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Welcome to Palmer Trinity School.

Established in 1972, Palmer Trinity School offers a unique independent school experience that provides both a challenging and supportive environment for more than 805 students.

Palmer Trinity has a diverse population and is friendly and welcoming. We provide students with a stimulating and extensive academic program, a wide range of extracurricular activities, and weekly Chapel services, embracing the Episcopal tradition of nurturing individual talents, not only for personal gain but also in service to others. To foster this development, we have a myriad of community service opportunities to participate in and a nationally recognized global citizenship program.

We believe our success can be seen in students who have a foundation laid with core values that will serve them well in life, as well as a global awareness of the world in which they will engage. Character development, responsible decision-making, and the appropriate balance of mind, body, and spirit are what we strive to encourage, develop, and maintain.

Our talented faculty and staff serve as role models, advisors, and mentors, impacting our students’ lives, in and out of the classroom, and beyond graduation.

As Head of School, please allow me to extend a warm invitation to experience firsthand the unique spirit that is Palmer Trinity School, where the power of humanity and spirit unite, Virtus. Humanitas. Spiritus.

Thank you for visiting our website, and for considering Palmer Trinity School in your educational plans.

Go Falcons!

Patrick Roberts
Head of School
    • Patrick Roberts

      Head of School

Patrick H. F. Roberts has more than thirty years of educational leadership and administrative experience in the private school sector. He has been Head of School for Palmer Trinity, an Episcopal, middle and high school in Miami, Florida since 2014. While at Palmer Trinity School, Roberts has taught Lessons in Leadership, History, AP English, and a course on Scotland. Before moving to Miami, Roberts lived in Nashville, Tennessee. During that time, he served as Associate Head of School and Head of Advancement for Battle Ground Academy. Prior to that, Roberts was Headmaster of St. James Episcopal School in Texas; Head of Middle School, at Episcopal School of Acadiana in Louisiana; Director of Admissions and Financial Assistance at the University Liggett School, and spent several years in various roles including teaching, coaching, and development at Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) in Nashville, Tennessee.
Currently, Mr. Roberts is on the Board of Directors of the Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS).  He served three years as president from June 2021 - June 2024.   He is also on the Board of the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES).

In 2023, the Patrick H.F. Roberts Global Learning Endowment Fund was named after Mr. Roberts for his unwavering support and multiple contributions toward faculty and staff education in global studies at Palmer Trinity School. 

Mr. Roberts holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Richmond, and a Master of Education in Educational Leadership and Administration and Supervision from Lipscomb University in Tennessee. He and his wife Laura and their four children are residents of Palmetto Bay, Florida.

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