Trumbull High School

Trumbull High School is a public high school located in Trumbull, Connecticut.

History

Trumbull High School was founded in 1961 following a population increase in Trumbull during the 1950s. The high school was originally situated at 4630 Madison Avenue, in the building currently serving as Madison Middle School. As the 1960s progressed, the town was compelled to commission a new high school plant to accommodate further population growth. In 1971 a new school plant was constructed at 72 Strobel Road, offering a then modern auditorium (which was never actually designed to be an auditorium, but instead a lecture hall), a two story media center and complete athletic complex. Middlebrook Elementary School was converted to Middlebrook Elementary School and the Madison Avenue complex was converted to Madison Junior High School. The current principal is Robert Tremaglio.

Before 1987, Trumbull High School served grades 10-12. Due to shifting demographics, Trumbull High moved to a grade 9-12 model for the 1987-1988 school year.

Renovation

Recently, the Trumbull Board of Education commissioned an extensive renovation program for the school, including transformation of the auditorium, which currently has a dilapidated lighting system, and broken seating, into a full-fledged performance center, suitable for use by the whole town. Several additional wings at the back two corners of the school have already been added, each containing classrooms and additional locker space for accommodating the growing student body.

Achievements

• Football State Champions 1977, 1985, 1986^[1]
• Football FCIAC Champions 1977, 1980, 1986, 1989, 2005
• Girls Soccer State Champions 1997-1999, 2001, 2006-2008^[2]
• Girls Soccer FCIAC Champions 1996-2001, 2005, 2006 ^[3]
• Boys Soccer FCIAC Champions 2006
• Baseball State Champions, 1998
• Baseball FCIAC Champions 2004
• Girls Basketball State Champions 1974
• Softball FCIAC Champions 2004, 2005
• Girls Gymnastics FCIAC Champions 2006, 2007
• Boys Volleyball FCIAC Champions 2001, 2002^[4]
• Boys Volleyball State Champions 2001
• MAC Champions 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007
• MAC Scholastic Marching Open Winter Percussion Champions 2008
• WGI Percussion World Championships SO Finalists 2006, 2007
• WGI Percussion World Championships SO Finalists - Silver Medalists 2008, 2009
• WGI Colorguard World Championships SW Finalists 2007, 2009
• WGI Colorguard World Championships SO Class Bronze Medalists 2006
• EMBA Class III Gold Division Champions 2000
• American Scholastic Press Association "Most Outstanding High School Yearbook" 2004, 2005
• We the People Connecticut State Champions Top Ten in the Nation 2003, 2005, 2007

Notable alumni

• Craig Breslow, professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox organizations. He is the son of former Trumbull High School physical education teacher, Abraham Breslow.

• Harold Jensen '83, standout player on Villanova University's 1985 NCAA championship basketball team. Jensen played a key role in the nationally televised championship game versus Georgetown.

• Mark Longwell '77, All-New England soccer player at Fairfield University who went on to compete for the United States men's national soccer team and Tampa Bay Rowdies

• James Pauciello, professional football defensive end for the Cleveland Browns. He is now a police officer in Fairfield, Connecticut^[5] . Prior to becoming a police officer, he was a star defensive end at Utah State, where he studied psychology.

• Manya Makoski '02, professional soccer player for the Los Angeles Sol^[6]. The THS girls soccer team dominated the state of Connecticut by winning the state championship 3 out of 4 years while she was a student there from 1998 - 2002. Manya was on the FCIAC 1st team from 1999-2001^[7]

Notes

External links

• Trumbull High School
• Trumbull High School "Strategic School Profile 2005–2006", Connecticut Department of Education
• Trumbull High School Web page at Great Schools Web site