Community Groups
Alumni
The Trinity Grammar School Alumni comprises all students who have attended the School, past parents, academic and non academic staff, and general supporters of the School. The aim is to increase awareness of the alumni community within the School and externally, to foster ties for the School and recognise the achievements of the alumni members. Currently there are over 8,000 Old Boys who are classified members of the Trinity Alumni. The Director of Community Relations has a role in the management of major School events and liaises with all community groups within the School including The Parents’ and Friends’ Association, Campus Auxiliaries, The OTU and the Trinity Connection.
The Old Trinitarians’ Union
The Old Trinitarians’ Union provides a way for all ex-students of Trinity to maintain contact with their School. As members of the OTU, Old Boys are able to keep in touch with their former classmates through class reunions and participation in spiritual, sporting, cultural and social activities at the School. They are kept informed with news of the School and other Old Boys through the Trinity News. Computerisation of OTU records provides a facility for members to make enquiries as to their friends’ whereabouts.
Office Bearers are:
President | Mr Chris Paras (Class of 1990) | email: chris.paras@railplanning.com.au |
Hon. Secretary | Mr John Williams (Class of 1997) | email: jwilliams580@hotmail.com |
Hon. Treasurer | Mr Scott Miller (Class of 1995) | email: sm6777@hotmail.com |
School Contact | Mr Richard Bishop | (W) 9581 6111
email: alumni@trinity.nsw.edu.au |
The Parents’ and Friends’ Association
The role of the Parents’ and Friends’ Association is:
> to provide a forum through which parents and friends of Trinity can interact positively with the School;
> to encourage a greater spirit of community and service;
> to secure additional amenities for all the boys of Trinity to enjoy and to help them achieve their full potential.
This Association was started in 1928 and has provided the School with many facilities that benefit the boys of the School. Some of the outstanding assets are Compass Court, the organ in The Roderick West School of Music, the multimedia facilities and air-conditioning in The James Wilson Hogg Assembly Hall and the bus shelter on Chapel Way.
Regular meetings are held in the Terrace Room at 7:30pm on the first Tuesday of each month during term time, but please check the Headmaster’s Bulletin, Prep News and Junior School News for exact dates and topics. The Trinity Family Fiesta, held at the end of the year, is designed to build a sense of community and to provide an opportunity for fun and fellowship for parents, staff and boys from all Campuses.
President | Mrs Loredana Brown |
Vice-President | Mr Wayne Fotheringham |
Vice-President | Ms Larnie Padmore |
Secretary | Ms Jenny Nguyen |
Treasurer | Ms Noella Tsang |
NSW Parent Council Representative | Mr Bob Fozzard |
School Contact | Mr Stephen Heanly
(W) 9581 6000 |
Auxiliary groups of the Parents’ and Friends’ Association are the Summer Hill, Strathfield and Junior School Auxiliaries. All Auxiliaries work tirelessly in the interests of the School.
Summer Hill Auxiliary
The Summer Hill Auxiliary is an association of volunteer parents who meet regularly at the School during term time. Most meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at 6:30pm in the Terrace Room (or as required online), but please check the Headmaster’s bulletin for exact dates, or contact the President.
The Auxiliary organises various social activities throughout the year to provide opportunities for Trinity parents to build relationships and friendships, thereby strengthening our School community. Some of these activities include the Year 12 Father and Son Breakfast, the Year 12 Mothers’ Farewell Dinner, Easter buns for the boys, the Mothers’ Day Dinner, a community team for the Mothers’ Day Classic Fun Run/Walk and the Middle School Mother and Son Dinner.
President | Ms Petty Heather |
Vice President | Mrs Elizabeth Barns |
Secretary | Mrs Maria Fresta |
Treasurer | Mrs Ramona Nicholas |
Social Secretary | Mrs Larnie Padmore |
School Contact | Mr Stephen Heanly
(W) 9581 6000 |
The Auxiliary is an organisation of willing volunteers always on the lookout for new members and new helpers. Should you wish more information or wish to become involved in any way at all, please contact Petty Heather.
