| Methodist Ladies' College, Perth | |
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Strive for the Highest
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| Claremont, WA, Australia | |
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| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding |
| Denomination | Uniting Church |
| Established | 1907 |
| Chairman | Ann Zubrick |
| Principal | Rebecca Cody |
| Enrollment | ~1,000 (K–12)[1] |
| Colour(s) | Green and Gold |
| Website | www.mlc.wa.edu.au |
The Methodist Ladies' College, Perth (MLC Perth), is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for girls, located in Claremont, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Founded by the Methodist Church of Australia in 1907, MLC is a non-selective school, and currently caters for over 1,000 girls from Kindergarten to Year 12, including 70 boarders.[2]
The college was ranked as the number one TEE school in the state for 2006 and 2008[3] seeing 55.1 percent of students achieving a mark of seventy five percent or above in at least one subject.[4]
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The foundation stone of the Methodist Ladies' College was laid, and building began in 1907, by the Methodist Church of Australia. Classes were first commenced in February 1908 with 31 day girls and 23 boarders.
The early traditions of the College were established by Maud Connell, Head Mistress from 1908 to 1913, who chose the colours of green and gold, and the school motto Per Ardua Ad Alta, which may be translated from Latin as "Strive for the Highest". In 1917, MLC's first university students graduated from the University of Western Australia, which had begun teaching in 1913.[5]
MLC became a school of the Uniting Church of Australia in the 1970s, as the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches came together to form the Uniting Church.
As with most Australian schools, MLC utilises a house system through which girls participate in inter-house activities. When the house system first came into effect in June 1927, there were four houses: Athens, Rome, Sparta and Troy. In 1967, two more houses were added, Corinth and Olympia. Each house is named after a famous European city.
Annual house events include:
A new initiative in 2010 is The Spirit Cape. In all house events, houses will also compete for the Spirit Cape with it being awarded to the house the shows the most spirit over the course of the day. At the end of the year, one house will be awarded the Spirit Cape for the showing the most year long house spirit. In 2010, Athens won the inaugural year long spirit cape.
MLC holds a large number of events annually for sports and the arts, including:
Alumnae of MLC are known as Collegians.[6] Some notable Collegians include:
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