Makarantar Selwyn House

Selwyn House School (**SHS**) wata makarantar yara maza ce mai zaman kansa ta Turanci da ke Westmount, Quebec . An kafa makarantar ne a cikin 1908 ta hanyar Ingilishi Kyaftin Algernon Lucas kuma an sanya masa suna don girmama Kwalejin Selwyn a Jami'ar Cambridge, wanda Lucas ya halarta. Kungiyar makarantar a halin yanzu tana da dalibai 580 tare da matsakaicin girman aji na dalibai 15 zuwa 20.

Dalibai sun kasu kashi huɗu, waɗanda ke ba da sabis ga dalilai na wasanni a cikin makarantar firamare. Gidajen, masu suna bayan shugabannin makarantar guda huɗu na farko, sune Lucas (yellow), Macaulay (ja), Wanstall (kore) da Speirs (blue). Selwyn House Gryphons sun buga kungiyoyin 'yan wasa masu karfi a cikin 'yan shekarun nan  kuma abokan hamayyarsu na gargajiya a wasanni sune Kwalejin Lower Canada da Makarantar Sakandare ta Loyola. Makarantar ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin cibiyoyin ilimi guda biyu da suka rage a Quebec. Sun dauki bakuncin abubuwan da suka faru tare da Makarantun 'yan uwa Miss Edgar da Miss Cramp's School da The Study.

Duk da caji daga cikin mafi girman kuɗin karatu don makarantar rana mai zaman kanta a Quebec,  Selwyn House kuma a baya ya ɗauki tallafi daga gwamnatin lardin wanda yake samuwa ga duk makarantun masu zaman kansu don Grades 7 zuwa 11. Dukkanin dalibai a sashin makarantar sakandare ana buƙatar su sami Bill 101">takardar shaidar cancanta wanda ke ba su damar halartar makarantun Ingilishi da gwamnati ke tallafawa a Quebec. Kafin 2021, ɗalibai ba tare da takardar shaidar ba za su iya halartar sashin firamare ba tare da tallafi ba daga Kindergarten zuwa Grade 6, kuma dole ne su sami takardar shaidarsa da ake buƙata a ƙarshen Grade 6 don ci gaba da halartar makarantar. Tun daga 2021, Gidan Selwyn ba ya karɓar tallafin gwamnati kuma ɗalibai ba sa buƙatar takardar shaidar kowane aji. Ta hanyar barin tallafi, makarantar ta sami damar fadada yiwuwar ɗalibanta kuma ta yarda da ɗalibai daga makarantun firamare na Faransa waɗanda a baya aka hana su halartar makarantar sakandare ta Selwyn House saboda Bill 101.  

A cikin 2022, makarantar ta ba da sanarwar cewa za ta fara shekara ta Pre-University (Grade 12), wanda ya fara a watan Satumbar 2023. 

## Tarihi
A cikin 1908, ƙwararrun masu magana da Ingilishi na Montreal suna buƙatar makarantar shirye-shirye mai dacewa, kuma Kyaftin Algernon Lucas na Burtaniya yana neman aikin koyarwa a Kanada. Ya kammala karatu a Kwalejin Selwyn, Jami'ar Cambridge, an ba shi aikin ilimantar da yara maza bakwai. A cikin shekaru biyu, makarantar ta ƙaura daga gidan Lucas na Crescent Street zuwa babban gida a kan Mackay Street. A shekara ta 1912, Lucas ya juya zuwa duniyar kasuwanci kuma Colin Macaulay, wanda ya kasance abokin aji na Lucas a Kwalejin Selwyn, ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin shugaban makarantar.

