King's-Edgehill School

Infobox Secondary school
name = King's-Edgehill School

type = Independent Co-educational Secondary
grades = 7–12
city = Windsor
province = Nova Scotia
country = Canada
established in: 1788
head_label = Headmaster
head = Joseph F. Seagram
motto = "From the insight out"
students = 340-366 (Approx. 225 Boarders, 120 Day Students)
website = [http://www.kes.ns.ca www.kes.ns.ca]
colors = Red and Blue

King's-Edgehill School is a Canadian independent University Preparatory School located in the town of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Founded in 1788 and granted a Royal Charter in 1802, King's-Edgehill is the oldest independent school in the Commonwealth outside the United Kingdom. It was founded when United Empire Loyalists founded King's Collegiate School

, over the larger military centre and colonial capital of Halifax (60 km to the southeast) so "...that it be well away from taverns and houses of ill fame,".

In April 1789, King George III gave Royal Assent to the establishment of King's Collegiate School, as well as to the establishment of the University of King's College - the first such honour to be bestowed upon any school in the British Empire. It is also claimed that Prince Edward, Duke of Kent took an interest in King's Collegiate School and University of King's College while stationed in Halifax as Commander-in-Chief, British North America.

In June 1890, the Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia decided to establish a girl's school in Windsor to complement King's Collegiate School. Edgehill School opened in January 1891 and construction of a new building to house the new girls began in the following June.

received funds to move into a newly built campus in Halifax. King's College remains an independent university, although its students enjoy affiliation privileges with Dalhousie. Its campus is located at the corner of Oxford Street and Cobourg Road, occupying the northwest corner of Dalhousie's Studley Campus.

Both King's Collegiate School and the newer Edgehill School remained on the Windsor campus and eventually expanded to include much of the 65 acre site, therefore better hosting the athletic tournaments which take place every year. In 1976 the governing bodies of both schools decided to amalgamate, and King's-Edgehill School was born.

In the past five years there have been major renovations of the school, ranging from the addition of a floor to the girls dormitory to the construction of the Ted Canavan Athletic Centre (opened in 2005), complete with a pool, double gym and well-equipped exercise facilities. The Fountain Performing Arts Centre was also completed recently to host musical performances and concerts.__NOTOC__

Birthplace of Hockey?

It is asserted locally that students at King's invented hockey circa 1800, reinforced, apparently, by the notion held in Windsor that it is the area in which hockey was invented, and as such, King's was originally located in the same region.

Notable alumni

Teachers

* Sir Charles G. D. Roberts
* Steven Holmes

tudents

* Amor De Cosmos
* Percy Paris
* Leopold Davis Lewis
* Muriel Denison

ee also

* Monarchy in Nova Scotia
* Education in Canada
* Private School