Trafalgar Castle School logo featuring an emblem with the year established (1874), symbolizing academic excellence and commitment to virtue.
Trafalgar Castle School logo featuring an emblem with the year established (1874), symbolizing academic excellence and commitment to virtue.

Grade 6 Winter Clothing Drive

Grade 6 students from Trafalgar Castle School participating in a winter clothing drive, posing with donation boxes in a classroom setting.

Throughout the month of October Trafalgar’s Grade 6 students organized and facilitated a winter clothing drive to help new refugees who are living in the Durham region through the Ajax Welcome Centre. “Seeing everybody bringing in winter clothing was my favourite part about this initiative,” shares Trafalgar student Elsie. “We sorted all of the donations and […]

Traf Talks: Lindsay Ditkofsky

Lindsay Ditkofsky, VP of Brand Development at Hilary MacMillan, wearing a leather jacket, smiling and posing near a window, featured in Traf Talks series at Trafalgar Castle School.

This series of feature stories highlights those in the Trafalgar community during this time of isolation. We discuss what they’re currently up to, what their isolation experience has been and how they’re getting through. In Conversation with Lindsay Ditkofsky, Class of 2003 Currently the VP of Brand Development at Hilary MacMillan – a Canadian womenswear […]

Better Yet….

Three women smiling together at a reception event in Trafalgar Castle, with festive decorations in the background.

They came by the hundreds, creating a long, snaking line of visitors – a line so long that it wrapped around the front of the Castle and edged towards the main gates.  Over 900 people waited in groups for more than an hour at a time, packed inside a hot, crowded dining hall, all to […]

Why Should We Care?

Group of Trafalgar Castle School students in pink and navy attire celebrating at a fundraising event, surrounded by pink balloons and decorations, embodying community support and empathy.

“Love and compassion are necessities not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive” – Dali Lama The white T-shirts are for the supporters – family, friends, colleagues, anyone who feels a desire to help.  The pink T-shirts are for the survivors – those still in treatment, those finished treatment, those whose hope grows with every day […]