Selwyn House School (SHS) 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. It is named after Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, which Lucas attended.
Tuition fees for attending Selwyn as of the 2009-10 school year range from $15,210 to $19,070.
In recent years, the school underwent substantial renovations in its two main buildings on campus, in addition to the construction of a third building. All three are connected to one another by means of both underground and overground tunnels, ensuring protection against Montreal's harsh winters. A laptop program is in place ensuring that every student in Grades 7-11 has a portable computer for use in both school, where they are tightly integrated into the curriculum, and at home.
Students are divided into four houses, which serve intramural athletics purposes within the primary school. The houses, named after the first four headmasters of the school, are Lucas (yellow), Macaulay (red), Wanstall (green) and Speirs (blue).
The Selwyn House Gryphons have fielded strong athletic teams in recent decades and their traditional rivals in sports are Lower Canada College and Loyola High School.
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