House System
The four Trinity Houses are Ridlethorn, Latimpax, Wisharstone, and Oxenwold
The Trinity Classical School House System serves students in grades 7–12 by creating smaller, intentional communities within the Secondary School, fostering belonging, accountability, and shared purpose.
Within their Houses, students participate in fellowship, service, leadership, mentorship, and healthy competition. These communities are guided by faculty mentors and enriched by relationships across grade levels, ensuring that students are known, encouraged, and challenged throughout their Secondary School years. Each year, rising seventh graders and new students are inducted into a House, where they remain members for the duration of their time at Trinity Classical School.
The House System also provides the primary structure for student leadership in the Secondary School. Each House is led by student leaders who serve alongside faculty and administrators to help steward the life of the Secondary School community. Students collaborate across Houses to plan and carry out service projects, social events, competitions, and dances, while also cultivating mentorship and fellowship within their own House.
Through the House System, students are invited to bring their gifts, ideas, and initiative into the life of the school. They are entrusted with real responsibility, meaningful leadership, and the opportunity to learn through both success and failure. Through shared goals, traditions, and healthy competition, students learn to serve others well and to contribute thoughtfully to the life of the school community.
Where do the house names come from?
Just as every household bears a family name, so too must our houses. Our roots extend beyond Bellingham, Washington. As a Presbyterian school, we draw deeply from the Scottish and English Reformation. For that reason, each house is named after a significant Scottish or English reformer or theologian. Additionally, each name carries a biblical image that points us back to Christ. These names will endure for generations, and the students in our houses today will set the course of history, establishing traditions that will become part of Trinity’s story.