St. George's High School (Montreal)
St. George's High School is a private high school in Montreal, Canada founded in 1930. It is a co-educational school with no dress code.
Notable alumni
- Jaclyn Linetsky, actress (Class of 2003)
- Dov Charney, founder and CEO of American Apparel
- Corey Hart, pop musician
- Lindsay Robins, pop rock musician
- James DiSalvio, of Bran Van 3000
Mission statement
The school states its mission is to educate its students to:
- Achieve academic excellence
- Develop a capacity for critical thought and problem-solving
- Pursue life-long learning
- Realize their creative potential
- Encourage their personal growth
- Become responsible world citizens
School philosophy
"St. George's School is a co-educational, non-denominational school committed to providing a student-centred education of the highest quality within a spirited, engaging, creative and cooperative environment. Our philosophy encourages an individualized and flexible approach to learning and to teaching, while challenging each student to excel. We believe in learning by doing. The St. George's community of students, parents, faculty and staff is dedicated to offering a caring and inclusive milieu that balances the importance of self-expression with the rights of others."
The Six Founding Principles
The school has six "founding principals":
- Health must come first
- Learning comes from doing
- The classroom should be freed from unnatural restraints
- Adapt education to the differences of the individual child
- Group-consciousness and social-mindedness should be developed
- The child should have abundant opportunity for creative expression
Board Mandates
- Buildings & Grounds
- Development
- Education
- PAC
- Finance School Policies
- Environment
- Extra-curricular Activities
- Respectful Environment
The Food
A new system, implemented in 2005 allows the students to choose from a hot or cold meal. The kitchen was completely overhauled, allowing for a much wider range of meals to be prepared.
The system was deemed uneffective and was updated once a again. The kitchen is now run by greek chef Dora Flor a sample menu is listed below.
- Monday - Gemelli pasta with rosé or bolognese sauce
- Tuesday - Chicken or vegetable fajitas with corn salsa
- Wednesday - Pizza
- Thursday - Jamaican beef or vegetable patties
- Friday - Tri-color fusilli with rosé or tomato sauce
Technology
St George's has a "tech team" to support the use of technnology in the school, which includes the daily use of mobile laptop computers at every grade level. At senior level courses in Visual Basic, Java, .NET and Python are available. As of 2006 every student at the highschool campus has been required to lease a laptop through the school as part of a technology initiative; this program has caused some parents and students to question the "need" for such a program. St George's is the only Montreal high school certified as a member of the MSDNAA. The school has an intranet using FirstClass software which is used to channel both internal and external communications, including classroom conferences, online homework posting and submission, and bulletins for parents.