On Friday, May 9, the Trinity Class of 2025 wraps up their final day of high school classes. This year, the ECHO staff witnessed outstanding leadership from the senior class. As they prepare to move on, these seniors took time to look back on their journey at Trinity—sharing meaningful experiences, valuable lessons, fond memories, and the personal growth they’ve experienced since first arriving. Read their final reflections below.

Owen Lanham

High school is a windy road filled with ups and downs. My time here at Trinity has been the best possible learning experience to grow as a young man. My faith has increased and so has my confidence as my own person. Learning who you are and what you want to do with your life is stressful, but everyone goes through it. My time in the halls has been full of learning experiences and finding who I am. The biggest thing Trinity has taught me is that no matter who you are, there is a place for you. Being comfortable in your own skin and to not hiding who you are is a huge part of what Trinity represents.

To continue, learning can happen in many ways and in many places at school. I have learned that sports are not for me after growing up at practices every night. After sports were out of the picture, I had to learn what else to fill my time with. This is when I found my closest friends and my hobbies such as journalism, weightlifting, and intramural sports (to fill my competitive fire).

My final statement is that everyone has a space at Trinity, and everyone needs to learn how to transition in a smooth and fun way, because high school is fun! So, my advice to any current student is to show who you are and don’t hide away your interests, because someone will have the same.

Trinity Forever.

Jack DeBellis (Co-Editor-in-Chief)

Trinity for me has been life-changing. I would not be on the path I am on in my life without Trinity. It is
hard to believe that I wasn’t even supposed to come to Trinity but one day my mom told me that we
should just take a visit and see if I liked it. I remember complaining about having to go on the visit but I
am so grateful that she made me go because in my four years I have made life-time friends, gained
interests in things like journalism and photography that I never knew I would be interested in before
Trinity. Trinity has given me the opportunity to try new things and to learn what I enjoy doing and has
helped me find what I am passionate about.

Ben Scobee

Mental health has always been something that I have dealt with. I remember at the end of my freshman year I hated myself so much that I just assumed that everyone who I came across hated me too. It left me in an angry and volatile state and I knew that something had to change. When I went into sophomore year I made myself a promise, I was going to be a nicer person. Sophomore year sucked. Lots of people took advantage of my kindness and in the end I still felt like I didn’t truly have friends. So during my
junior year I decided instead of being a nicer person, I was going to be a better person. Someone that people can count on and enjoy being around. And aside from some minor hiccups, Junior year was pretty good. My Senior year is where everything crescendoed. My conscious decision to be a better person led to me being a happier person which led to a very fulfilling year. And at my senior prom, I was voted by the
student body as Mr. Performing arts (technically I tied, but it’s the same thing). This was such a big moment for me because I now had physical, statistical evidence that proved me wrong. That people actually did like me even though I hated myself. That is how much I grew at Trinity, I went from somebody who felt like nobody liked him to somebody who was finally proud of himself. And I still have a lot of growth left to do.

Houston Higgs (Co-Editor-in-Chief)

My favorite moment at Trinity throughout all of my four years has to be on Senior
Retreat. I had my doubts going into it but was extremely excited about the trip. I cannot explain
properly the bond that forms with those brothers on senior retreat with you. The retreat program
at Trinity has to be the best thing that the school has to offer in my opinion because of how the
people on the retreat challenge you to really think about life. I had so much fun and have found
lifelong friends up at Mt. St. Francis. To anyone thinking about going on senior retreat please do
it, I hope your experience will be as good as mine was.

Weston Judd

During my time at Trinity, I feel that I have really grown in so many ways. The four years have flown by
and I can remember my freshman self as if it was yesterday. Through this time, I have taken some very
rigorous classes and learned through some very meaningful experiences which have ultimately changed
me as a person. I believe that Trinity has set me up with some great skills that will do me well when I am
cast into the real world. It has made me feel extremely prepared for college next year as well. I thank
Trinity for really showing me the true brotherhood associated with it and how important faith really is to
my own life. I am more disciplined, confident, and aware of my impact on others each and every day. I
am excited to see how much of an impact Trinity has on my life as I go forward.

Mare Johnson

My reflection of high school has had a lot of ups and downs but that’s normal for any ordinary high schooler. My ups throughout high school were meeting a lot of people and becoming friends. I was involved a lot being part of the varsity basketball, track and football team. My downs throughout my high school career are not doing very well with tests or quizzes. My whole life I haven’t been doing well with tests or quizzes.

I have shown a lot of growth trying to come out my confront zone and being a part of things, I thought I wouldn’t like but I do. One thing that I struggled with that I’m trying to overcome/ learn is becoming better at taking tests. I feel like I need to do better with my study habits and even try notecards. My future after high school is to attend Kentucky University in the fall. I plan to major in exercise science. The reason I’m taking that major is because I hope to be a PA (physician assistant).