English Montreal School Board Administrative Building

The Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal (PSBGM, french: Commission des écoles protestantes du Grand Montréal, CEPGM) was a Protestant and predominantly English-language

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Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

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, Canada which was founded in 1951 as a replacement for the Montreal Protestant Central Board, and ceased operations in 1998, with most of its assets transferred to the new

English Montreal School Board The English Montreal School Board (EMSB, french: Commission scolaire English-Montréal – CSEM) is one of five public school boards on the island of Montreal. At 92.4 percent, the English Montreal School Board has the highest rate of students wh ...

. Quebec's Protestant school boards served all non-Catholics, so that the city's Jewish students generally attended schools operated by the PSBGM. The PSBGM's headquarters was located at 6000 Fielding Avenue in Montreal, which is now the headquarters for the English Montreal School Board.

Schools operated

This partial list includes some schools that are still in operation and others that have closed or been put to other uses.

Elementary schools

* Ecole Peace Centennial *Aberdeen - across from Carré St. Louis *Alexandria School - Sanguinet below Ste Catherine. *Alfred Joyce Elementary School *École Ahuntsic *Algonquin *Amherst School - Belanger/Chabot area *Bancroft School *Earl Grey - Bellechasse/Christophe colombe *Barclay School *Bedford *Beechwood School *Berthelet School - Ontario west *Crawford Park School *Carlyle School *Cecil Newman School *Cedarcrest School *Connaught School - Ville Emard *Coronation School *Cote-des-Neiges *Courtland Park School *École Crawford Park *Dalkeith School in

Anjou Anjou may refer to: Geography and titles France *County of Anjou, a historical county in France and predecessor of the Duchy of Anjou **Count of Anjou, title of nobility *Duchy of Anjou, a historical duchy and later a province of France **Duke ...

*Drummond School - 13th avenue Rosemont.1931-1970 *Dunrae Gardens School *École Dupuis *Edinburgh School *Edouard VII *Elizabeth Ballantyne School * F.A.C.E. I & II *École de la Fraternité *Gardenview School *Gilson School - NDG *Delormier - Gilford and Chabot *Devonshire *Dufferin School *École Glencoe *École du Grand Chêne *Guy Drummond *Hampstead School *Herbert Purcell School *École Iona *Keith School *École Laurentide *École Louisbourg *École Maisonneuve *Hochelaga School on Prefontaine. *John Jenkins - Mercier district. *Lansdowne School *Logan School *Lorne School *McLaren School - Notre Dame Street East *MacVicar - on Hochelaga St. *Meadowbrook School *Merton School *Mountrose School *Morison School *Nesbitt School in Rosemont *East Hill (formerly Nesbitt School Annex) *École Ogilvie *Parkdale School *École Perce-Neige *École des Rapides de Lachine *Riverview School *École Riviére des Prairies *

Roslyn Elementary School Roslyn Elementary School, located in Westmount, Quebec, Canada, is a coeducational public school for children between kindergarten and grade six. The school opened in September 1908 and is currently operated by the English Montreal School Board ...

*Roxboro Elementary School *

Royal Arthur School Royal Arthur School was an elementary school in the Little Burgundy neighbourhood of Montreal. It was an important centre for the Black community and provided the data for an influential study on how individual teachers matter. History Cons ...

*Royal Vale School *Russell School (TMR) *Sarah Maxwell on Prefontaine *Sinclair Laird School *Sir Arthur Currie School - Rosedale Ave *Somerled School *Strathearn School - Jeanne Mance St. *École Tetreaultville *Van Horne *Westbrook Elementary *École Westminster *Westmount Park School *Westpark School *Willingdon School *Woodland School

High schools

Baron Byng High School Baron Byng High School was an English-language public high school on Saint Urbain Street in Montreal, Quebec, opened by Governor General of Canada Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy in 1921. The school was attended largely by working-class Je ...

Malcolm Campbell High School Malcolm Campbell High School was a high school in Montreal operated by the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal The Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal (PSBGM, french: Commission des écoles protestantes du Grand Montréal, CEPGM) ...

* École secondaire Cardinal *

Sir Winston Churchill High School , motto_translation = We learn, not for school, but for life , seal_image = , founded = 1968 , type = Public , streetaddress = 5220 Northland Drive , city = Calgary, Alberta , country ...

, later merged with

St. Laurent High School ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

to become

LaurenHill Academy LaurenHill Academy (LHA; french: Académie LaurenHill) is an English-language public school in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It opened in the fall of 1992, after the closure of St. Laurent High School and Sir Winston Churchill High School, whi ...

*Connections *Académie de Roberval *

École secondaire Dorval École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Sav ...

Dunton High School Dunton is the name of more than one place. In the United Kingdom: *Dunton, Bedfordshire *Dunton, Buckinghamshire *Dunton, Norfolk *Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire *Dunton Green, Kent * Dunton, Essex *Dunton Wayletts, Essex *Dunton Technical Centre, ...

The building was later used for Doran High School, then

Aime Renaud High School Aime Renaud High School was a Catholic public English and mixed Junior High School in the east end of Montreal. It was initially located in the then City of Saint-Leonard and then later in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough in the City of ...

