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Trinity College School is an Anglican private school. The School was founded in 1865 and moved to its present site at Port Hope in 1868. Fires burned the school down twice. The school almost closed after the second fire. It is now a well appointed, thriving school. A Canadian reader has provided us some informstion on the school uniform. He writes, "I visited another English Canadian private school in Ontario and they very kindly sent me a scanned picture from their archives for your HBC-SU web site." The Trinity College School in 1991 became co-educational, admitting girls for the first time. The girls wear the same uniform as the boys, but with skirts. There is now no headwear worn at this school any more.
The Trinity College School was founded in Weston, a small village in Ontario. William A. Johnson, opened the school in his home, The Rectory (1865). I assume that means that he was an Anglican cleric. The first class was nine children.
Johnson proved a popular teacher and the number of students grew, outgrowing the limited confines of his home. Johnson looked at possible sites in the surronding region, including Guelph, Thorold, Niagara and Whitby. Johnson finally selected Port Hope. Citizens there were especially interested in a school and offered to pay 3 years rent on new premises to get the school started. Trinity College School thus opened on new premises at Port Hope (1868). The School thrived at the new location. A new headmaster, Charles Bethune, for 30 years oversaw the development of the school and the construction of new facilities. Two fires in 1895 and 1928 burned down the school twice. The first time the school was quickly rebuilt. The second time it was more difficult. And this was further complicated by the Depression which began in 1929. The Old Boys hard hit by the Depression did not have the money to help with the rebuilding. The new Junior School (Boulden House) which was opened in 1924 located away from the other buildings was the only building that survived the fire. The new headmaster was Philip Ketchum and it looked like the School might have to close. He did his best to raise needed funds for the School. While the buildings had burned down, the school was still responsible for a very substantial mortgage. The School managed to survive, helped by dedicated Old Boys. The School has since rebuilt and now has a very impressive physical plant supporting a much expanded student body. A major event was the cabeling of the school to create a schoo computer network and provide high speed access to the internet (1997). [Trinity College School web site.]
Trinity College School is an Anglican private school. For most of its history it was an all boys' schhool. The School in 1991 became co-educational, admitting girls for the first time.
A Canadian reader has provided us some informstion on the school uniform. He writes, "I visited another English Canadian private school in Ontario and they very kindly sent me a scanned picture from their archives for your HBC-SU web site." The first photo is the Junior School photo (the younger boys - Grades 5-8) at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario, taken in 1915. Note the huge Eton collars worn as part of their uniforms. The second photo is the Junior School students (Grades 5 - 8) in 1951, meeting the Governor General of Canada, the representative of the British Crown in Canada. As a Dominion of the British Empire, there is obviously a heavy British influence in English-speaking Canada. Note the boys are wearing English-style peaked caps with their uniforms. The girls who were first admitted in 1991 wear the same uniform as the boys, but with skirts. There is now no headwear worn at this school any more.
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