Year 2 and Year 3 Outdoor Education students have completed their custom paddle making project. Instructed by Health and Physical Education faculty members Tim Hay and Jennifer Powles, and partly inspired by their November 27th excursion to the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, students further shaped and customized their paddles from "blanks."
Supplied by Redtail Paddles in...
Read MoreOn Friday, December 15th, TCS students held a "Fashion of Dance" event in LeVan Hall Theatre to raise funds for the Caribbean Red Cross.
TCS students from the Caribbean, or Islanders as they are more commonly known on campus, choreographed dances to a variety of musical styles each of which was followed by a fashion show. The various styles of dress featured included formal wear, beach...
Read MoreThe Trinity College School community joined together for the annual Christmas Carol Services held in Memorial Chapel on December 16th and 17th. Two hour-and-a-half long ceremonies were led by TCS Chaplain Father Don Aitchison: a service for boarding families on Saturday and Sunday's standing-room-only service for day students and their families. Many alumni, staff members, board governors and...
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On Wednesday, December 13th, students from the Year Four music class performed their major term projects in LeVan Hall Theatre.
Each student performed a major work from the solo classical repertoire with professional accompaniment on the grand piano by Terry Head. Mr. Head is one of the School's...
Read MoreThe Christmas countdown has begun as members of the TCS family have started making preparations for the holidays.
TCS Director of Property Larry Adamcryck and all the School's property staff have been hard at work decorating the TCS campus and buildings, bringing some true holiday spirit despite the milder than usual weather. The popular ""naughty or nice"" wagon, located in the...
Read MoreEnjoyed by the young and old, the TCS Junior School hosted its 5th annual Christmas Bazaar in the Boulden House assembly hall on Wednesday, December 15th.
In addition to the bazaar, a book fair was held in the Junior School library which traditionally generates over half of the proceeds each year. Between the book fair and bazaar, approximately $2875 was raised, with most of the sales...
Read MoreOn Tuesday, December 12th, Year 4 and Advanced Placement World History students visited the Bata Library at Trent University. The purpose of the visit was to be introduced to research practices at a university library and to obtain access to a multitude of resources while conducting research for their major papers.
In preparation for the trip, TCS librarian Shelagh Straughan delivered an...
Read MoreDuring chapel service on Friday, December 8th, Director of Athletics Tim White, along with Bigside girls' basketball coaches Courtney Christ, Erin McAleenan and Laura Michielsen, presented the last of Trinity College School's fall athletic awards. These presentations were for sports which had not yet concluded prior to the awards night held on November 17th.
David West and Jon Austin...
Read MoreOn Tuesday, November 28th, Trinity College Senior School students participated in the second round of house debates. Debating the resolution ""Resolved that the First World is responsible for dealing with the AIDS crisis in Africa,"" 80 students from all 10 houses competed for top honours in junior and senior categories.
Top junior debater was awarded to Rebecca Ro (Wright House) with...
Read MoreOn Thursday, December 16th, Grade 5 and 6 students from the Junior School held their 3rd annual bake sale in support of World Vision, this year raising $800. In less than 30 minutes students sold all of the donated baked goods, as well as Tim Horton's hot chocolate generously donated by the Meeussen family.
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization...
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