Selwyn House School
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95 chemin Côte St-Antoine Westmount, Quebec, H3Y 2H8 Canada |
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| School type | Independent Boys |
| Motto | "Veritas", translating to 'Truth' |
| Founded | 1908 |
| School board | QAIS |
| Headmaster | Hal Hannaford |
| Grades | K-11 |
| Enrollment | 570 (2006-07) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Black and Gold |
| Mascot | Gryphon |
| Team name | Selwyn House Gryphons |
| Rivals |
Lower Canada College Loyola High School |
Selwyn House School (SHS) is a private independent boys' school located in Westmount, Quebec. Boys can attend from Kindergarten through to Grade 11. The school was founded in 1908 by Englishman Captain Algernon Lucas. It is named after Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, which Lucas attended.
Tuition fees for attending Selwyn as of the 2016-17 school year range from $17,850 to $23,200.
The school's moto is Veritas: Be true to Yourself, Be true to others and Be true to your school. In 1999, the school underwent substantial renovations in its three main buildings on campus:Lucas, Macaulay and Argyle, in addition to the construction of a fourth building: Speirs. All three are connected to one another by means of both underground and overground tunnels, ensuring protection against Montreal's harsh winters. A laptop program is in place ensuring that every student in Grades 7-11 has a portable computer for use in both school, where they are tightly integrated into the curriculum, and at home.
Students are divided into four houses, which serve intramural athletics purposes within the primary school. The houses, named after the first four headmasters of the school, are Lucas (yellow), Macaulay (red), Wanstall (green) and Speirs (blue).
The Selwyn House Gryphons have fielded strong athletic teams in recent decades and their traditional rivals in sports are Lower Canada College and Loyola High School.
In 1908, the English-speaking elite of Montreal were in need of a suitable preparatory school, and a certain Captain Algernon Lucas was seeking a career. A graduate of Selwyn College, Cambridge University, he was given the job of educating seven boys. He had immediate success, and within two years, Lucas School had to move from Lucas' Crescent Street apartment to a larger house on Mackay Street. In 1912, Lucas turned to the business world and Colin Macaulay, who had been a classmate of Lucas at Selwyn College, took his place at the helm.
The school quickly developed a character of its own, and relocated two more times. Its aim was to provide a solid grounding in basic subjects, and to equip boys for the boarding schools from which they would proceed to university. The School was modeled after English preparatory schools, and the staff was largely recruited from the United Kingdom. Under the distinguished leadership of Dr. Robert Spiers, headmaster from 1945 to 1971 and after whom the Spiers Medal is named, the reputation of the school grew significantly. The calibre of students from Selwyn House was highly respected at their subsequent schools and scholarships were won regularly.
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