Recent content by frenchexpat1981

Late reply but thank you so much again for sharing your personal experiences. We actually made the decision to move to Montreal before this whole pandemic. I relocated here in January while my wife and kids were supposed to come after the school year finished but ended moving here in March after...

Thank you for your insight. Yes it is a shame that my sons cannot know go to my first choice schools but I would not consider those other private schools to be second tier either. They may not have the prestigious history behind some of the top English private schools but I am mainly looking for...

Thanks for your response canuck78. I 100% agree with you on languages. It is way easier to learn new languages when you are younger. My sons both went to Lycée Français De New York for several years because I really wanted them to be able to speak French fluently despite living in an English...

It’s interesting how you mention French is a deterrent for new immigrants. For me, one of the things that attracted me most to Montreal (besides my wife’s family being from there) is the bilingual environment as well the relatively affordable real estate. Even here in Westmount, which is...

Yes that is what I hear about French immersion in public English school. However, I have heard the French spoken by some of my neighbor’s kids who went to private English school and they seem to be completely fluent (of course they have Quebecois accent) despite their parents speaking little to...

Thanks for the background info. What I am hearing from my local friends is that the English private elementary schools have much better French immersion than the public ones, which was one of the deciding factors to send their kids there instead of the local public school. The public English...

Thanks for the suggestion canuck78. I actually did look at boarding options in my desperation. Someone recommended Bishop’s College School to me. It is located in Quebec but is about an hour and half from Montreal and most importantly does not take subsidies so my older son would be eligible to...

Money is really not an issue for me when it comes to the education of my kids. I would never consider sending them to public school and I am not interested in discount private schools either. That being said, I really appreciate your insight! Unfortunately St. George’s was one of the three...

Thank you so much for your recommendation. It seems the school is fairly close to Westmount and even has a elementary school section which is a plus for my younger son because I would prefer he stay in the same school until he graduates. No one in my social circle has recommended me this school...

That's what I thought as well! I emailed literally the most expensive schools in Westmount and they all rejected me saying my kids do not qualify without a certificate of eligibility. I created a new thread for my issue. I did not mean to hijack this thread.

These are the three schools that have turned me down so far: https://www.lcc.ca/admissions/english-eligibility https://www.selwyn.ca/admissions/english-language-eligibility https://www.stgeorges.qc.ca/admissions/apply/ They all write on their website that students up to grade 6 do not need...

I am a French citizen who has moved to Montreal for personal reasons. My wife is originally from Quebec but she went to a French school so our two children do not qualify for a certificate of eligibility needed to go to English schools. I have read that private schools are exempt from the rules...

Which private English high school would you recommend that does not take grants from the government? I have emailed many private English schools and they all told me that my children are too old to enter the school without a certificate of eligibility.