Ivanhoe Grammar School

Infobox Aust school private
name = Ivanhoe Grammar School


motto = " _la. Fidelis Usque Ad Mortem"
(Latin:"Faithful even to death")Citation| date=2002-11-01| year=2002| title=Vale - 'Fidelis Usque Ad Mortem'| periodical='Hoe: Ivanhoe News| publication-place=Melbourne, Vic.| publisher=Ivanhoe Grammar School| issue=112| url=http://myivanhoe.net/general/news/2002november/pdfs/IGS_News_2002Nov_18-19.pdf| accessdate=2007-10-03.]
established = 1915
type = Independent, Co-educational, Day school
denomination = Anglican
slogan = "The School of Choice"Citation| date=2007-07-01| year=2007| title=My Ivanhoe| periodical=Ivanhoe News| publication-place=Melbourne, Vic.| publisher=Ivanhoe Grammar School| issue=112| pages=p.1| url=http://www.igs.vic.edu.au/general/news/June2007/IGS%20news%20july%202007_web%20(2)%201.pdf| accessdate=2007-10-03.]
key_people = Mr. Roderick D. Fraser (Principal)
Mr. P.T Kempen (Chairman
fees = AU$11,070–17,397 p.acite web|url = http://www.igs.vic.edu.au/general/admissions/SchoolFees2008.pdf |title = Schedule of Fees 2008|accessdate = 2007-10-03 |year = 2007|format = PDF|work = Enrolment|publisher = Ivanhoe Grammar School]
city = Ivanhoe and Mernda
state = Victoria
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
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enrolment = ~1,700 (ELC–12)cite web|url = http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/schools_vic/find_a_school?cid=12222&pid=2347838 |title = Ivanhoe Grammar School|accessdate = 2007-10-03 |year = 2007|work = Victoria|publisher = SchoolChoice.com.au]
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colours = Brown and White color box|#964B00color box|#FFFFFF
homepage = [http://www.igs.vic.edu.au/ www.igs.vic.edu.au]

Ivanhoe Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, day school, located in Ivanhoe (Buckley House and The Ridgeway Campus) and Mernda (Plenty Campus), both northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Founded in 1915 as St James' Grammar School for boys, Ivanhoe Grammar is a school of the Anglican Church of Australia, and currently caters for approximately 1,700 students from the Early Learning Centre to Year 12, over three campuses.

The school is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference,cite web |url=http://www.hmc.org.uk/schools/international.htm |title=International Members |accessdate=2008-03-11 |work= HMC Schools |publisher= The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),cite web |url=http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=2235 |title=AHISA Schools: Victoria |accessdate=2007-10-03 |year =2007 |month =April |work=Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),cite web|url = http://www.jshaa.asn.au/victoria/directory/index.asp|title = JSHAA Victorian Directory of Members|accessdate = 2007-10-03 |year = 2005|work = Victoria Branch|publisher = Junior School Heads' Association of Australia] and is a founding member of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV).cite web|url = http://www.agsv.com.au/history/index.html |title = Historical Data |accessdate = 2007-10-03 |year = 2007|work = History|publisher = The Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria] Ivanhoe Grammar School is also one of only four Round Square schools in the state of Victoria,cite web|url = http://www.roundsquare.org/members.htm |title = Member Schools |accessdate = 2007-10-03 |year = 2005|work = Members|publisher = Round Square] and has been an International Baccalaureate World School since December 1994.cite web|url = https://www.ibo.org/school/000794/ |title = Ivanhoe Grammar School |accessdate = 2007-10-03 |year = 2005 |work = IB World Schools |publisher = International Baccalaureate]

