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Preshil, or The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational, alternative day school, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Founded in the early 1930s by Margaret J. R. Lyttle, Preshil is based upon alternative education principles similar to Summerhill School in England, although, unlike Summerhill, classes are now compulsory and held at fixed times. Preshil states that it "aims to fit itself to the needs of the child rather than forcing the child to fit into the needs of the school". At Preshil, students work at their level of cognitive and emotional development. Preshil caters for students from Pre-School to Year 12 (Victorian Certificate of Education).
[edit] Notable alumni
- Polly Borland, photographer.[1]
- Clare Bowditch, musician, winner of Best Female Artist award at 2006 ARIAS.[2]
- Dylan Brady, architect.
- Lauren Burns, Olympic Taekwondo Gold Medallist, 2000.[citation needed]
- Dougal Davis, physicist.
- Zahava Elenberg, architect.[citation needed]
- Anton Gerner, furniture designer.[3]
- Sean Greenway and Matthew Whittle, musicians, members of the band GOD.
- Alexander Knox, sculptor.National Sculpture Award 2006
- John Potter, Scientology author.[citation needed]
- Susan Richardson, Professor of Labour Economics and Director of the National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University; commissioner, Essential Services Commission of South Australia; author (also attended St Catherine's School, Toorak).[4]
- Gina Riley, comedian.[citation needed]
- Daniel Ross, philosopher and filmmaker.
- Peter Singer, philosopher.[4]
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[edit] Bibliography
- Burns, L. Fighting Spirit (Penguin Books, 2003). ISBN 0-670-04037-1
- Lyttle, Dermot. Preshil Uniquely Different (Kew: Preshil, 2002).
- White, Naomi Rosh. School Matters: The Preshil Alternative in Education (Port Melbourne: Mandarin, 1995).
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