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
- Hudson Trevor Allison, survivor of the Titanic disaster[8]
- 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, former Vice President of the United States[12][13]
- Maya Harris, lawyer [11] and sister of Kamala Harris
- Jeremy Howick, Oxford philosopher and medical researcher[14]
- Jeffrey Khaner, Principal Flutist, Philadelphia Orchestra, Flute Professor Juilliard School and Curtis Institute[citation needed]
- Mary Jane Lamond, folk musician[citation needed]
- David H. Levy, astronomer, discoverer of 22 comets[15]
- 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[citation needed]
- Alfred Powis, businessman[citation needed]
- Johnny Peirson, professional ice hockey player and colour commentator
- Joanna Pettet, actress
- Art Ross, professional ice hockey player and executive early 20th century[16]
- Claire Holden Rothman, novelist[17]
- Marla Rubin, stage producer
- Moshe Safdie, class of ’55, architect (famous for Montreal’s Expo 67’s “Habitat 67” apartment complex)[18]
- Norma Shearer, actress[19]
- A. J. M. Smith, poet[20]
- Edgar William Richard Steacie, chemist, president 1952-62 of the National Research Council of Canada[21]
- Helene Udy, actress[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[citation needed]
- Trevor C. Williams, retired basketball player, Dawson Division 1 Women’s Coach
- Wayne Yearwood, retired basketball player, Dawson Men’s Division 1 coach
References
- ^ a b Secondary School Search, English Montreal School Board, retrieved September 12, 2019
- ^ a b “Advanced Placement”. westmount.emsb.qc.ca. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ^ “History of Westmount High School” (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ “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.
- ^ “12 Montreal Boys go to Kingston”. Montreal Gazette. August 29, 1928.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ “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.
- ^ “Helene Udy”. Facebook. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ McGillis, Ian (July 11, 2015). “Shadow of War”. Montreal Gazette.
External links
- Westmount High School
- Westmount High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)