The Study is an English-language private education all-girls school in Westmount, Quebec. The school was founded in 1915 by a young Englishwoman named Margaret Gascoigne. The Study offers a bilingual mother tongue education to 386 students from Kindergarten to grade 11. As of 2016, a certificate of eligibility for English instruction is no longer required for any grade as The Study does not receive government subsidies. Students are divided into four houses: Mu Gamma (blue), Kappa Rho (green), Beta Lambda (white), Delta Beta (yellow). The Study offers both Mandarin and Spanish as a third language, starting in grade 5.

History

In 1915 a young Englishwoman named Margaret Gascoigne opened a school for six students in the study of her home. In 1960 The Study moved to its present location in Westmount, one of Montreal’s prime residential neighborhoods. In addition to its founder, eight women have led The Study: Margaret Gascoigne (1915–1934), Mary Harvey (1934–1952), Katharine Lamont (1952–1970), Jean Scott (1970-1982), Eve Marshall (1982–1997), Mary Liistro Hebert (1997–2003), Elizabeth Falco (2003–2010), Mary Liistro Hebert (2010-2011), and Nancy Lewis Sweer (2011 – 2020) and Kim McInnes (2020–present). McGill Queen's University Press published in 2015 No Ordinary School; The Study 1915-2015 a 168-page hard cover commemorative 100th anniversary book about The Study School.

School organization

The Study is divided into two "schools": elementary school (K – grade 6) and senior school (grade 7 – grade 11). The school has approximately 385 students total. Each grade is divided into two classes.

Notable alumnae and faculty