Westmount Secondary School Explained

Westmount Secondary School should not be confused with Westmount High School.

Westmount Secondary School
Motto:Laboris Dulcedo
City:Hamilton
Province:Ontario
Postcode:L9C 4B1
Country:Canada
Coordinates:43.2272°N -79.8958°W
Schooltype:Secondary school
Superintendent:Paul Denomme
Trustee:Becky Buck
Principal:Geeta Malhotra
Grades:9–12
Enrolment:1540[1]
Colours:
Blue & White
Mascot:The Wildcats
Newspaper:The Westmount Procrastinator[2]
Address:39 Montcalm Drive
Schoolboard:HWDSB
Number:952478
Grades Label:Grades
Enrolment As Of:21 September 2014
Language:English
Free Label:Public transit access
Free Text:HSR 41 Mohawk and 35 College
Free Label1:Special Programs
Free Text1:Advanced Placement
Self-Paced, Self-Directed
Sports Academy
Specialist High Skills Major

Westmount Secondary School is a secondary school in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a member of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. The school opened in 1961, and has a 2017-2018 enrolment of 1520 students.

Programs

The school is a member of the Canadian Coalition of Self-Directed Learning. Westmount also offers gifted classes, special education classes, as well as an ESL program

Westmount is a multicultural school. The student population consists of a variety of religions and ethnicities. The school is also home to both Christian and Muslim prayer societies, each meeting occasionally to carry out religious tasks.

It is currently the only secondary school in Hamilton to make it into the Fraser Institute's top 100 High Schools in Ontario, ranked at #84 out of 718.[3]

In 2019, its Reach for the Top team – coached by Jay Misuk – became the first team from Hamilton to qualify for the national championship after finishing second at provincials. The Westmount team subsequently won the national title match against a team from Lisgar Collegiate Institute.[4] [5]

Notable alumni

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Westmount School Profile
  2. Web site: Westmount Student Newspaper. The Theme. Foundry. Westmount Student Newspaper.
  3. Web site: Compare academic rankings and ratings of Ontario schools. ontario.compareschoolrankings.org.
  4. News: From 'Harry Potter' to the solar system: Westmount trivia team heads to Reach for the Top national championship. Paddon. Natalie. May 24, 2019. Hamilton Spectator. December 19, 2019.
  5. News: Westmount wins national Reach for the Top competition. May 28, 2019. Hamilton Spectator. December 19, 2019.
  6. Web site: Penn alum wins Grammy. Lauren. Feiner. www.thedp.com.
  7. Web site: The City Harmonic Calls It Quits With Benediction Live . www.thespec.com.
  8. Web site: Haydain Neale. IMDb.
  9. Web site: Jim Witter's Biography . 2009-08-28 . 2009-03-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090322190824/http://www.thepianomen.net/bio.htm . dead .
  10. [1995 Ottawa Rough Riders season]
  11. Web site: Bruce Boyko. www.cflapedia.com.
  12. Web site: Allan Boyko. www.cflapedia.com.

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