History

* 1915: St James' Grammar School established in Parish Hall at St James' Church
* 1920: The School moves to its current site, Ivanhoe House at The Ridgeway and changes its name to Ivanhoe Grammar School
* 1924: Locksley House opens (located on far-South of Ridgeway Campus). Today it is utilised for teaching English to ESL students, Music and Performing and Fine Art.
* 1928: The Headmasters' residence (now School House Administration Building) is built
* 1941: The first International students arrive at Ivanhoe Grammar School
* 1942: Occupation of the School by Armed Forces. School relocates to Yea and St James' Parish Church
* 1955: The Memorial Junior School (now Buckley House) opens
* 1961: First Cadet unit formed
* 1964: Entire senior school moves from Locksley House to Ivanhoe House site
* 1967: The re-built Buckley Hall opens
* 1978: The Country Centre opens
* 1985: Land purchased in the Plenty Valley (Mernda)
* 1990: Ivanhoe Grammar School's Mernda Campus (later renamed the Plenty Campus) opens.
* 1992: The Mernda Campus becomes co-educational
* 1996: International Baccalaureate made available at The Ridgeway Secondary Campus
* 1998: New school uniform introduced
* 1998: The Memorial Junior School is renamed to Buckley House
* 1999: Buckley House and The Ridgeway Campus introduce co-education
* 2001: The re-developed V.R.C Brown Centre and F.O Watts Building open at The Ridgeway Secondary Campus, with a new school library
* 2001: The Sinclaire Trust Enterprise Centre at Plenty Campus opens
* 2005: Ivanhoe Grammar School hosts the 2005 International Round Square conference.
* 2005: The Creative Arts Centre at Plenty Campus opens
* 2007: New Science Building (T.R Lee Science Building) was opened by the Governor of Victoria.
* 2008: New school cafeteria named "The Ridge" opened, replacing "The Tuck" of old. Opening performed by JFP (Jazz Funk Pop Band.)

Principals

Campuses

Ivanhoe Grammar School is currently located over three campuses:
* Buckley House (formerly The Memorial Junior School), Ivanhoe. Years: Early Learning Centre (Age 3+) to Grade 6.
* The Ridgeway Secondary Campus, Ivanhoe. Years: Grade 7-12.
* Plenty Campus (formerly the Mernda Campus) , Mernda. Years: Prep-Grade 12.

The school also has two former campuses:
* Yea, Victoria - The school was relocated to Yea during WWII.
* "Charnwood" (later renamed "Stratbogie"), Lima East, Victoria - The schools country center was opened in 1978. It was recently sold.

Ridgeway secondary

The Ridgeway Secondary campus encompasses Year 7 to 12 and is located in Ivanhoe, a suburb located approximately 12 kilometres north-east of Melbourne's CBD. For students in Year 11 and 12, Ridgeway Secondary offers the state's traditional Victorian Certificate of Education qualification, or the Internationally-recognised International Baccalaureate program.

Ridgeway Secondary is co-educational, with both girls and boys holding leadership positions within the school. It is located in the central part of the Ridgeway campus, stretching from the mid-east to the mid-west. School Uniforms and Sport Uniforms are required, and must be worn at all times. Physical Education is required up to, and including, Year 10.

Plenty campus

The Plenty Campus (formerly the Mernda Campus) was founded in 1990, and is co-educational from Prep to Year 12. It is located in Bridge Inn Rd, Mernda, an outer suburb north of Melbourne. The Plenty Campus offers only the Victorian Certificate of Education to Years 11 and 12, however students at the Plenty Campus can choose to transfer to the Ridgeway Secondary campus to study the International Baccalaureate for their final two years of schooling.

In 2003, the Plenty Campus set the world record for the fastest sack race, with a time of 2 minutes, 29.09 seconds. Guinness Book of Records (p.32) of the 2005 edition.]

Buckley House

Also located in Ivanhoe, The Memorial Junior School was opened in 1955, and was built using the donations from the families of old boys who died in the Second World War. It was renamed "Buckley House" in 1998. In memory of the old boys who gave their life for King and Country, there now stands a small stone memorial.

Buckley House is Ivanhoe's primary school, accepting students for Prep to Grade 6, and is located on the North side of the Ridgeway campus. Classes are moderately sized, with 20 to 26 students in each. Buckley House requires students to wear school uniform at all times. Sports Uniforms are required for Physical Education classes, which are mandatory. Students in Year 5 are required to purchase laptop computers, available through the school, and are used in Year 5 and 6. The school recently opened its Year 5/6 Innovation Centre, which contains four classrooms, an indoor auditorium and a purpose built primary science area. Specialist teachers take classes in Japanese, Art, Music, Physical Education. and Library.

The Buckley House Early Learning Centre (ELC) is located at the far North-West corner of the Ridgeway campus, and caters to preschool children aged three and four. The ELC's program for three-year-olds is available either three mornings (9AM–Noon) or three full days (9AM–3PM per week). Four-year-olds can be enrolled for either three or four full-days per week. All students in the centre are required to wear the centre uniform at all times. The uniform consists of a teal-coloured polo shirt, and teal shorts with brown and white stripes. For winter, polar fleeces and tracksuit pants are also available.

