and high school departments. Some of the HTA alumni have been recognized for their works in arts, media, filmmaking, and science, including, Lexi Gonzales, Mon Gualvez, and Kyxz Mendiola. History Before the establishment of the school in 1947, the site was the Balic-Balic Cemetery, created in 1884 and closed in 1913. Holy Trinity Academy was established in June 1947; in which, its foundation was ascribed to Rev. Fr. Bernardo Torres, the incumbent parish priest of Iglesia de Santissima Trinidad at the time (now Most Holy Trinity Parish). The Franciscan Sisters was also credited with the foundation of the school in 1947. Two Franciscan Sisters of the SFIC congregation were the first few people to work at the school as teachers for two years. In 1958, the management of the school was turned over to the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (later known as the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco) by Rufino Santos, the incumbent Cardinal of Archdiocese of Manila at the time. The Salesian Sisters set up co-educational classes from Kindergarten to Grade 4, and separate sections for females in Grades 5–6. They stayed in the school for 30 years, managing Kindergarten to Grade 6 classes, and later the separate HTA Girl's Department in 1964. During the directorship of Msgr. Isidro L. Jose in 1962, he had a plan of accommodating all children of school age. In 1964, the HTA Boy's Department was set up, under the supervision of the lay administrators. In the school year 1972–1973, the HTA Boy's Department started kindergarten classes. In June 2021 a groundbreaking ceremony for a new ten-storey building was held. During the COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2020, Holy Trinity Academy was part of Manila's 24/7 vaccination service which started on August 9, 2021, administering 2,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to people in the A1 to A5 priority groups. Academics Accreditation Holy Trinity Academy currently holds a Level 2 accreditation