Royal St. George's College

Infobox Education in Canada
name = Royal St. George's College


imagesize=180px
motto = "Scientia Pietate"
established = 1964
affiliation = Anglican Church
principal_label=Headmaster
principal = Hal Hannaford, MBA
students = 426
city = Toronto
province = Ontario
country = Canada
campus = Bloor and Bathurst
colours = Blue, Red, Yellow and White
mascot = St. George
website = http://www.rsgc.on.ca/

Royal St. George's College is an Anglican independent school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for boys in Grades 3 through 12. Founded in 1964 [Cite web | url=http://www.rsgc.on.ca/index.cfm?pagepath=About_Us/History&id=2427 | title=Royal St. George's College History | publisher=Royal St. George's College | date=2007 | accessdate=2008-04-14] as a choir school in the tradition of the great collegiate and cathedral choir schools in England, Royal St. George's offers education for students Grades 3 through 12 and serves as the choir school for the Cathedral Church of St. James [Cite web | url=http://www.rsgc.on.ca/index.cfm?pagepath=About_Us/History&id=2427 | title=Royal St. George's College History | publisher=Royal St. George's College | date=2007 | accessdate=2008-04-14] . It is the only pre-university school in Canada authorized to use the prefix "Royal" [Cite web | url=http://www.rsgc.on.ca/index.cfm?pagepath=About_Us/History&id=2427 | title=Royal St. George's College History | publisher=Royal St. George's College | date=2007 | accessdate=2008-04-14] , and houses the Chapel of St. Alban the Martyr. Students are charged 24,000 dollars a year to attend and must pass an entrance test to be accepted.

Chapel

Archbishop Sweatman of Toronto envisioned St. Alban's Cathedral replacing the "de facto" use of St. James' Church, whose parishioners would not countenance re-dedication to a new patron saint or loss of control of the church. St. Alban's was designated the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto in 1883, while still in the planning stages. The chancel was completed in 1891, but after more than twenty years of inactivity the project was canceled by the primate. The chancel became the school chapel when the College leased the property.

ee also

* List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage

External links

* [http://www.rsgc.on.ca RSGC Home Page]
* [http://ssd.rsgc.on.ca Senior School Desktop]
* [http://fyd.rsgc.on.ca Foundation Year Desktop]

Alumni

* Neil Hetherington, '91 CEO, [http://www.torontohabitat.on.ca Habitat for Humanity]

References