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This article is about the high school (secondary school) in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. For other highschools, see
Westmount (disambiguation) .
Westmount High School (French : École secondaire Westmount Westmount, Quebec , Canada , located near Alexis Nihon Complex Shopping Mall.
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 ] 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 ] 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 ] [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
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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[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.
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[16 ]
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[citation needed
References
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^ "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. " . 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 . 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 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 .
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