Palmer Trinity School

Palmer Trinity School is an independent, college preparatory, coeducational Episcopal day school located on 54acre in Palmetto Bay, Florida (a Miami suburb). The school currently enrolls more than 650 students in grades 6-12.Palmer Trinity is the only Episcopal Middle and Upper School in Miami-Dade County. The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Florida Council of Independent Schools.HistoryPalmer Trinity School was formed in 1991 when Palmer School and Trinity Episcopal School merged. The school was formerly located in the census-designated place of Cutler until the incorporation of Palmetto Bay on September 10, 2002.Palmer Trinity was badly damaged by Hurricane Andrew, but one building was used to host the 82nd Airborne for 6 weeks in the aftermath.After the merger, Palmer Trinity gradually grew from 300 to 650 students. A Humanities Building, Music Center, Fitness Facility, Math/Science Building, and expanded Library were added to the original three buildings.Palmer Trinity's campus incorporates South Florida flora, including gumbo limbo trees, royal poincianas, palms, ferns, and orchids. It has the largest grounds of any independent school in Miami-Dade County.It has encouraged the use of wireless laptop computers since 1999, and has 50 athletic teams.