Westmount High School (French: École secondaire Westmount) is a public co-educational anglophone secondary school in Westmount, Quebec, Canada, located near the Alexis Nihon Complex Shopping Mall. It is a part of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB).
Westmount High is Quebec's first and only public school to offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses; it has offered an AP program since 2003. They offer AP Calculus, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP French Language and Culture, and AP Psychology.
The school moved to its present location in 1961, after selling their former building to Selwyn House School.
Westmount is part of the English Montreal School Board and was formerly part of the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal.
Despite being located in one of the wealthiest suburbs of Montreal, it's catchment area includes a diverse mix of students from all neighbourhoods and racial backgrounds. A long-time teacher at the school noted that most wealthy families would send their children to private schools, so the school received mostly students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Around January 2020, Westmount High School created "The Westmount Highlights", a students and vice-principal YouTube channel initiative, to provide students with weekly school news, fun facts, and entertainment.
Notable alumni
Mona Elaine Adilman, poet
George Alevisatos, CFL player
Hudson Trevor Allison, survivor of the Titanic disaster
Jesse Camacho, actor
John E. Cleghorn, banker, chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University
Leonard Cohen, poet, musician, writer
Stockwell Day, Canadian politician (provincial and federal), former leader of the Canadian Alliance
Vibert Douglas, astrophysicist
Rebecca Elson, astronomer and poet
Kamala Harris, former Vice President of the United States
Maya Harris, lawyer and sister of Kamala Harris
Jeremy Howick, Oxford philosopher and medical researcher
Jeffrey Khaner, Principal Flutist, Philadelphia Orchestra, Flute Professor Juilliard School and Curtis Institute
Mary Jane Lamond, folk musician
David H. Levy, astronomer, discoverer of 22 comets
MJ Long, first in class 1956, British architect, OBE, Yale professor.
Colin McGregor, infamous crossbow murderer in 1991.
Mila Mulroney, wife of former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney
Alfred Powis, businessman
Johnny Peirson, professional ice hockey player and colour commentator
Joanna Pettet, actress
Art Ross, professional ice hockey player and executive early 20th century
Claire Holden Rothman, novelist
Marla Rubin, stage producer
Moshe Safdie, class of '55, architect (famous for Montreal's Expo 67's "Habitat 67" apartment complex)
Norma Shearer, actress
A. J. M. Smith, poet
Edgar William Richard Steacie, chemist, president 1952-62 of the National Research Council of Canada
Helene Udy, actress
Caroline Vu, novelist and medical doctor
Gordon Wasserman, class of '55 Rhodes Scholar Oxford University, appointed member of the UK House of Lords, 2011
Trevor C. Williams, retired basketball player, Dawson Division 1 Women's Coach
Wayne Yearwood, retired basketball player, Dawson Men's Division 1 coach