Westmount High School
Westmount High School (French: École secondaire Westmount) is a public secondary school located in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. Westmount High is Quebec's first and only public school to offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses.
| Westmount High School | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1874 |
| 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 | duxvitaeratio |
| Last updated: February 20, 2019 | |
Westmount is part of the English Montreal School Board[1] and was formerly part of the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal.[2]
Notable alumni
- Jesse Camacho, actor
- John E. Cleghorn, banker, chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University
- Leonard Cohen, poet, musician, writer[3]
- Stockwell Day, Canadian politician (provincial and federal), former leader of the Canadian Alliance (now defunct)
- Jeremy Howick, Oxford philosopher and medical researcher
- Kamala Harris, American politician, U.S. Senator from California (2017–present); 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee[4][5]
- 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
- 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[6]Walter Winchell AP Oct 4 1962
- Art Ross, professional ice hockey player and executive early 20th century[7]
- Moshe Safdie, class of '55, architect (famous for Montreal's Expo 67's "Habitat 67" apartment complex)
- Norma Shearer, actress[8]
- A. J. M. Smith, poet[9]
- Edgar William Richard Steacie, chemist, president 1952-62 of the National Research Council of Canada
- 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
- "Schools". Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. January 17, 1998. Archived from the original on May 24, 1998.
- Nadel, Ira B. Various Position: A Life of Leonard Cohen. Pantheon Books: New York, 1996.
- "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.
- 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.
- Lambert, Gavin (1990). Norma Shearer: A Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-394-55158-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "University of Toronto Representative Poetry Online". rpo.library.utoronto.ca. University of Toronto. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
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