PORT HOPE, ONTARIO,
CANADA – February 20th,
2019 – Trinity College School (TCS) is one
of North America’s most respected boarding schools and boasts
strong ties to the Cayman Islands. On January 5-7, 2019, TCS
travelled to the Cayman Islands to test and interview students
entering Grade 9-12 who were applying to the School for the 2019-2020
academic year, as well as promote the details of the Cayman
Scholarship with interested families.

The Cayman Scholarship is
a merit award and includes full-tuition (including boarding) for the
duration of the recipients’ studies at Trinity College School in
Ontario, Canada. The selection of a recipient is not based solely on
academic achievement, but also focuses on a candidate’s perceived
ability to contribute to the school community. Due to an overwhelming
response, the awards committee was pleased to consider an exceptional
group of six shortlisted candidates for the Cayman Scholarship this
year. With a difficult time deciding on just one outstanding
recipient, for the first time in the history of this award, it was
announced that the scholarship would be shared by two students. TCS
is thrilled to announce that the Cayman Scholarship has been awarded
to Ms. Carmella Ylagan and Mr. Aidan Hew.

Carmella Ylagan describes
herself as a “person who is passionate [about] doing my best in
every opportunity that comes my way” and this shone through in her
interview with the TCS awards committee, says Kathy LaBranche,
director of admissions at TCS. Carmella’s authenticity and
commitment to excellence led the way as the committee also considered
her great work ethic and her successes to date within academics,
athletics, arts and service. For a young person entering Grade 9, she
impressed the committee with a great degree of independence and
maturity.

Aidan Hew will be joining
TCS as a Grade 11 student in September. While Aidan presents as a
scholar first, the committee also saw a very mature and approachable
side to Aidan’s personality which, they believe, will set him up to
be a solid role model for his peers and to be a leader in the
community. Aidan believes that “a true leader makes their own path”
and his “ability to carve [one’s] own way, inspires others.”
The committee saw a confident, yet humble, young man during the
interview who demonstrated a high level of EQ when discussing life in
a boarding school. Aidan is excited about TCS being his next
challenge on his journey “to grow, not only as a student, but also
as a person and as a leader.”

Trinity College School is
becoming the leading Canadian boarding school for Cayman students,
building on a tradition that dates back to the early 1980s when the
first Cayman students came to the School. Today, the TCS Cayman
Branch includes 132 alumni, students, and past and current parents,
with 17 students currently enrolled at the School.

Trinity College School
(TCS) is a leading co-educational boarding and day school for 580
young people from Grades 5-12. The School is situated on a beautiful
100-acre campus located in the town of Port Hope, Ontario, Canada,
one hour’s drive east of Toronto, founded in 1865, the School
places a balanced emphasis on academics, service learning, athletics,
and the arts – as both a long-held TCS tradition and rethought,
reinvigorated approach to 21st
century education.

To learn more about TCS,
visit www.tcs.on.ca