Strathfield Auxiliary
President | Mr Wayne Fotheringham |
Vice President | Mrs Venera Di Maria |
Vice President | Mrs Eman Kirkland |
Secretary | Ms Sarah Tabac |
Treasurer | Vaishali Pasupati |
Canteen Coordinator | Mrs Clara Furfaro |
Parent Liaison Coordinator | Mrs Chau Tran |
Fundraising Coordinator | Mrs Eman Kirkland |
School Contact | email: prepschool@trinity.nsw.edu.au |
Strathfield Auxiliary Meetings
The dates of these meetings are listed in the Record Book and advertised in Prep News. They occur on either the first Wednesday morning of each month at 8:30am or prior to the termly Parent Information Evenings at 5:30pm. Meetings are held in the Preparatory School Library. The Strathfield Auxiliary welcomes all parents to become part of a willing team who work to strive for a better School environment for the boys. Contact the Preparatory School Reception for more information about the Auxiliary.
Junior School Auxiliary
President | Ms Liz Dinh |
Vice President | Mrs Helen Karlos |
Secretary | Ms Anasua Roy |
Treasurer | Ms Katherine Bhatia |
School Contact | email jsauxiliary@trinity.nsw.edu.au |
Junior School Auxiliary
The Junior School Auxiliary (JSA) aims to enhance and support the boys of the Junior School. Our focus has been, and will continue to be, on Community, Events and Fundraising. The JSA provides a calendar of opportunities for this to occur and for our parents to become involved. Events such as our Welcome Event – Movie Under the Stars, Mothers’ and Sons’ Breakfast, Burger and Gelato Day’s and Mother’s and Father’s Day stalls, as well as providing an opportunity for the boys to ‘give back’ by fundraising for children less fortunate than themselves.
Junior School Auxiliary Meetings
Details of meetings are published through the online school calendar and Junior School newsletter. Meetings are normally held at 9am on the first Thursday of the month (during school terms) at Café Envy in Summer Hill, with a launch event in Week 2 of Term 1.
The Trinity Connection
This is an organisation of parents of former Trinity boys who wish to keep in touch with the School. Their purpose is friendship rather than fundraising. The Connection meets once a term for afternoon tea, usually on the Summer Hill Campus. Members also go on bus outings and join in School functions which interest them. They are thoroughly informed about events in the School by means of a regular newsletter. Mothers and /or fathers of Old Boys are warmly invited to join.
President | Mrs Catherine Clarke |
Vice President | Mrs Yolla Yarad |
Secretary | Mrs Wendy Stead |
School Contact | Mr Richard Bishop
(W) 9581 6111 |
Hon. Treasurer | The School Accountant |
Society of the Arts
Convener, Society of the Arts and Curator, Delmar Gallery – Ms Catherine Benz
The School is immensely proud of its Society, which has had a continuous existence since its foundation in 1951. It is dedicated to helping its students and staff and their families and other like-minded people in the wider community, enjoy and gain a greater appreciation of the visual arts, music and drama.
The Trinity Grammar School Art Collection
The imposing paintings which are displayed in public locations and staff offices throughout the School are part of the School Collection. This Collection consists of over four hundred artworks, which have been presented to the School by the Society. For a brochure please phone 9581 6070.
Archives
Archivist – Mrs Alison Doran
The TGS Archives exists to document and preserve the rich and varied history of the School so that it may be understood, appreciated and celebrated. The School began assembling its archives in the 1970s. The Archives serve the whole school, including the Preparatory, Junior, Middle and Senior Schools as well as associated organisations – Old Trinitarians Union, the Parents & Friends, the Summer Hill Auxiliary, Trinity Connection and many others.
Holdings include administrative records, minutes, registers, photographs, oral history, audiovisual recordings, plans and drawings. There is also a small objects collection which contains items of uniform, trophies, honour boards and memorabilia. The Archive also holds a complete set of School publications.
Donations which fit within the Acquisition Policy will be accepted. Please contact the Archivist in the first instance.
Research requests may be directed to the Archivist (archives@trinity.nsw.edu.au). Provision of personal information relating to living individuals is subject to the School’s Privacy Policy.
Visits are by appointment only through either Mrs Sue Trunk on 9581 6063 or Reception on 9581 6000.
Last Updated on 07/02/2023
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