, and now Academie Dunton *

École secondaire Eureka École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Sav ...

* F.A.C.E. III & IV *Girls' High School *

John Grant High School John Grant High School (french: École secondaire John Grant) is a high school located in Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec, Canada and a part of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB). It was previously a part of the Protestant School Board of Greater ...

High School of Montreal The High School of Montreal was an English-language high school founded in 1843, serving Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the area eventually known as the Golden Square Mile. It was less formally known as Montreal High School and from 1853 to 1870 was ...

Lachine High School Lachine (French: ''La Chine'', China) may refer to: * Lachine, Quebec, a borough of Montreal ** Lachine (electoral district), a federal electoral district from 1968 to 1988 * Lachine Rapids, Quebec * Lachine Canal, Quebec * The Fur Trade at Lachine ...

LaSalle Extended High School La Salle, LaSalle or Lasalle is part of the names of two men born in 17th century France, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, for whom many places and things are named. The name may refer to: Places Canada *La ...

École secondaire La Voie École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

*Le Relais *M.I.N.D. *Monklands High School - NDG *

Montreal West High School Montreal West High School was a school located in Montreal West, Quebec, Canada. It operated from 1894 to 1983, when it was merged into Royal West Academy. History It originally opened as the Aberdeen School of Coteau Saint-Pierre, or Aberdeen ...

, later renamed

Royal West Academy Royal West Academy (commonly referred to as Royal West or RWA; french: Académie Royal West) is a public alternative English-speaking Quebecker, anglophone secondary school in Montreal West, Quebec. Royal West has limited enrollment, and prospec ...

École secondaire Mont-Royal École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

, English until 1985, French thereafter *

Northmount High School Northmount High School is a defunct English-language secondary school which was operated by the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal in the Côte-des-Neiges area of Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the la ...

*Northmount Alternative High School *Options I School *Options II School *Outreach *

École secondaire Outremont École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

*Programme Mile-End * Riverdale High School *

Riverside Park Academy Riverside may refer to: Places Australia * Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania Canada * Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon * Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta * Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural mun ...

Rosemount High School Rosemount High School is a public four-year high school in Rosemount, Minnesota, United States, founded in 1918. The school is one of four four-year high schools in Independent School District 196 (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District). ...

in Rosemont *

Royal Vale High School Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a cit ...

*Shadd Academy *

Strathcona Academy Strathcona is a 19th-century variation of "Glen Coe", a river valley in Scotland. The word was invented for use in the title Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, first used for Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Smith, a Canadi ...

*Sumerlea Centre *

Verdun High School Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse (department), Meuse departments of France, department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department. Verdun is the b ...

, later renamed Argyle Academy *

Venture High School Venture may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *The Ventures, an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 *"A Venture", 1971 song by the band Yes *''Venture'', a 2010 EP by AJR Games * ''Venture'' (video game), a 1981 arcade g ...

* Vezina High School *

Wagar High School Wagar High School was a high school at 5785 Parkhaven Avenue in Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec, Canada. It opened its doors in 1963 as part of the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal (PSBGM) and closed in 2005 as part of the English Montreal Sch ...

*Ecole secondaire Wentworth High School - English school with a French immersion component. *

Westmount High School Westmount High School (french: École secondaire Westmount) is a public co-educational anglophone secondary school located in Westmount, Quebec, Canada, located near Alexis Nihon Complex Shopping Mall. Westmount High is Quebec's first and o ...

West Hill High School West Hill High School was the name of two former schools in the neighbourhood of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The first West Hill High School was opened in 1919 by the Coteau St. Pierre School Commission on West Hill ...

*Ynova

History

The

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reorganized the province's public school boards in the mid-1990s. School boards in Quebec had been organized along confessional lines,

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and

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, since before

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. In fact, Quebec was guaranteed a confessional public school system by the

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, now known as the

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. The provincial government was therefore required to ask the

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to amend the

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if it were to reorganize school boards along linguistic lines, English and French. The amendment was passed without much debate by both the House of Commons and the Senate, notwithstanding the unresolved constitutional debate between Quebec and the rest of Canada. The PSBGM held the 1996 PSBGM 150th Anniversary Logo Contest. Debra Shapiro-Lambersky, then a 6th grade student at the Willingdon School, designed the winning logo, showing a group of books surrounding a red heart.

and the other new linguistic school boards began operations on July 1, 1998. The English sector of the PSBGM and the English sectors of the

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, the ''

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'' and the '' Commission scolaire Sainte-Croix'' were amalgamated to form the EMSB.EMSB Home
" Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. April 22, 1999. Retrieved on March 22, 2011. The French-language sector became a part of the

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Labour relations

The board's teachers were represented by the

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, a union and professional association which later merged with its English-language Catholic counterpart, the

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, to form the

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Leadership

School board members were originally appointed, but this gave way to elections, originally restricted to property-owners.

References

External links

* (Archive)
Création du Bureau métropolitain des écoles protestantes de Montréal
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