Westmount High School

Westmount High School
Location
4350 St. Catherine St. West

Westmount
,
Quebec

Canada
Coordinates45°29′00″N 73°35′24″W / 45.4833°N 73.5900°W / 45.4833; -73.5900
Information
School typeAdvanced Placement, Public
Mottodux vitæ ratio
(reason is the guide of life)
Founded1873 (1873)
School boardEnglish Montreal School Board
PrincipalLuigi Santamaria [1]
Grades7–11
Enrollment902 (2017)
LanguageEnglish
AreaWestmount
Colours  Purple
  White
MascotKnight
Team nameWestmount Knights
Websitewestmount.emsb.qc.ca/whs
Last updated: July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12)
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Westmount High School (French: École secondaire Westmount) is a public co-educational anglophone secondary school in Westmount, Quebec, Canada, located near the Alexis Nihon Complex Shopping Mall. It is a part of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB).

Westmount High is Quebec's first and only public school to offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses; it has offered an AP program 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.[2]

The school moved to its present location in 1961, after selling their former building to Selwyn House School.[3]

Westmount is part of the English Montreal School Board[1] and was formerly part of the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal.[4]

Despite being located in one of the wealthiest suburbs of Montreal, it's catchment area includes a diverse mix of students from all neighbourhoods and racial backgrounds.[5] 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.[6]

Around January 2020, Westmount High School created "The Westmount Highlights", a students and vice-principal YouTube channel initiative, to provide students with weekly school news, fun facts, and entertainment.[7]

Notable alumni

  • Mona Elaine Adilman, poet
  • George Alevisatos, CFL player
  • Jesse Camacho, actor[8]
  • John E. Cleghorn, banker, chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Leonard Cohen, poet, musician, writer[9]
  • Stockwell Day, Canadian politician (provincial and federal), former leader of the Canadian Alliance[10]
  • Vibert Douglas, astrophysicist
  • Rebecca Elson, astronomer and poet
  • Kamala Harris, former Vice President of the United States[11][12]
  • Maya Harris, lawyer [10] and sister of Kamala Harris
  • Jeremy Howick, Oxford philosopher and medical researcher[13]
  • 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[14]
  • MJ Long, first in class 1956, British architect, OBE, Yale professor.
  • Colin McGregor, infamous crossbow murderer in 1991.
  • 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
  • Art Ross, professional ice hockey player and executive early 20th century[15]
  • Claire Holden Rothman, novelist[16]
  • Marla Rubin, stage producer
  • Moshe Safdie, class of '55, architect (famous for Montreal's Expo 67's "Habitat 67" apartment complex)[17]
  • Norma Shearer, actress[18]
  • A. J. M. Smith, poet[19]
  • Edgar William Richard Steacie, chemist, president 1952-62 of the National Research Council of Canada[20]
  • Helene Udy, actress[21]
  • Caroline Vu, novelist and medical doctor[22]
  • Gordon Wasserman, class of '55 Rhodes Scholar Oxford University, appointed member of the UK House of Lords, 2011
  • Trevor C. Williams, retired basketball player, Dawson Division 1 Women's Coach
  • Wayne Yearwood, retired basketball player, Dawson Men's Division 1 coach

References

  1. ^ a b Secondary School Search, English Montreal School Board, retrieved September 12, 2019
  2. ^ a b "Advanced Placement". westmount.emsb.qc.ca. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "History of Westmount High School" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Schools". Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. January 17, 1998. Archived from the original on May 24, 1998.
  5. ^ In Canada, Kamala Harris, a Disco-Dancing Teenager, Yearned for Home
  6. ^ Kamala Harris’s ‘Canadian Dream’
  7. ^ "Westmount High School - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  8. ^ Suburban, Mike Cohen The. ""Less Than Kind" Pandemic has actor Jesse Camacho under "Locke & Key"". The Suburban Newspaper. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  9. ^ Nadel, Ira B. Various Position: A Life of Leonard Cohen. Pantheon Books: New York, 1996.
  10. ^ a b U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris’s classmates from her Canadian high school cheer her potential run for president
  11. ^ "Rising Democratic party star Kamala Harris has Montreal roots". CTV News. The Canadian Press. October 9, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Kamala Harris: Montreal's Once Resident". Curiosity Shots. September 19, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  14. ^ "David Levy: King of the comets (by Nicole Mortillaro - Global News - June 7, 2013)". Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  15. ^ "Hockey Hall of Fame Spotlight One on One with Art Ross". www.hhof.com. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  16. ^ "Ian McGillis: The revolution comes home". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  17. ^ "Moshe Safdie - Interview by Jim Donaldson". Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  18. ^ Lambert, Gavin (1990). Norma Shearer: A Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-394-55158-6.
  19. ^ "University of Toronto Representative Poetry Online". rpo.library.utoronto.ca. University of Toronto. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  20. ^ Marion, Léo. “Edgar William Richard Steacie. 1900-1962.” Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol. 10, 1964, pp. 257–281.
  21. ^ "Helene Udy". Facebook. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  22. ^ McGillis, Ian (July 11, 2015). "Shadow of War". Montreal Gazette.
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