Toorak College, Mount Eliza

Toorak College, Mount Eliza
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Coordinates38°10′20″S 145°5′35″E / 38.17222°S 145.09306°E / -38.17222; 145.09306
Information
TypeIndependent, day and boarding
MottoLatin: In Labore Quies
(In work lies rest)
DenominationNon-denominational[2]
Established1874[1]
ChairmanPeter Wickenden
PrincipalKristy Kendall
Employees~237[4]
Years offeredELC–12
GenderCo-educational (ELC–4)
Girls (5–12)
Enrolment~861 (P–12)[3]
Colour(s)Red, gold and blue
     
AffiliationGirls Sport Victoria
Websitewww.toorakcollege.vic.edu.au

Toorak College is an independent, inter-denominational, boarding and day school for girls in grades 5–12 and for boys and girls from pre-school through grade four. The school is located on the Mornington Peninsula, above Port Phillip Bay in Mount Eliza, a town approximately forty kilometres south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

In 2005, the school enrolled approximately 925 students from Kindergarten through the 12th grade, including 70 boarders for grades 7 through 12.[5] Toorak's co-educational Early Learning Centre and junior school (years K–6) is an IB World School, and offers the IB Primary Years Programme.[6]

Toorak College is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia,[7] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[8] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia,[9] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV),[1] the Australian Boarding Schools Association,[5] and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Toorak College". Find a School. Association of Independent Schools of Victoria. 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Toorak College". Victoria. School Choice. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  3. ^ "About Toorak College". About. Toorak College. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
  4. ^ "Report of School Performance – 2006" (PDF). Publications. Toorak College. 3 July 2007. p. 4. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Toorak College". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools Association. 2005. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  6. ^ "Toorak College". IB World Schools. International Baccalaureate Organisation. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Victoria". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  8. ^ "JSHAA Victorian Directory of Members". Victoria Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  9. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  10. ^ Mawkes, Leonie (2005). "Member Schools". Profile. Girls Sport Victoria. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2007.