Holy Trinity Catholic Schools is a PK-12 Roman Catholic school headquartered in

Fort Madison, Iowa Fort Madison is a city and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States along with Keokuk. Of Iowa's 99 counties, Lee County is the only one with two county seats. The population was 10,270 at the time of the 2020 census. Located along the ...

, with campuses in Fort Madison and

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. Fort Madison has the secondary school campus and one early childhood campus, while West Point has the elementary school and an early childhood center on another campus. The school system is located in the

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History

Holy Trinity Catholic School was created in July 2005 with the merging of the

Marquette Catholic School System Marquette Catholic Schools was a Roman Catholic school with its administrative offices in West Point, Iowa. Circa 1997 its campuses were: Marquette Primary School in Houghton, Marquette Intermediate School in St. Paul, and Marquette Senior High S ...

from the West Point Area and the Aquinas Catholic Schools from the Fort Madison Area. The Marquette building was chosen for junior high school while the Aquinas building was chosen for senior high school. At the time 131 students were at the secondary level in Aquinas. The merger was due to increasing costs and the declining population of Lee County, the latter of which meant reduced numbers of pupils. The school received a different set of school colors and mascot, and the school administration allowed parents and students to have a say. In 2006

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of Keokuk merged into Holy Trinity High School. Principal Doris Turner, the first principal since the consolidation, retired in 2011. In 2017 the school scheduled a renovation of the high school area, refurbishing the electrical systems and installing solar panels. A new elementary school building in West Point was completed in 2019. Previously a preschool was in

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Athletics

The Crusaders compete in the Southeast Iowa Superconference in the following sports: *Cross Country *Volleyball ** 2014 Class 1A State Champions *Basketball *Track and Field *Golf *Soccer *Tennis *Baseball *Softball Holy Trinity students can also compete in wrestling with Fort Madison, and bowling with Keokuk.

External links

School Website

Notes and references

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