Shelford Girls' Grammar
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| Shelford Girls' Grammar | |
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| Quaerite Primo Regnum Dei (Latin:"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God") |
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| Established | 1898 |
| School Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day school |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Slogan | "Shelford...Top Girls...Top School" |
| Key People | Mrs. Pam Chessell (Principal) The Venerable Philip Newman (Chairman) Reverend Sally Apokis (Chaplain) |
| Location | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia  |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Enrolment | ~550 (P-12)[1] |
| Colours | Navy Blue, Sky Blue & Gold |
| Homepage | www.shelford.vic.edu.au |
Shelford Girls' Grammar is an independent, Anglican, day school for girls', located in Caulfield, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1898, the school currently caters for approximately 550 students from pre-school to year 12, making it one of the smallest independent school's for girls' in Victoria.
According to the Herald Sun, Shelford was the fourth best performing school in the 2006 Victorian Certificate of Education.[2]
Shelford is a member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV),[3] and the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA).
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[edit] New initiatives
Shelford will be opening a year 10 centre for excellence in 2008 in St Kilda.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Brigitte Duclos - Television and radio presenter; Current co-host of the radio program Two Women and A Metro on Mix 1011 Melbourne and co-host of TV game show The Con Test on Network Ten
- Lady Anna Cowen - Former President of the World Education Fellowship (Queensland); Wife of former Governor-General, Sir Zelman Cowen (also attended St Catherine's School, Toorak)[4]
- Mary Emma Goldsmith Meares MBE - Welfare worker; Awarded King George V's silver jubilee (1935) and King George VI's coronation (1937) medals[5]
- Robyn Christine Robinson AM - President and South Pacific Liaison Officer of the Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation Australia; Former Clinical Director of the Victorian Ambulance Crisis Counselling Unit; Former Senior Lecturer/Deputy Director of the Soc. Biol. Resources Centre; Former Lecturer at RMIT[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Scotch College & Shelford Girls' Grammar. School Choice Victoria. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- ^ Herald Sun 14/12/06- Girls take VCE honours (accessed:12-06-2007)
- ^ Girls Sport Victoria: Member Schools (accessed:27-07-2007)
- ^ Lofthouse, Andrea (1982). Who's Who of Australian Women 1982. North Ryde, NSW: Methuen Australia, p.128. ISBN 0-454-00427-0.
- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography:Meares, Mary Emma Goldsmith (1889 - 1964) (accessed:27-07-2007)
- ^ "ROBINSON Robyn Christine". Who's Who in Australia Live!. (2006-11-17). Ed. Suzannah Pearce. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
[edit] See also
- List of schools in Victoria
- Victorian Certificate of Education
- List of schools in Victoria, Australia according to 2006 VCE results
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