Talk:St. George's School of Montreal

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Catholic?[edit]

How can the school consistently be described as both "non-denominational" and be named after a papist purported "saint"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.211.195.38 (talk) 18:07, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strange as it sounds, that's the truth. In fact, informal accounts suggest that the vast majority of the students are not even from Catholic families. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.161.214 (talk) 22:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I asked the same question as a student at this school in the late 1950s. I was told then that the mostly Protestant parents who founded the school in 1930 had simply chosen a name which sounded English Protestant to them. After all St. George is the patron saint of England and the Church of England. In practice the school had less religious observance than the public schools at the time, which at the time were all officially either Catholic or Protestant. More recently the majority of the students are from secular Jewish families, but I don't think many parents are interested in changing the school name. Dirac66 (talk) 15:18, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge[edit]

I merged St. George's High School (Montreal) to this page. Not least because, honestly, both pages are barely adhering to 'notability'-requirements. I'm sure the school is great, but I can guarantee you that some stuck-up old wikipedian is going to come along sooner or later and have a big speech about "encyclopedic quality" and "not a fansite", so if I were you guys, I would try to:

clearly state why the school is notable. No, "it's a private school that believes each child..." is not a reason. Something like "it is one of the most presitigous private schools in Canada" or whatever it actually is that makes it notable (and ideally substantiated with a reference) would be much better.
reword everything so that it is less obviously directly cut-&-pasted (which is a copyright violation, by the way) from the prospectus or calendar or website or wherever you got it from.
ideally, 'cut the crap'. Really, try writing two or three more good paragraphs, and then remove all of the high-sounding ideals and bulleted lists. The technology section was good because it was something unique to the school. What else is unique? Write a paragraph about that.

Alright, enough tips. Good luck :) --Leviel 10:50, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]