École internationale de Montréal (Secondaire) (lit. "International School of Montreal (Secondary)") is ÉcoleinternationaledeMontréa public French-language high school located in Westmount, Quebec. It is a part of the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal (CSSDM).
About the school
Most people use the acronym ÉIM (EIM) or ÉIMS (EIMS) when referring to the school. Its principal was Julie Duchesne until 2020 when it became Luc Claude. The school is situated near the Westmount Public Library. The school was opened in 1988 and is an International Baccalaureate (IB) school. The school uniform consists of a choice of red or grey polos and of a marine-black vest or jacket. Students were free to wear anything non offensive and not too short on the bottom, but in fall 2016 they decided that students should only wear marine or black unicolored clothing on the bottom. But since students often wore blue pants and said that they were just washed-off marine pants, the school imposed a black-only pants rule in 2017.
Even though the high school is public, it has an admission exam that sixth graders do in October each year. Usually, the school admits 120 students per year (four classes of 30). Those who studied in École internationale de Montréal (Primaire) have priority to be admitted to EIMS. The number of students from École internationale de Montréal (Primaire) who choose the school varies from 40 to 60 per year, thus leaving only 60–80 places for students from other schools. The number of students taking the admission tests varies from 600 to 1000, making the acceptance rate vary from 6% to 13%.
Milestones
In 2015, the school ranked 7th within all of Quebec's high schools, making it the second-best public high school in Quebec and first in Montreal.
In 2016, the school ranked third within all of Quebec's high schools, making it the best public high school in Quebec and Montreal.
In 2020, the school ranked first within all of Quebec's high schools, achieving a perfect score of 10, making it one of the best high schools in Quebec and Montreal.
School life of a student
School Schedule
The school doors open at 7:55, classes begin at 8:15 and end at 15:10. A school day consists of 5 periods, each lasting for 75 minutes.
Period 1: class for all grades
Period 2: class for all grades
Period 3: (aka 1st lunch) lunch break for sec 1-3 but class for sec 4 & 5
Period 4: (aka 2nd lunch) lunch break for sec 4 & 5 but class for sec 1-3
Period 5: class for all grades
During the first break, from 9:30 to 9:45, snacks are offered to students in the cafeteria. They often buy their breakfast at this time. The snacks offered are muffins, cookies, milk, sandwiches, jamaican patty
After School Activities
The school also offers after school activities (known as "Activités parascolaires"). There are regular activities and sports activities.
For regular activities there are guitar classes, yoga, improvisation, jewelry making, manga drawing, programming, theatre, dance, tap dance and many more. As for sport activities there is volleyball, basketball, badminton, flag football and chess. You can join up to 4 activities - 2 regulars and 2 sports. The schedule and other information regarding the activities are provided around the beginning of the school year.
(Note : some activities may be added or removed but despite that there is always plenty to choose from!)
Homework and projects
Homework and projects are often given by teachers and the students are expected to give them in at the due date. Projects are often related to the IB Program and students are supposed to do the projects while respecting the presentation code presented in the "How to Present a Written Work Guide" ("Guide de présentation des travaux écrits" lit. "Written Assignment Presentation Guide") and developing their profiles from the IB Learner Profile.
Evaluation
The students are often assessed throughout the school year both in the Ministry of Education (MEES) way and the IB way. At the end of each semester (beginning November, end January and end June) there are several examination days when classes do not take place and students come to school only when sitting examinations. In May there are also two fixed examination days for provincial exams from the Ministry of Education (MEES).