Gidan Selwyn ya karu da sauri kuma ya sake komawa sau biyu. Manufarta ita ce samar da tushe mai ƙarfi a cikin batutuwa na asali, da kuma samar da yara maza don makarantun kwana daga inda za su ci gaba zuwa jami'a. An tsara makarantar ne bayan Makarantun shirye-shiryen Ingilishi,  kuma an dauki ma'aikatan ne daga Ƙasar Ingila. A karkashin jagorancin Dokta Robert Speirs, shugaban makarantar daga 1945 zuwa 1971 kuma bayan wanda aka ba da sunan Speirs Medal, sunan makarantar ya karu sosai. A cikin shekarun 1940, ɗaliban da suka halarci makarantar sun kasance Furotesta ne sosai ban da 'ya'yan Bronfman, waɗanda Yahudawa ne.

Makarantar ta koma wurin da take a yanzu a 1961, bayan ta sayi dukiyar daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Westmount . 

A shekara ta 1985, William Mitchell ya zama shugaban makarantar. Bukatun makarantar da buƙatun ƙarin kayan aiki sun kai wani matsayi inda ginin ɗaya bai isa ba. Lokacin da St. Andrew's United Church a fadin titin ya rufe, Selwyn House ya sayi kuma ya gyara shi, kuma yanzu an san shi da Ginin Macaulay. A cikin 1999, makarantar ta sami gyare-gyare masu yawa a cikin manyan gine-gine guda uku a harabar. A shekara ta 2002, makarantar ta gina Ginin Speirs wanda ke da sabon dakin motsa jiki mai girman sau biyu, ɗakin karatu mai zurfi, ɗakunan aji da yawa, ofisoshi da kuma agora don taron ɗalibai da sauran ayyuka daban-daban. Wannan ya biyo bayan babban gyare-gyare na asalin Lucas Building, gami da canza dakin motsa jiki zuwa babban zauren cin abinci na zamani da kuma cikakken ɗakin taro, wanda ake kira Coristine Hall.

Jonathan Kay, wanda ya halarci makarantar a cikin shekarun 1980, ya bayyana ɗaliban ɗalibai a matsayin fari da Ingilishi lokacin da yake dalibi a can tare da ɗalibai uku kawai na asalin Asiya a cikin aji. Ya kuma ambaci cin zarafin launin fata na abokin karatunsa na Faransa na Kanada kuma ya lura cewa ya fi wuya a wancan lokacin zama mai magana da harshen Faransanci fiye da ɗaliban Yahudawa ko ɗaliban 'yan tsiraru masu ganuwa.[undefined][2] An gabatar da Faransanci a hankali ga tsarin karatun makaranta, kuma tun daga 1999, ɗaliban makarantar firamare yanzu suna ciyar da kashi 80 cikin 100 na lokacin koyo a Faransanci daga Kindergarten zuwa Grade 2, da kuma kashi 50 cikin 100 daga Grade 3 zuwa 6.[1] A cewar Kay, makarantar ba ta yi kama da wanda ya halarta ba kuma yanzu tana da cikakkiyar harsuna biyu kuma tana da bambancin launin fata.[2]￼

A watan Janairun shekara ta 2009, Hal Hannaford ya zama sabon shugaban makarantar bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin babban jami'in Royal St. George's College a Toronto.  A cikin hunturu na shekara ta 2010, Gidan Selwyn ya kammala gyaran tsohuwar Ginin Macaulay.

A watan Yunin 2020, Hannaford ya yi ritaya kuma Mike Downey ya maye gurbinsa, wanda a baya ya yi aiki a matsayin malami, koci kuma kwanan nan, shugaban babban makaranta a Selwyn House . 

A cikin 2021, makarantar ta zama cikakkiyar 'yanci ta hanyar daina karɓar tallafin lardin, fadada tsarin aikace-aikacen zuwa ƙarin ɗalibai, gami da waɗanda ke makarantun firamare na Faransa. Masu neman shiga da ɗalibai na yanzu ba sa buƙatar Takardar shaidar cancantar Ingilishi, wanda gwamnatin Quebec ke buƙata don ɗalibai su halarci makarantun Ingilishi waɗanda ke karɓar tallafin lardin. A cikin 2022, makarantar ta ba da sanarwar cewa za ta fara shekara ta Pre-University (Grade 12), wanda ya fara a watan Satumbar 2023. 

