Westmount Park School
| Westmount Park School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
15 Park Place , , | |
| Coordinates | 45°28′51″N 73°35′41″W / 45.4809°N 73.5948°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Motto | Inspiring lives, building futures. |
| Founded | 1961 |
| School board | EMSB |
| Principal | Marylene Perron |
| Grades | Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 6 |
| Enrollment | 564 (2017–2018) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Navy and White |
| Website | www |
Westmount Park School (WPS), located in Westmount (a suburb of Montreal), Quebec, Canada, is a coeducational and non-denominational public school. The school offers education from pre-kindergarten to grade six.
History[edit]
Westmount Park School opened as an elementary school in 1961[1]. The original student population was an amalgamation of students from King's School (1896-1960, originally Glen School located on present day Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest between Landsdowne Avenue and Grosvenor Avenue) and Queen's School (1899-1960, located on Olivier Avenue).
The building originally housed Westmount Academy (later Westmount High School) which opened in September 1914 counting poet A. J. M. Smith and 1920's Hollywood star Norma Shearer as alumni. The central portion of the school was completed in 1914 with the west extension completed in 1929 and the eastern extension completed in 1931 with the completed school to house between 1,200 - 1,500 students.[2] Architect George Allen Ross of firm Ross and MacDonald oversaw the construction of the extensions. [3]
WPS was originally operated by the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal from 1961 to 1998 when the Quebec public school system was organized along confessional lines. Since 1998, WPS has been managed by the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) which was established as part of the reorganization of school boards in Quebec along linguistic lines.
Language legislation (see Charter of the French Language also known as Bill 101) in Quebec contributed to declining enrolment in English language schools starting in the late 1970s.[4] As a result, the school's boundaries were expanded from the original Westmount area to include portions of surrounding neighbourhoods Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Côte-Saint-Paul, Little Burgundy, St-Henri, and Ville-Émard, as those neighbourhoods were not able to maintain enrolment levels leading to school closures.
Programs[edit]
WPS offers English core education (68% English instruction) with an enriched French program (32% French instruction daily).[5]
International Students[edit]
WPS has one of the largest international student populations in the EMSB. Upwards of 58% of WPS's enrolment during the 2014-15 academic year was made up of students from another country temporarily residing in the school's territory due to the school's proximity to Montréal's downtown business core and three universities, McGill University, Concordia University, and Université de Montréal. Fees for international students are the same as those for Canadian citizens.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ , [1] Westmount Park School: About, retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ Alice Gubbay (1977) A View Of Their Own, The Story of Westmount Price & Patterson Ltd.
- ↑ [2] Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ↑ The enrolment drop in Quebec's English schools [3] CTV News Montreal. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ↑ , [4] EMSB: Our Programs, retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ Joanne Penhale. "[http://www.westmountindependent.com/WIv9.5a.pdf EMSB, Westmount Park School recruit international students to boost population, income.]". Westmount Independent. May 5, 2015. Retrieved on July 2, 201.
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