Westmount High School
Westmount High School (French: École secondaire Westmount) is a public co-educational anglophone secondary school located in Westmount, Quebec, Canada, located near Alexis Nihon Complex Shopping Mall.
| Westmount High School | |
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| Address | |
4350 St. Catherine St. West , Canada | |
| Coordinates | 45.4833°N 73.5900°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Advanced Placement, Public |
| Motto | dux vitæ ratio (reason is the guide of life) |
| Founded | 1873 |
| School board | English Montreal School Board |
| Principal | Demetra Droutsas[1] |
| Grades | 7–11 |
| Enrollment | 902 (2017) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Westmount |
| Colour(s) | Purple White |
| Mascot | Knight |
| Team name | Westmount Knights |
| Website | westmount |
| Last updated: February 20, 2019 | |
Westmount High is Quebec's first and only public school to offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses, because the AP program has been around Westmount High since 2003.[2] They offer AP Calculus, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP French Language and Culture, and AP Psychology.[3]
The school moved to its present location in 1961, after selling their former building to Selwyn House School.[4]
Westmount is part of the English Montreal School Board[1] and was formerly part of the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal.[5]
Despite being located in one of the wealthiest suburbs of Montreal, the school attracted a diverse mix of students from all neighbourhoods and racial backgrounds.[6] A long-time teacher at the school noted that most wealthy families would send their children to private schools, so the school received mostly students from disadvantaged backgrounds.[7]
Around January 2020, Westmount High School created "The Westmount Highlights," students and vice-principal YouTube channel initiative, in providing students weekly school news, fun facts, and entertainment.[8]
Notable alumni
- Mona Elaine Adilman, poet
- George Alevisatos, retired CFL player
- Jesse Camacho, actor[9]
- John E. Cleghorn, banker, chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University
- Leonard Cohen, poet, musician, writer[10]
- Stockwell Day, Canadian politician (provincial and federal), former leader of the Canadian Alliance[11]
- Vibert Douglas, astrophysicist
- Rebecca Elson, astronomer and poet
- Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States, U.S. Senator from California (2017–2021), Attorney General of California (2011–2017), District Attorney of San Francisco (2004–2011)[12][13]
- Maya Harris, lawyer [11]
- Jeremy Howick, Oxford philosopher and medical researcher[14]
- Jeffrey Khaner, Principal Flutist, Philadelphia Orchestra, Flute Professor Juilliard School and Curtis Institute
- Mary Jane Lamond, folk musician
- David H. Levy, astronomer, discoverer of 22 comets[15]
- MJ Long, first in class 1956, British architect, OBE, Yale professor.
- Mila Mulroney, wife of former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney
- Alfred Powis, businessman
- Johnny Peirson, professional ice hockey player and colour commentator
- Joanna Pettet actress[16] Walter Winchell AP Oct 4 1962
- Art Ross, professional ice hockey player and executive early 20th century[17]
- Claire Holden Rothman, novelist[18]
- Marla Rubin, stage producer
- Moshe Safdie, class of '55, architect (famous for Montreal's Expo 67's "Habitat 67" apartment complex)[19]
- Norma Shearer, actress[20]
- A. J. M. Smith, poet[21]
- Edgar William Richard Steacie, chemist, president 1952-62 of the National Research Council of Canada[22]
- Caroline Vu, novelist and medical doctor[23]
- Gordon Wasserman, class of '55 Rhodes Scholar Oxford University, appointed member of the UK House of Lords, 2011
References
- Secondary School Search, English Montreal School Board, retrieved September 12, 2019
- "Advanced Placement". westmount.emsb.qc.ca. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- "Advanced Placement". westmount.emsb.qc.ca. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- History of Westmount High School
- "Schools". Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. January 17, 1998. Archived from the original on May 24, 1998.
- In Canada, Kamala Harris, a Disco-Dancing Teenager, Yearned for Home
- Kamala Harris’s ‘Canadian Dream’
- "Westmount High School - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- Suburban, Mike Cohen The. ""Less Than Kind" Pandemic has actor Jesse Camacho under "Locke & Key"". The Suburban Newspaper. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- Nadel, Ira B. Various Position: A Life of Leonard Cohen. Pantheon Books: New York, 1996.
- U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris’s classmates from her Canadian high school cheer her potential run for president
- "Rising Democratic party star Kamala Harris has Montreal roots". CTV News. The Canadian Press. October 9, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- Dale, Daniel (December 29, 2018). "U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris's classmates from her Canadian high school cheer her potential run for president". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- "Kamala Harris: Montreal's Once Resident". Curiosity Shots. September 19, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "David Levy: King of the comets (by Nicole Mortillaro - Global News - June 7, 2013)". Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- Playbill Poor Richard
- "Hockey Hall of Fame Spotlight One on One with Art Ross". www.hhof.com. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- "Ian McGillis: The revolution comes home". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- "Moshe Safdie - Interview by Jim Donaldson". Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- Lambert, Gavin (1990). Norma Shearer: A Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-394-55158-6.
- "University of Toronto Representative Poetry Online". rpo.library.utoronto.ca. University of Toronto. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- Marion, Léo. “Edgar William Richard Steacie. 1900-1962.” Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol. 10, 1964, pp. 257–281.
- McGillis, Ian (July 11, 2015). "Shadow of War". Montreal Gazette.
External links
- Westmount High School
- Westmount High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)