Brent House is one of the 10 houses located at Trinity College School (TCS), and it is one of the 6 boarding houses. Brent House is an all male house, currently housing 51 students (2006-2007 year), ranging in grade from Foundation year (Grade 9) to Year 4 (Grade 12).

Gentlemen of Brent

At the moment, Brent house houses 51 students, as well as 3 resident staff members plus a few family members.

Staff (2006-2007)

Michel Cameron

::Currently the Housemaster of Brent, and has held this position since the 2004-2005 academic year (before this he was Housemaster of one of Trinity's day houses, Orchard). His job in Brent is to maintain the functionality of the House, as well as to ensure the security and safety of its members at all times. He is a native of Quebec, Canada, but through the duration of the year he lives in Brent House, with his wife and two daughters.
::He is a very active member of the TCS community, as he not only is a Housemaster, but he also coaches in TCS Football, Squash and Rugby.

Thomas Tansley

::Holds the position of Assistant Housemaster in Brent House. He is new this year to the House, and to the school, replacing the former Assistant Housemaster, Michael Harding. His job also requires him to take care of the House and its activities, but unlike Cameron, he does not live with any family.
::In the school, he teaches in the realm of Physical Education, and also coaches in many of the sports at Trinity.

Denby Christ

::Christ currently holds a new position in the house; the Assistant Faculty Member. In the past years, the Assistant Faculty Member of Brent would traditionally live in Trinity House, a building external to Brent. Assistant Faculty Members generally do not teach any courses at TCS, but they do sit in what is called a "Study period". His brother, Courtney Christ, is the Housemaster of Bickle, a rival house of Brent. These two brothers combine strengths in this school year, double teaming on coaching of Senior Men's Basketball.
::A special characteristic about Christ is that he is a former Head of Brent house, acting as head in the 2001-2002 school year. It was in this year that Brent last won the Langmuir Cup, the award for the overall best house of the year.

Affiliated Staff

::These staff members do not hold any authoritative position in the residence life, however they are associated with, and have to act as a Teacher on Duty for work periods in Brent House. These faculty members include:
:*David Wills (Languages and Culture)
:*John Anderson (Sciences)
:*Greg Hodges (Languages and Culture)
:*Michael DuBroy (English/Languages and Culture)
:*James Aitchison (Associate Faculty)
:*Harry Stooshinoff (Fine Arts)
:*David Brown (Head of Mathematics)
:*Peter Kedwell (Guidance Counsellor/Advisor Committee Coordinator)

Students of Brent (2006-2007)

There are 4 different years of students in Brent House, ranging from Foundation year (Grade 9) to Year 4 (Grade 12). In the Grade 12 (and rarely grade 11), students of the House can be voted in to play the position of Head of House, Assistant Head of House, and Peer Counsellors.

Student Leaders of Brent

Thomas Sears (Head of House)

Luke Dehen (Assistant Head of House)

T.J. Wood (Peer Counsellor)

Alex Christie (Peer Counsellor)

History behind Brent

Brent House was named after Charles Henry Brent who graduated from Trinity College School to become a Chaplain in the US Army, and later a Missionary Bishop of the Philippines in 1902. While he served in the Philippines, he made great strides in establishing Christianity in a set of extremely multicultural series of islands. He also took a strong stance against the opium trade which thrived at the time. In 1918, Charles Henry Brent accepted a position as the Bishop of Western New York, where he voiced his opinions on the necessity of Christian Unity saying that, <blockquote>"The unity of Christendom is not a luxury, but a necessity. The world will go limping until Christ's prayer that all may be one is answered. We must have unity, not at all costs, but at all risks. unified Church is the only offering we dare present to the coming Christ, for in it alone will He find room to dwell."</blockquote> He helped to organize the first World Conference on Faith and Order in Switzerland during 1927. Charles Henry Brent died in 1929, the same year that Trinity College School experienced its second fire which destroyed most of the school. Brent House was established in 1930, followed shortly by Bethune House in the same year, making Brent House the oldest house at Trinity College School.