| Albert College | |
| Location | |
| Belleville, Ontario, Canada | |
| Information | |
| Religious affiliation | Non-denominational |
| Head of School | Keith Stansfield |
| Funding type | Private |
| Grades | PK to grade 12 and post-graduate |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Located near the Bay of Quinte and downtown Belleville |
| Motto | Paci Artibusque, Pacis Faveo I favour peace and the arts of peace |
| Founded | 1857 |
| Homepage | www.albertcollege.ca |
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.
It was founded in 1857 by the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) as the Belleville Seminary. The Episcopal Methodists established Albert College at Belleville, Ontario in 1866.[1] 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 In 1854 the Methodist Episcopal Church, recognizing the need to improve the training of its clergy, began the construction of a seminary on this site. Designed to accommodate 150 residents with classroom facilities for 400 students. Belleville Seminary was opened in July 1857. Under the able direction of its principal, Reverend Albert Carman, the school flourished, producing several eminent graduates. In 1866 it was rechartered as Albert College, an affiliate of the university of Toronto, and five years later it became an independent degree-granting institution. When Victoria College in Cobourg was chosen as official university for the newly-formed Methodist Church in 1884, Albert College became a private collegiate. Moved in 1926 to the present location overlooking the Bay of Quinte, it remains a distinguished residential school. |
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Albert College features several stained glass windows including a three light window (1986) by Robert McCausland Limited.