Patricia Trask has been a teacher of English with the Coventry Public Schools for many years. She previously worked at the Captain Nathan Hale School before rejoining the Coventry High School faculty in 1996. Mrs. Trask has studied at Northern Arizona University, Eastern Connecticut State University, and Central Connecticut State University.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from NAU with a major in English and a double minor in Sociology and Education, and a Master of Science degree from CCSU in Educational Leadership. Mrs. Trask's teaching assignments this year include English 12, English 12 Advanced Placement, Creative Writing, and Speech. Additionally, Mrs. Trask is the advisor for the Creative Writing Enrichment which sponsors coffee house performance poetry evenings and publishes the literary and artistic journal, Feed Your Head in partnership with Mrs. Blair of the Art Department. .