Carnival worker found dead at Blessed Trinity Catholic School in Virginia Gardens
Death ruled suicide, Miami-Dade police say
By Amanda Batchelor - Senior Digital Editor
November 8, 2017
VIRGINIA GARDENS, Fla. - A carnival worker committed suicide Wednesday at Blessed Trinity Catholic School in Virginia Gardens, authorities said.
Sky 10 was above the school at 4020 Curtiss Pkwy shortly after noon as Miami-Dade police were at the school.
Archdiocese of Miami spokeswoman Mary Ross said a volunteer went into a storage trailer between 9:30 and 9:45 a.m. and found the body of a carnival worker inside.
She said the school was on lockdown until police completed their investigation, but students were not exposed to the scene or even to authorities on campus.
Ross said Wednesday was the final preparation day ahead of the carnival.
The worker's identity was not immediately released.
This year marks the 51st Blessed Trinity Annual Festival.
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VIRGINIA GARDENS, Fla. (WSVN) – A carnival worker has died, Wednesday, at a Virginia Gardens Catholic school.
According to Archdiocese of Miami, the carnival worker was found dead in a trailer at Blessed Trinity Catholic School, near Curtiss Parkway. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed, Archdiocese of Miami said, but parents were notified.
Mary Ross Agosta, Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of Miami, spoke to 7News regarding the death. “The children are fine,” she said. “School is continuing as normal. At no time were any of the children exposed to the excitement to the body that was found because the body was found inside a trailer.”
Agosta added that children whose classes faced the alley of the parking lot were removed and shielded from police activity.
Pick-up is scheduled for its usual time, Agosta said, but the location has been changed. “Parents have been notified what exit they can pick their children up,” she said.
The carnival on the school’s campus is expected to open on Thursday.
Officials have begun a death investigation.
This year marks the 51st Blessed Trinity Annual Festival. The festival includes carnival rides, games, plenty of food and lots of fun!
MISSION STATEMENT
Blessed Trinity School's mission is to witness and nurture the transforming
power of the teachings of Christ through the education of our children.
PHILOSOPHY
Blessed Trinity Catholic School's sole focus is to educate the whole student:
mind, body and soul. This education encompasses personal well-being and health, spiritual growth and academic achievement. The school strives to achieve this goal by providing a learning environment centered in Christ's teachings and which emphasizes the importance of Christian values. The development of faith and the instillation of sound Christian values is an ongoing process. Therefore, the involvement of both parents and the parish family are viewed as an essential element in the development of the child. This enables the student to spread Christ's message through both word and action.
Blessed Trinity School's mission is to witness and nurture the transforming
power of the teachings of Christ through the education of our children.
PHILOSOPHY
Blessed Trinity Catholic School's sole focus is to educate the whole student:
mind, body and soul. This education encompasses personal well-being and health, spiritual growth and academic achievement. The school strives to achieve this goal by providing a learning environment centered in Christ's teachings and which emphasizes the importance of Christian values. The development of faith and the instillation of sound Christian values is an ongoing process. Therefore, the involvement of both parents and the parish family are viewed as an essential element in the development of the child. This enables the student to spread Christ's message through both word and action.
"We are educating the future leaders of our community and teaching them the values of our Catholic faith."
- Maria Teresa Perez, principal