Canberra Girls Grammar School

Canberra Girls Grammar School
Canberra Girls Grammar School crest. Source: www.cggs.act.edu.au (CGGS website)
Location
Map
Deakin
,
Australian Capital Territory

Australia
Coordinates35°18′59″S 149°6′53″E / 35.31639°S 149.11472°E / -35.31639; 149.11472
Information
TypeIndependent, day and boarding
MottoLatin: Iuventuti Nil Arduum
(To the young, anything is possible[1])
DenominationAnglican
Established1926[2]
ChairmanSue Hart
PrincipalTerrie Jones
ChaplainChristopher Lewis
Employees~265
GenderCo-educational – Early Learning to Yr 3
Girls – Yrs 4–12
Enrolment~1,300 (ELC–12)[3]
Colour(s)Green, white, and red    
SloganTo the young, anything is possible.
AffiliationAssociated Southern Colleges
Websitewww.cggs.act.edu.au

Canberra Girls Grammar School (CGGS) is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for girls, located in Deakin, a suburb of Canberra, the capital of Australia.

Established in 1926[2] as St Gabriel's School, by the Church of England[2] religious order, the Community of the Sisters of the Church,[4] Canberra Girls Grammar is the oldest private day and boarding school in Canberra.[5] It has a non-selective enrolment policy and caters for approximately 1,300 students, with co-education from Early Learning (preschool) to Year 3, and girls only from Years 4 to Year 12. Boarding facilities are available on the Senior Campus for up to 80 students in Years 7 to 12.[3] CGGS is also licensed to offer the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme and Diploma Programme (for Years 11 and 12). It is a candidate school for the MYP from Yrs 6 to 9.

Canberra Girls Grammar School is affiliated with the Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia (AGSA),[6] the Associated Southern Colleges (ASC), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[7] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[8] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[9]

  1. ^ "Welcome from the Principal". About CGGS. Canberra Girls Grammar School. 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  2. ^ a b c "History". About CGGS. Canberra Girls Grammar School. 2007. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Canberra Girls Grammar School". Canberra. School Choice. 2007. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
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  5. ^ "Canberra Girls Grammar School". Seek Home. Seek. 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  6. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  7. ^ "Australian Capital Territory". AHISA Schools. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  8. ^ "Canberra Girls Grammar School". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2005. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
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