Senior Caroline Foulk was awarded Trinity
High School’s 2012 Founder’s Day Scholarship. Founder’s Day is the day on which
the Trinity community honors Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, the founder of the
Sinsinawa Dominicans. Trinity’s faculty nominated seniors who exemplify the
qualities of Trinity’s founder: truthful, genuine, spiritual, courageous, bold,
dynamic, enterprising, original, reflective, independent, visionary and
open-minded. Each nominee wrote a two-page essay. The essay asked, “What would
Fr. Samuel think of Trinity if he were to visit us today?”

Six people read the essay blindly: the
president, the principal, the vice president, the campus minister, the senior
class monitor, and the director of student activities. These people came
together to vote on the winning essay.

Caroline Foulk wrote, “Trinity has
maintained their essence and mission. We’ve seen tough times and easier times.
When people have doubted us or pitied us, we knew in our hearts that we were
still strong. Trinity has climbed a mountain and reached the top. We put our
flag in the ground, and we are proud to be the best. We refuse to go downhill,
and we refuse to stay idle. Instead we build upon that mountaintop making a
higher peak each year. We build with our accomplishments, we raise the stakes,
we make new goals, and we reach the seemingly impossible.” To read Caroline’s
complete essay, go to Trinity’s website www.trinityhs.org.

Trinity High School is an all-girl’s
high school located in River Forest. For more information on Trinity, visit our
website at www.trinityhs.org or call
708-771-8383.