## Rashin jituwa
A watan Satumbar shekara ta 2005, wani tsohon jami'in makarantar ya gabatar da kara a kan Selwyn House yana mai da'awar cewa tsohon malami An yi masa lalata. An yi zarge-zarge game da mummunar hali a 1971, 1983, kuma a 1991 lokacin da gwamnatin makarantar ta fuskanci malamin. Ba da daɗewa ba, malamin ya kashe mahaifinsa dattijo sannan ya kashe kansa. A sakamakon haka, ba a sake daukar mataki a kan batun ba daga gwamnatin makarantar.

An gabatar da zargin cewa wasu tsoffin malamai biyu, ciki har da John Aimers, sun kuma cin zarafin dalibai a matsayin wani ɓangare na karar da aka shigar a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 2006.  Makarantar ta amince da asusun biyan diyya na dala miliyan 5 a watan Janairun 2009. Kotun Koli ta Quebec ta amince da asusun a matsayin sasantawa ga tsoffin ɗalibai, abokan hulɗarsu, da iyayensu. Zargin ya yi iƙirarin cewa malamai daban-daban, babu wanda har yanzu yake a makarantar, sun yi lalata da yara sama da 30 a cikin shekarun 1970 zuwa farkon shekarun 1980.

## Ayyukan sadaka da tara kuɗi
Selwyn House tana shiga kowace shekara a cikin Terry Fox Run, Shave to Save  da Movember. 

Asusun Veritas kungiya ce ta sadaka da makarantar ta kafa don samar da tallafi. Darajar asusun ya karu daga dala miliyan 3.1 a shekara ta 2004 zuwa dala miliyan 21.8 a shekara ta 2023 kuma gudummawa ta fito ne daga gudummawar tsofaffi da sauransu da ke da alaƙa da makarantar. Ana amfani da kudaden shiga da aka samu daga saka hannun jari na dogon lokaci mallakar asusun don biyan tallafin karatu da taimakon kuɗi ga ɗaliban da suka cancanta.

Har ila yau, makarantar ta ba da gudummawar wani ɓangare na kudaden da suka samu ga sadaka. Wani bikin gala da aka shirya a shekara ta 2008 don bikin cika shekaru dari na Selwyn House ya tara dala miliyan 1.5 tare da kashi 10 cikin 100 na kuɗin da ke zuwa ga kungiyoyin agaji na gida. Irin wannan taron a cikin 2013 ya tara dala miliyan 1.4 tare da wani ɓangare da ke zuwa ga sadaka.

## Shahararrun mutane
Gidan Selwyn ya kasance al'ada makarantar da aka zaba ga ƙwararrun Anglophone na Montreal.   'Ya'yan Iyalin Molson sun halarci makarantar a kowane shekaru goma na wanzuwar Selwyn House. Yawancin mambobin Iyalin Bronfman sun halarci makarantar. Tsoffin dalibai goma na Selwyn House an ba su kyautar Rhodes Scholarships. 

## Magana a cikin al'adun gargajiya

* Fim din Prom Wars ya dogara ne akan Selwyn House . A cikin fim din, Selby House ya yi yaƙi da Kwalejin Lancaster (al'ada don Selwyn House da Kwaleji ta Lower Canada, bi da bi, makarantun "babban abokin hamayya" na tarihi) kan haƙƙin ɗaukar 'yan mata na ACS (ECS), makarantar' yan mata da ke kusa, zuwa bukukuwansu.
* An ambaci makarantar a cikin littafin Mordekai Richler, Barney's Version . 
* Makarantar tana daga cikin tushen jerin kasada na Jacob Two-Two na Richler. Dan Richler Jacob dalibi ne a gidan Selwyn .

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