High School Academics
The trimester schedule at Trenton High School provides students with a rich selection of courses and opportunity to earn 30 credits over four years.
Four Core
The four core offerings in mathematics, English Language Arts, science, and social studies provide students with a solid academic foundation. While courses in each of these areas are required under the Michigan Merit Curriculum, students also may select from accelerated and elective courses.
World Languages
Trenton High School offers four years of three world languages, including Spanish, French, and German. Middle school students have the opportunity to earn up to 1.5 credits in Spanish prior to entering high school.
Advanced Placement
Students have the potential to earn college credit through eleven Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered at Trenton High School. Dual enrollment allows qualified students to take post-secondary classes while still in high school.
Electives
Students can pursue their areas of interest by selecting from seventeen art courses, a variety of business electives, award winning music programs, and physical education courses with a focus on fitness to advanced conditioning.
Downriver Career Technical Consortium
Trenton High School is a member of the Downriver Technical Consortium (DCTC) consisting of nine local districts that share twenty-three programs. Trenton offers DCTC programs for Drafting and Design, Marketing, Automotive Service Technology, EMT/Criminal Justice, and Cabinetry/Furniture Making. Digital Media will be added to the offerings starting in 2017-18.
Extra-Curricular
A host of extra-curricular options are provided to enrich the school experience. Students may choose from over twenty clubs ranging from robotics to Japanese Culture. There are twenty-eight varsity sports. Business students have traveled to compete in the Great Lakes Trade Show and world language students have learned the culture and language first hand by visiting countries, such as France, Germany, and Costa Rica.
Student & Parent Handbook
Please take time with your student(s) to review the Handbook and familiarize yourselves with district policies, procedures, and processes.
Please take time with your student(s) to review the Handbook and familiarize yourselves with district policies, procedures, and processes.
Trenton High School Online Course Description Book
This digital version contains the courses offered at THS and procedures related to scheduling. There are links to additional forms, documents and tutorials. We recommend using a laptop, chromebook or desktop computer to view this live document. The Table of Contents is clickable. For the quickest navigation back to this page click on View from the menu bar, then click Show Document Outline (opens up a button to click or list on the left). If you are using a cell phone, the formatting may not display accurately. Please rotate your phone to landscape mode for better viewing.