page_title: Roslyn Elementary School
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Roslyn Elementary School / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Mrs Mappin, director of "Roslyn School" in Westmount and Mrs. R.B. Shaw, director of the youth section of the Red Cross in Quebec, two flags stand in front of the Red Cross held by schoolgirls. Français&#160;: Madame Mappin, directrice de la «Roslyn School» de Westmount et madame R. B. Shaw, directrice de la section jeunesse de la Croix-Rouge du Québec, se tiennent devant deux drapeaux de la Croix-Rouge tenus par des écolières.
context_page_description: Roslyn Elementary School, located in Westmount, Quebec, Canada, is a coeducational public school for children between kindergarten and grade six. The school opened in September 1908 and is currently operated by the English Montreal School Board. Roslyn offers bilingual education in English and French; the school introduced its French Immersion Program in 1968, the first on the island of Montreal. Classrooms are equipped with a SMARTboard. In September 2014, the school opened its new technology lab with seed funding from a 2013-14 Future Shop Future Generation Tech Lab Grant and partly funded by the Roslyn Home and School Association.
context_section_description: Roslyn Elementary School was the fourth public elementary school to open in Westmount following Westmount Academy (later Argyle School; built in 1895), King's School (built in 1986), and Queen's School (built in 1900). The cornerstone of Roslyn Elementary School (originally named Roslyn Avenue School) was laid on October 11, 1907.
  In September 1908 (the same year the Town of Westmount officially incorporated as the City of Westmount), Roslyn Elementary School opened its doors to 264 students and 10 teachers. F.W.A. Young was the school's first principal.
  The Roslyn Home and School Association's fund raising initiatives in 1960 were pivotal in the creation of the school's library with the purchase of 375 books.
  In 1965, three Roslyn Elementary School parents, Charles Burgess, Carol Kahn, and Joan Rothman, initiated what would become Roslyn's French Immersion Program. It launched in 1968 with the assistance of the Roslyn Home and School Association and then-principal  Scott Kneeland.
  The school celebrated its 100th anniversary May 30–31, 2008. Centennial events were coordinated by Roslyn School Foundation. A stepping stone pathway featuring the names of donors to the Roslyn School Playground Improvement Fund was unveiled as part of the centennial festivities on October 11, 2007, and a new playground was opened on May 30, 2008.
caption: 1943 presentation
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