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.

It’s Complicated

Girl in plaid dress sitting on blue chair with denim backpack, featuring books and notebook in the side pocket, representing academic life at Trafalgar Castle School.

It’s complicated. That’s what the Toronto District School Board failed to appreciate when it made a pro forma decision to remove two books from a TDSB supported book club for girls, thereby setting off a spectacular social media firestorm of debate. I find it ironic that a public board that talks a good equity game […]

To the Class of 2021

Graduating students in black gowns celebrating on the lawn of Trafalgar Castle, tossing graduation caps into the air, symbolizing achievement and community engagement.

Dr. Foster’s Commencement Address to the Class of 2021 on Trafalgar Day: A few years ago – it was before COVID so it feels like more than a decade ago – we set out to create a new mission statement for our school. An organization’s mission is an important thing. It explains the reason that […]

Are You Busy?

Girls in plaid skirts holding hands, symbolizing collaboration and friendship in an all-girls school environment.

“Dr. Foster, are you busy?” This must be one of my favourite questions to hear when it’s posed by a student. It means that our girls feel comfortable enough to seek me out because they want to share an idea, a dilemma or some important news. And so it was last week when two students […]