We are Hiring!
We’re looking for a Marketing and Communications Officer to join our team! Here’s what we offer: Living and working in a Castle! You’ll see when you get here, it’s a beautiful place to be; Competitive salary and benefits; Free parking; Lunches provided (taxable benefit); Really great colleagues who do fun things together; and A welcoming […]
New Student/New Parent Reception
There was so much excitement in the Castle on June 7 as we welcomed students and their families for the New Student/New Parent Reception! Hosted by the 2023-2024 Trafalgar Activities and Spirit Council (TASC) and Tiny TASC, this fun event provides an opportunity for new parents to connect and for incoming students to get to […]
Earth Day at Trafalgar Castle School
Trafalgar’s Do Something Club recently led an Advisor activity, as part of an Earth Day initiative, to create ‘The Sustainabilitree’. The Sustainabilitree is a compilation of the long-term environmental goals of Trafalgar students in Grades 4 to 12. Each part of the tree contains a different hand-drawn image of a sustainable action that students pledge […]
Community and Connection at Grade 9 Games Night
On January 12 the Grade 11 student leaders held a Games Night for our Grade 9 students. The event provided the opportunity for students to develop relationships with their classmates and form bonds with other students at the School. Lauren M., Grade 11 Trafalgar student shares, “Having friends within your grade allows for everything to […]
Penny Pack Initiative
Grade 11 Trafalgar student McKenna’s (Mick) Penny Pack initiative was first featured by the School in March of 2018. Now, in its fifth year, the Penny Pack initiative continues to help those most vulnerable in our community. What started as a project-based learning challenge with Future Design School (FDS) in her Grade 7 year after […]
Back to School Events
We are excited to welcome back the Trafalgar community for Orientation Day on Tuesday, September 6. The School also has three events planned for Friday, September 9 and we ask our students, families and community to save the date! Prefect Installation Ceremony, 3 p.m. All students, staff and faculty will observe the official installation of […]
Meet Trafalgar’s 2021-2022 Prefects!
Trafalgar is pleased to introduce the School’s 2021-2022 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 […]
For There is Always Light
I don’t know one person who hasn’t heard the name Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate whose words touched the hearts of a nation, if not the world, at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Her indelible delivery, so poised and resonant, was made all the more impressive when you understand the speech […]
TASC Holiday Spirit Week!
Thank you to Ms. May-Kim and the TASC Team for organizing holiday spirit week! From pyjamas and favourite holiday characters to door decorating and photo contests it was the perfect way to head into winter break! Thanks also to Ms. Welbourn and the Prefect Team for collaborating with TASC to raise funds for Durham Youth […]
Dear Trafalgar Castle School Prefects of 2020-2021
Today, we come together to celebrate the installation of our 2020-2021 Prefects, a group that has already this year, both collectively and individually, demonstrated why they were chosen to fulfill this important role. This ceremony is a time to affirm our school’s commitment to leadership – a commitment to leadership by young women and for […]