Mentone Grammar School

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Mentone Grammar School
Mentone Grammar School crest. Source: www.mentonegrammar.net/ (Mentone website)
Labore et Honore
(Latin:"by work and with honour")
Established 1923
School Type Independent, Co-educational, Day school
Denomination Anglican
Slogan "Two out of Three Ain't Bad"
Key People Mal Cater (Principal)
Roger Williams (Chaplain)
School Fees AU$8,299 - AU$17,297 p.a[1]
Location Mentone, Victoria, Australia Flag of Australia
Coordinates 37°59′15″S 145°4′4″E / -37.9875, 145.06778Coordinates: 37°59′15″S 145°4′4″E / -37.9875, 145.06778
Enrolment ~970 (K-12)[2]
Colours Navy Blue, Gold & White             
Homepage www.mentonegrammar.net

Mentone Grammar School (formerly known as simply The Boys' Grammar in the local community) is an independent, Anglican co-educational grammar school in Mentone, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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[edit] History

Founded in 1923, Mentone Grammar remained a boys only school until 2006. Prior to this the school hierarchy announced in July 2005 its co-educational intent after a merger proposal put forth by a the Board of Management but this was rejected by nearby Mentone Girls' Grammar School, its sister school.[citation needed]

The School has adopted a parallel learning approach, where boys and girls are placed together from Kindergarten-Grade 4 and from Grade 5-Year 9 the two are separate, and in the VCE years, Years 10-12, there are mixed classes again.[citation needed]

In 2006 Mentone Grammar had 161 female students, out of a total of 977 students.[citation needed]

[edit] Cadet Unit

The Mentone Grammar School Cadet Unit is an Australian Army Cadets Unit based in the school, founded in 1943. It once had a strength of nearly 400, due to the compulsory nature of service from halfway through Year Eight to halfway through Year Eleven. This made it one of the biggest Cadet units in Australia.[citation needed] However the emphasis once placed on the cadet unit is no longer fostered. The AAC Training Management Package (TMP) is not completed within the training sessions.[citation needed] This is due to time shortages with reduced time made available and frequency of sessions. Participation remains compulsory for Year Nine, but this is insufficient for TMP completion.[citation needed]

[edit] Criticism

The school Board of Management has recently come under a lot of criticism for its excessive spending and venture into "financing capital works: the swimming pool, library, a big sports centre"[3][4]. The school, for the first time, has plunged into substantial debt despite increasing fees and receiving huge government surpluses.

[edit] Sport

The Year 2008 has seen Mentone lure past star sportsmen back to the school to coach winter sports teams. An initiative developed by new sportsmaster Andrew Hayes, the idea has already led to success in the winter sport teams, an are where Mentone have struggled against the traditionally stronger PEGS, Assumption (soccer and Aussie Rules) and Camberwell (hockey). Recent school sportmen including Daniel Hull, Matthew Beau Appleby and Adam Ong have improved the younger year levels' soccer teams, and Mentone are now showing greater competitiveness towards the powerhouses"[5]

[edit] Notable Students, Teachers & Alumni

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Schedule of Fees 2008 (PDF). Enrol @ MG. Mentone Grammar School. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  2. ^ Australian School Choice- Vic Schools (accessed:14-02-2006)
  3. ^ Private school fees rise despite windfall - Investigations - theage.com.au
  4. ^ Principal slams massive edifices - Investigations - theage.com.au
  5. ^ [1]

[edit] See also

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Members of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria, Australia

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