Mentone Girls' Grammar School

Mentone Girls' Grammar School
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Coordinates37°59′22″S 145°3′48″E / 37.98944°S 145.06333°E / -37.98944; 145.06333
Information
TypeIndependent, single-sex, day school
MottoLatin: Vero Nihil Verius
(Nothing truer than Truth)
DenominationAnglican
Established1899[1]
ChairmanJanelle Donnelly
PrincipalNatalie Charles
Staff≈70[3]
Years offeredELC–12
GenderGirls
Enrolment≈800 (ELC–12)[2]
Colour(s)Murrey, blue and gold    
SloganKnown, Seen and Heard.
AffiliationGirls Sport Victoria
Websitementonegirls.vic.edu.au

Mentone Girls' Grammar School is an independent, Anglican day school for girls, located in Mentone, a bayside suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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.[2]

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]

  1. ^ a b "Mentone Girls' Grammar School". Find a School. Association of Independent Schools of Victoria. 2007. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Overview of Mentone Girls' Grammar". About. Mentone Girls' Grammar School. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2007.
  3. ^ Mentone Girls' Grammar Academic Staff 2006 Archived 2007-08-31 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:15-08-2007)
  4. ^ Mawkes, Leonie (2005). "Member Schools". Profile. Girls Sport Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  5. ^ Junior School Heads Association of Australia Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:15-06-2007)
  6. ^ "Victoria". AHISA Schools. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
  7. ^ "Our Schools". NCGS. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  8. ^ The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:15-06-2007)
  9. ^ "Class credit for making sense of dollars". The Age. Fair Fax Media Network. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  10. ^ "A world first in achieving CIS certificate". Retrieved 3 February 2015.