St. George's School of Montreal

St. George's School of Montreal
Address
3100 The Boulevard (High school campus), and 3685 The Boulevard (Elementary school campus) Montreal , Quebec , H3Y 1R9 Canada
Coordinates	45°29′38″N 73°35′48″W / 45.4940°N 73.5968°W / 45.4940; -73.5968
Information
School type	Independent day school
Founded	1930
Head of School	Michael O'Connor
Grades	Kindergarten-11
Number of students	450
Language	English French
Colour(s)	Red and Blue
Sports teams	Dragons
Website	www.stgeorges.qc.ca

St. George's School of Montreal is an independent school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada founded in 1930. It consists of two campuses: the elementary school campus in Westmount, Quebec, and the high school campus in Montreal just a 15-minute walk from Beaver Lake and Mount Royal Park.^[1][2] The school is a co-educational, non-denominational day school, where students do not wear school uniforms, except during physical education class. St. George's School of Montreal is a member of The Quebec Association of Independent Schools (QAIS), The Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS), and The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).

St. George's was founded by a small group of parents who, inspired by the movement for progressive education, rejected the authoritarian ways associated with conventional education. They believed that learning should be a natural and enjoyable activity related to the developmental stages and needs of the child. During most of the 20th century, it was notable for being one of the most avant-garde, liberal and innovative schools in the province of Quebec, largely due to its child-centred philosophy (which was quite exceptional in the 1930s, and unique in Montreal). The school's pedagogy is guided by its Founding Principles: (1) The child should have abundant opportunity for creative expression; (2) Adapt education to the differences of the individual child; (3) Health must come first; (4) Group-consciousness and social-mindedness should be developed; (5) Learning comes from doing; (6) The classroom should be freed from unnatural restraints.^[3]

St. George's is a day school, however there is a family boarding program for international students.^[4] The annual tuition fees for attending St. George's range from $18,568 to $22,889 for non-international students and up to $52,037 for new international boarding students.^[5][6] As the school receives subsidies from the Quebec government from Grades 7 to 11, all students attending the high school section are required to have a certificate of eligibility allowing them to attend government-funded English schools in accordance with Bill 101.^[7]