The nature of events that were planned for the T150 Sesquicentennial Anniversary Celebration comprised traditional events (of annual occurrence), Co-Curricular Events (in celebration of sports, clubs and societies) and unique events which have been initiated as special events during the anniversary year. All events and celebrations were carefully curated and placed under 4 pillars that would create both present and future value to College and its community at large.
We remember the past joyfully, to be inspired by it.
In reminisce and remembrance of past anecdotes, chronicles and memoirs of a vibrant legacy. Gaining inspiration in animating future explorations, kindling grace and ingenuity for the present Trinity community. To instill morality and principle through the narrative of an illustrious history.
We will look for stability of processes by defining our path.
An opportunity to search for stability of processes by defining the future journey of the College community. In acquiring consistency and cohesion the community to progress individually and communally. Which subsequently results in the systematic design of future ideology of Trinity College.
We will foster a spirit of service to elevate others.
To foster a spirit of service to elevate others, in keeping with the founding philosophies of College. To serve in humility and transparency without the notion of societal hierarchy, personal benefits and the egotistic needs prevalent in regular establishments. To alleviate and revive them that have suffered due to social injustices.
We will commit to protect nature and conserve it.
A commitment to protect and conserve nature and the environment, commencing with College surroundings. To provide a habitable and sustainable environment for the generations to follow. The entirety from the tropical forests to coasts is essential in the strife for a diverse ecosystem.
Trinity College Kandy is a multicultural community of learning, animated from its origins by the Christian vision of education and the dynamic values of the national cultures. As a primary and secondary seat of learning, Trinity in its totality is dedicated to the pursuit and sharing of excellence, remaining within the traditions set forth by her pioneers and a specific and time-tested set of core values. One of the distinctive features of Trinity, inter alia is to create and sustain an ethos of diversity and quality of purpose. All aspects of life at Trinity strive to provide a holistic and integral education, i.e. a series of formative experiences that illumine the human, social, emotional, spiritual, and professional aptitudes of the child. The historical trajectories of Trinity over one and a half centuries, at times against formidable counter trends, portray an authentic commitment to a model of education that inspires and empowers the Trinitian to blossom in to a ‘Christ-like character’ by his authentic and wholesome pursuit of wisdom and virtue.
A Jubilee, within the Christian ethos as enumerated in the Bible is a moment of renewal. For the Trinity Family, such a renewal can only be a reinterpretation of the Respice Finem in the milieu of contemporary society. It is a duc in altum [venturing into the depths] in exploring the vistas of human excellence [hence, the T150 Tag Line]. Respice Finem is a dynamic phrase, which means to look back, look at, look ahead, and look around: a 360-degree vision of the present while preserving the focus on the end. It is a caution against the tendency to be impulsive and abrupt that dilutes our potential to flourish. It is also a call to enhance our capacity to articulate the ‘big story’ or the ‘greater scheme of life’ against the pitfalls of domestic petti narratives. Amidst the cacophony of mediocrity, a culture of superficiality and sensationalism, Respice Finem beckons us to retain the divinely inspired value mix as the potent motif of our being in a niche within a socio-cultural ethos that is on its merry way to perdition.
T150 Sesquicentennial Anniversary Celebration, thus, is an opportune moment for the Trinity Family to recall and renew the pioneering vision of those erudite men and women, who ventured into new horizons, exploring new vistas of excellence of education in Sri Lanka.
