Learn more about the Trafalgar Castle School Team
Do you ever feel lost in a crowd? Trafalgar students don’t. That’s because we’re small by design. With just over 240 students from Grade 4 to Grade 12, each student is known and supported. Learn more about the faculty, staff and administration that make Trafalgar Castle School such a wonderful community to be a part […]
Are We There Yet?
It’s been a couple of decades since my own graduate work in sociology and education had me analyzing the world around us. This past weekend’s events almost caused me to pull out the old textbooks to read up on social change theory. I didn’t (to the great relief of my family) so let’s just agree […]
The Shine Collective Logo Design Challenge
Over the past several months visual arts teacher Ms. Welbourn has worked hard on a partnership with The Shine Collective. The Shine Collective is a non-profit that’s mission is to “[revolutionize] the workforce by giving talented high school graduates the chance to shine in professional roles at partner companies who advocate for equity, diversity, and […]
Meet our 2020-2021 Prefects!
Trafalgar is pleased to introduce the School’s 2020-2021 Prefects! Prefects are Grade 12 student leaders who represent the Trafalgar Castle School student body. They are important role models for their peers and are expected to reflect and uphold the values of the School at all times. Prefects work collaboratively to support the mission of the […]
Guts and Glory!
Failure kicked them when they were down and out. They didn’t care. They picked themselves up, stared failure straight in the eyes, and got back to work. No tears, no self-pity, no excuses. Just fierce determination and incredible resilience. That’s how Trafalgar girls deal with setbacks. This past weekend, our robotics team headed to Philadelphia […]
There’s Good News and Bad News
First the good news. Girls collaborate better than boys, in every country. Well, at least in every country that participates in PISA[1] testing. This is the finding from the PISA 2015 Collaborative Problem Solving Assessment[2]. Girls outperform boys, and girls in Canada rank 5th in the world, following only Singapore, Japan, Finland and South Korea, […]
Dear Prefects
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence, and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” Those words by Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Office of Facebook, incapsulate what it means to be a Prefect at Trafalgar Castle School. It is not about “who’s in charge” or “who gives the orders”, […]
Thrive Leaders inter-school Collaboration
On February 24, Mr. MacInnis and 8 Trafalgar Castle students in Grades 8 to 11 participated in Thrive Leaders 2017, an inter-school student leadership collaboration at Toronto Montessori School in Richmond Hill. The purpose of the conference was to examine unique challenges and successes, and build skills together to enrich their own school community. The […]