Albert College (Belleville)
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Albert College is a co-educational independent
boarding school
in Belleville, Ontario
. It is the oldest co-ed boarding school in Canada. It currently has an enrollment of approximately 300 students representing 25 different countries. The school comprises a Junior School (pre-kindergarten to grade 6), a Middle School (grades 7 and 8) and a Senior School (grades 9 to 12 and post-graduate) as well as three residences for boarding students.
Boarding students are divided into three houses which are Baker House, for boys in Grade 7 to 10, Graham Hall, for boys in Grade 11 and 12 and Victoria Manor, for all boarding girls. Albert College is also a day school meaning that local students, who come mainly from Belleville, as well as the nearby communities of Prince Edward County and Kingston, do not live at the school. They are bussed or driven to school every day and return home every evening. Albert College's facilities include a chapel, dining hall, a number of art rooms, and a science wing. It is the only independent school in Belleville. Albert College's motto is "Paci Artibusque, Pacis Faveo", or "I favour peace and the arts of peace" and its mission is "Albert College inspires academic excellence, self-confidence, and sound moral values in a family environment." Albert College offers a wide range of co-curricular programmes, specialized arts programmes, advanced placement courses and an English Foundation Year for English as a Second Language (ESL) studies. ESL is also offered at Albert College during their annual Summer School programme. Albert College offers a number of varsity and intramural sports
from swimming, lacrosse and rugby to basketball, soccer, TaeKwonDo and others.
(MEC) as the Belleville Seminary
. The Episcopal Methodists established Albert College at Belleville, Ontario
in 1866. In 1861 it became Albert College affiliated with the University of Toronto
, and in 1866 it received its university charter and was renamed Albert University in honour of Prince Albert. After MEC merged into the Methodist Church of Canada
in 1884, the school federated with Victoria University
, stopped offering university credits and became a high school.
A plaque was erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Citizenship and Culture on College Hill United Church, 16 North Park St. in Belleville.
Albert College features several stained glass windows including a three light window (1986) by Robert McCausland Limited.
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
in Belleville, Ontario
Belleville, Ontario
Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...
. It is the oldest co-ed boarding school in Canada. It currently has an enrollment of approximately 300 students representing 25 different countries. The school comprises a Junior School (pre-kindergarten to grade 6), a Middle School (grades 7 and 8) and a Senior School (grades 9 to 12 and post-graduate) as well as three residences for boarding students.
Boarding students are divided into three houses which are Baker House, for boys in Grade 7 to 10, Graham Hall, for boys in Grade 11 and 12 and Victoria Manor, for all boarding girls. Albert College is also a day school meaning that local students, who come mainly from Belleville, as well as the nearby communities of Prince Edward County and Kingston, do not live at the school. They are bussed or driven to school every day and return home every evening. Albert College's facilities include a chapel, dining hall, a number of art rooms, and a science wing. It is the only independent school in Belleville. Albert College's motto is "Paci Artibusque, Pacis Faveo", or "I favour peace and the arts of peace" and its mission is "Albert College inspires academic excellence, self-confidence, and sound moral values in a family environment." Albert College offers a wide range of co-curricular programmes, specialized arts programmes, advanced placement courses and an English Foundation Year for English as a Second Language (ESL) studies. ESL is also offered at Albert College during their annual Summer School programme. Albert College offers a number of varsity and intramural sports
Intramural sports
Intramural sports or intramurals are recreational sports organized within a set geographic area. The term derives from the Latin words intra muros meaning "within walls", and was used to indicate sports matches and contests that took place among teams from "within the walls" of an ancient city...
from swimming, lacrosse and rugby to basketball, soccer, TaeKwonDo and others.
History
It was founded in 1857 by the Methodist Episcopal ChurchMethodist Episcopal Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, was a development of the first expression of Methodism in the United States. It officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784, with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the first bishops. Through a series of...
(MEC) as the Belleville Seminary
Seminary
A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry...
. The Episcopal Methodists established Albert College at Belleville, Ontario
Belleville, Ontario
Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...
in 1866. In 1861 it became Albert College affiliated with the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, and in 1866 it received its university charter and was renamed Albert University in honour of Prince Albert. After MEC merged into the Methodist Church of Canada
Methodist Church of Canada
The Methodist Church of Canada was a united church formed in 1884 and comprising most former Methodist denominations in Canada including some that had been active along Canada's eastern coast and north of the St...
in 1884, the school federated with Victoria University
Victoria University in the University of Toronto
Victoria University is a constituent college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1836 and named for Queen Victoria. It is commonly called Victoria College, informally Vic, after the original academic component that now forms its undergraduate division...
, stopped offering university credits and became a high school.
A plaque was erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Citizenship and Culture on College Hill United Church, 16 North Park St. in Belleville.
Albert College features several stained glass windows including a three light window (1986) by Robert McCausland Limited.