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Royal West Academy (commonly referred to as Royal West or RWA) is a public alternative anglophone secondary school in Montreal, Quebec. Royal West has limited enrollment, and prospective students are only admitted after an entrance examination and interview. It is situated on Easton Avenue in Montreal West, but, as a 420 school, its students come from all parts of the Greater Montreal Area. Royal West Academy is part of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB). The EMSB allows Royal West to choose the first 180 students who score the highest points on the entrance exams held, usually, in October. The first 50 students with the highest grades get an "early acceptance"; the next 200 do an interview, where they choose the next 130 that get to attend Royal West Academy the following school year. Royal West has also placed high in scholastic math competitions, including its rank of first in Quebec in 2006. ==History== The grounds where Royal West is now located was once the Saint Philip's Anglican Church. In 1894, the Aberdeen School was founded. It was renamed as the Montreal West High School in 1921. Ten years later, in 1931, the building was demolished and a larger building was built in its place. In 1951 and 1959, an extension to the main structure was built to make way for an elementary school. The extensions are what is now called the west wing. In 1980, the elementary school was closed because of poor enrollment. The Royal Vale elementary school moved in, but was closed as well. Finally, in 1983, the Royal Vale French immersion high school and Montreal West High School merged to form Royal West Academy. The new Royal West Academy is quite different from its predecessor; unlike most public schools it has a uniform and an entrance examination. Until 1998 the school was within the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal.〔"(Schools )" ((Archive )). Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. January 17, 1998. Retrieved on November 24, 2014.〕 The Royal West Academy yearbook is called ''The Phoenix'', in homage to the fact that Royal West Academy was born out of Montreal West High School. Students are encouraged to submit art and literature for ''The Phoenix'' and there is one illustration of a Phoenix that is chosen each year for the cover. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal West Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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