Royal West Academy (commonly referred to as Royal West or RWA; ) is a public alternative

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Montreal West Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peak ...

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. Royal West has limited enrollment, and prospective students are only admitted after an entrance examination and interview. Royal West Academy is part of the

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(EMSB).

History

The grounds where Royal West is now located once belonged to the Aberdeen School of Coteau Saint-Pierre, founded in 1894. It was renamed

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 ...

in 1921. Ten years later, in 1931, the

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was demolished and a larger building was built in its place. Between 1951 and 1959 an extension to the main structure was built to make way for an

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. The extension is referred to as the west wing. In 1980, the

was closed because of poor enrollment. The Royal Vale elementary school moved in, but was closed as well. In 1983, the Royal Vale French immersion high school and

merged to form Royal West Academy. Until 1998 the school was within the

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Admission process

The EMSB allows Royal West to choose the first 180 students who score the highest points on the entrance exams held, usually, in October. The first 75-80 students with the highest grades get an "early acceptance"; the next 300 are interviewed, where they choose the next 110 that get to attend the following school year. Royal West has also placed high in scholastic

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s, including its rank of first in Quebec in 2006.

Student groups

Environment Committee

Royal West Academy's Environment Committee is made up of students in grades 8 through to 11 who share the common goal of protecting our natural environment. The committee holds a variety of events throughout the school year to raise awareness of numerous environmental issues during waste reduction week and earth week. Montreal Gazette, "Victory parade on Earth Day"
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Notable graduates

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, Hong Kong politician and academic * Emily Darlington (née Thomas), UK politician, member of British Parliament *

Tim Fletcher Timothy Fletcher (born 1978) is an English-Canadian musician who was the vocalist and guitarist for Montreal-based band the Stills, which disbanded in 2011. Born in Montreal, Fletcher met his future bandmates at the age of 15 before forming the ...

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, musician * Adam Gollner, author *

Dan Guterman Dan Guterman (born February 23, 1978) is a Brazilian-born television writer and producer who has lived in Canada and the United States. He was a writer for the satirical website ''The Onion'' between 1999 and 2010. He has also worked on ''The Col ...

, Brazilian-Canadian producer, staff writer, ''The Colbert Report'' * Karl R. Hearne, film director *

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, television actress *

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, politician, former NDP MP *

Parker Mitchell Parker Mitchell is the co-founder and former co-CEO of Engineers Without Borders (Canada). He and George Roter founded the Canadian organization in 2000. Mitchell has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a B.A. (Cognitive Science mino ...

, co-CEO and co-Founder of Engineers Without Borders Canada * Robert Naylor, film and television actor * Nick Nemeroff, comedian,

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award nominee *

Conrad Pla Conrad Pla (born October 24, 1966) is a Spanish-Canadian actor and former professional kickboxer. He is best known for founding Tristar Gym and starring in the Canadian television series ''ReGenesis''. Early life Pla was born in Madrid and moved ...

, Spanish-Canadian television actor *

Jacob Tierney Jacob Daniel Tierney (born September 26, 1979) is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for playing Eric in ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (1990–1992) and as the co-writer, director, and executive producer of ...

, actor *

Kaya Turski Kaya Turski (born May 3, 1988) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She is an eight-time Winter X Games champion in Women's Ski slope style. At the 2010 Winter X Games XIV held in Aspen, she won her gold medal with the highest ever slopestyle score at ...

, freestyle skier, Winter X Games gold medallist *

Nik Witkowski Nikyta Witkowski (born in London, England) is a rugby centre for the Canadian national rugby team and for Coventry R.F.C. in England. He grew up in Montreal and played his rugby for the Montreal Wanderers RFC. He currently resides in Vancouver ...

, rugby centre for

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, UK *

Dorothy Yeats Dorothy Yeats (born 29 July 1993) is a Canadian wrestler and Commonwealth Games champion. She won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Daughter of five-time Olympian Doug Yeats, who won gold at the 1979 Pan American Games, Dorothy participat ...

, Olympian and gold medallist at the inaugural

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in wrestling (70 kg)

References

External links

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