Lower Canada College
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| Lower Canada College | |
| Address | |
| 4090 Royal Avenue Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Website | |
| http://www.lcc.ca/ | |
| Information | |
| Faculty | 100 |
| School type | Independent |
| Motto | Non Nobis Solum (Not for ourselves alone) |
| Mascot | LCC Lion |
| Colours | Blue, Red and White |
| Established | 1861; as LCC, 1909 |
Lower Canada College (LCC) of Montreal is an English-language primary and secondary level private school in Quebec. It is considered an elite school in North America with students from all over the world. A high school year often costs above CAD 15,000.
LCC offers high-standard education in grades K through 12. Students graduate from Grade 11, and then have the option of leaving the school and going on to CEGEP, which is the university preparatory system in Quebec, or returning to LCC for Grade 12. All Grade 12 graduates must go on to university in other Canadian provinces, the United States, or elsewhere in the world. They cannot attend university in Quebec without repeating a complete CEGEP program.
It is one of the few remaining schools with a covered outdoor hockey rink. Their motto is Non Nobis Solum (Not for Ourselves Alone). In addition to hockey, LCC has been known for producing strong teams in football, soccer, basketball and rugby. The school's sports teams are nicknamed the Lions.
LCC also has a formidable debating program, winning the National Championship two of the past three years and having a student on Canada's National Debating Team for the past five. LCC did also tremendously well in the 2006 "Jeunes Démocrates" tournament in Québec City, coming in third place as the only anglophone team in a field of 31.
The college was founded in 1861 as St. John's School and changed its name to Lower Canada College in 1909, replacing an older school by that name that was founded in 1847.
Once male-only, LCC is now co-educational, with roughly 40 percent of the population being girls. Girls were first admitted to Grade 12 in 1992 and were phased in to the other grades beginning in the 1995-96 school year.
In addition to introducing girls, LCC has also become increasingly a bilingual institution, with courses taught in both French and English. This past year, LCC has integrated Spanish into grades 7 and 8, thus each middle school student takes Spanish.
The current headmaster is Christopher Shannon, whose son and nephew both attend the school. Shannon graduated from LCC's Pre-University program in 1976 and thus, is the first alumnist to become Headmaster.
LCC is not affiliated with Upper Canada College, the all-male primary and secondary private school in Toronto, Ontario. LCC's biggest rival has traditionally been Selwyn House School.
The students are divided into eight houses named after former alumni of the school, as well as one house specifically for the Pre-University students. They are:
Beveridge (Orange)
Claxton (Red)
Drummond (White)
French (Blue)
Harper (Green)
Heward (Black)
Russel (Grey)
Woods (Maroon)
Webster (Purple, Pre-University house)
The original four houses were Drummond, French, Russel, and Woods. The other 5 were introduced in the 2002-2003 school year as part of a revival of the house system in the middle and senior schools.
LCC's senior rugby team, under coach Mark Salkeld, has won 2 of the last 3 GMAA championships.
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