Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's School
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Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's School is an all girls' school located in Westmount, Quebec
. It is near many other QAIS schools such as The Study and Selwyn House. It is commonly abbreviated as ECS. The school teaches grades Kindergarten to 11. Their colours are green and white. It has been ranked 1st amongst other high schools in Quebec for the last couple of years along with Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
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Forty years later, the school relocated to a building on Cedar Avenue, on the slope of Mount Royal. By then there were approximately 150 girls attending, with 17 Boarders. The school continued to do very well in this building for another 16 years, but its leaders were always conscious of the need for a space designed and built to be a school. After observing a property at the corner of Mount Pleasant and Montrose Avenue in 1964, the school undertook a major fundraising campaign to make the move possible. The official opening took place in November 1964: at this point, ECS became a dedicated day school.
Today the school is located at 525 Mount Pleasant, the property bought in 1964. The school's motto is "Non Nobis Sed Urbi Et Orbi" which translated from Latin to English means "not for ourselves but for the community and the world." The school anthem was written by Isabelle Adami.
Today the school has approximately four hundred students in total from kindergarten to grade 11. There are about 40 students in each grade. Each grade is divided into two classes. In total, the students are divided into three house groups. The houses and their colours are: Cramp house, which is represented by the colour red; Edgar house which is represented by the colour green; and Adami house, which is represented by the colour blue. Each house has three elected officials from Grade 11.
Every year both the vocal and instrumental groups each go on a music trip. Previous destinations include Costa Rica, Mexico, Boston, Prague, Orlando, Washington and Philadelphia.
ECS' Vocal Jazz has been generating musical sound with Selwyn House School
's Jazz Band for years now, and won several medals this year in Orlando, Florida, during Spring Break. The ECS girls and Selwyn boys competed against schools much larger than their own.
Westmount, Quebec
Westmount is a city on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada; pop. 20,494; area 4.02 km²; population density of 5,092.56 inhabitants/km²....
. It is near many other QAIS schools such as The Study and Selwyn House. It is commonly abbreviated as ECS. The school teaches grades Kindergarten to 11. Their colours are green and white. It has been ranked 1st amongst other high schools in Quebec for the last couple of years along with Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf is a private French-language educational institution offering secondary school and CEGEP college-level instruction in Montreal, Quebec. It is a co-ed establishment for students in their final year of secondary school and in college. It is boys-only in the first four years...
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History
Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's School was founded in 1909 by Maud Edgar and Mary Cramp. The school has always been an all girls' school. The school began its life in a home on Guy Street in Downtown Montreal. There were 70 girls at the outset, including 15 Boarders. The Heads’ initial goals were to equip their pupils with a broad understanding of literature, languages, ethics, fine arts, as well as science and mathematics. The most novel feature of the curriculum was the organization of literature and history.Forty years later, the school relocated to a building on Cedar Avenue, on the slope of Mount Royal. By then there were approximately 150 girls attending, with 17 Boarders. The school continued to do very well in this building for another 16 years, but its leaders were always conscious of the need for a space designed and built to be a school. After observing a property at the corner of Mount Pleasant and Montrose Avenue in 1964, the school undertook a major fundraising campaign to make the move possible. The official opening took place in November 1964: at this point, ECS became a dedicated day school.
Today the school is located at 525 Mount Pleasant, the property bought in 1964. The school's motto is "Non Nobis Sed Urbi Et Orbi" which translated from Latin to English means "not for ourselves but for the community and the world." The school anthem was written by Isabelle Adami.
School organization
ECS can be divided into three "schools": junior school (K-grade 5), middle school (grade 6-grade 8) and senior school (grade 9 - grade 11).Today the school has approximately four hundred students in total from kindergarten to grade 11. There are about 40 students in each grade. Each grade is divided into two classes. In total, the students are divided into three house groups. The houses and their colours are: Cramp house, which is represented by the colour red; Edgar house which is represented by the colour green; and Adami house, which is represented by the colour blue. Each house has three elected officials from Grade 11.
Music
ECS has both vocal and instrumental extra-curricular activities. Open to middle and senior school students are: Vocal Jazz, Senior Choir, Junior Jazz Band, Senior Jazz Band and Symphonic Ensemble. For the junior students there is a junior choir and an annual junior school musical in addition to their regular music classes.Every year both the vocal and instrumental groups each go on a music trip. Previous destinations include Costa Rica, Mexico, Boston, Prague, Orlando, Washington and Philadelphia.
ECS' Vocal Jazz has been generating musical sound with Selwyn House School
Selwyn House School
Selwyn House School is a private independent boys' school located in Westmount, Quebec. Boys can attend from Kindergarten through to Grade 11. The school was founded in 1908 by Englishman Captain Algernon Lucas...
's Jazz Band for years now, and won several medals this year in Orlando, Florida, during Spring Break. The ECS girls and Selwyn boys competed against schools much larger than their own.