Mentone Girls' Grammar School
Independent, single-sex, day school in Mentone, Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mentone Girls' Grammar School is an independent, Anglican day school for girls, located in Mentone, a bayside suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Coordinates | 37°59′22″S 145°3′48″E |
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Type | Independent, single-sex, day school |
Motto | Latin: Vero Nihil Verius (Nothing truer than Truth) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Established | 1899[1] |
Chairman | Janelle Donnelly |
Principal | Natalie Charles |
Chaplain | Rev. Phillipa |
Staff | ≈70[2] |
Years offered | ELC–12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | ≈800 (ELC–12)[3] |
Colour(s) | Murrey, blue and gold |
Slogan | Mentone Girls. Remarkable Women. |
Affiliation | Girls Sport Victoria |
Website | mentonegirls |
Established in 1899 as the Mentone High School for Girls', the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for over 700 students, with girls enrolled in the Early Learning Centre (3 and 4 years of age), Kindergarten to Year 12.[3]
Mentone Girls' Grammar is a member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV),[4] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[5] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[6] the National Coalition of Girls' Schools (NCGS),[7] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV),[1] and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia.[8] The School is an Australian Securities & Investments Commission MoneySmart School[9] and an eSmart School.
In 2014 Mentone Girls' Grammar School became the first school in the world to receive the Certificate of International Education with the Council of International Schools (CIS).[10]