Co-curriculum

Cadets

Ivanhoe Grammar School has an Australian Army Cadets (AAC) unit that is one of the largest in the state.fact|date=April 2008 Founded in 1961, the unit is known as Ivanhoe Grammar School Cadet Unit (IGSCU), and parades every Thursday afternoon. The cadet unit is currently run by Lieutenant-Colonel David Waugh and led by student officers, known as Cadet Under Officers (CUOs) and Warrant Officers (WOs). The aim of cadets is foster an interest in the activities, lifestyle and operation of the Australian Defence Force through the acquisition of skills and attributes, including but not limited to, leadership, bushcraft/fieldcraft, Navigation, RATEL (radio telecommunications), Ceremonial Drill, Teamwork, self-preservation, communication, lateral thinking, adaptability, people skills, planning, organising, and character building.

Sports

At Ivanhoe Grammar School, participation in Physical Education classes is compulsory up until, and including, Year 10. However the Plenty Campus governs a completely compulsory senior sporting program. The school participates in the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria's sporting fixture, where it has been the competitions powerhouse in the sports of Athletics and Swimming where it has, since 1988 won 14 and 13 Premierships respectively. More recently Ivanhoe has dominated in Cricket, with Premierships in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002.

Ivanhoe Grammar is a traditional rival of Camberwell Grammar School and the two schools have a tradition of annual sporting fixtures. Most notable of these is the annual cricket match, for the Allan Graham Trophy.

Notable alumni

;Academic
*John Alexander McKenzie – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at The University of Melbourne; Professor of Genetics and Personal Chair of the Department of Genetics; Recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = McKENZIE John Alexander| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]

;Business
*Robert Crichton Allison AM – Director of John Allison Monkhouse Pty Ltd; Former Chairman of John Allison Monkhouse; Former Chairman of Norwood Park Ltdcite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = ALLISON Robert Crichton| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*Kenneth Raymond Carnie – Managing Director of Ken Carnie and Company Pty Ltdcite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = CARNIE Kenneth Raymond| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
* James Hogan. CEO of Ethihad Airways
*George John Pizzey – Director of Amcor Limited; Director of Iluka Resources; Director of Alumina Limited cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = PIZZEY George John| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]

;Entertainment, media and the arts
* Ash Long – Publisher of the "Melbourne Observer", "Sydney News", and the "Brisbane Sun" newspapersfact|date=April 2008
*Stephen Mayne – Journalist and 'shareholder activist'; People Power Party candidate in the Victorian legislative election, 2006; Founder of the Mayne Report; Founder of and Columnist for Crikey.com.au; Former staffer of Liberal Victorian premier Jeff Kennettcite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = MAYNE Stephen| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]

;Medicine and science
*Rev. Irwin Faris – Assistant Curate of the Surf Coast Parish; Foundation Professor of Surgery at Geelong Hospital and the University of Melbourne (1992-99), former Chief of Surgery (1997-99); Former Editor-in-Chief of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery; Recipient of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Medal 2001cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = FARIS Irwin, Rev.| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*Stephen Brian Harrap – Professor of Physiology at The University of Melbourne and Head of the Department of Physiology; Consultant Physician at Royal Melbourne Hospitalcite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = HARRAP Stephen Brian| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*William Graeme Laver – Former Head of the Influenza Research Unit at Australian National University; Senior Fellow of the John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU; Awarded the Australia Prize 1996cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = LAVER William Graeme| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]

;Politics, public service and the law
*John Kelvin Dawson – Agent General for Queensland to the United Kingdom and Commissioner for Europe in Londoncite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = DAWSON John Kelvin| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*David Mark Brudenell Derham QC – Barrister; Queen's Counsel in Western Australia, Victoria, & New South Wales; Former Assistant Parliamentary Council, Office of Parlty Counsel Australian Capital Territory; Former Chairman of the Victorian Bar Councilcite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = DERHAM (Mark) David Mark Brudenell| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*James Lloyd Parrish S.C – Barrister-at-Law; Senior Counsel (Vic)cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = PARRISH (Jim) James Lloyd| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*John Ingles Richardson – Former Member of the Legislative Assembly (Liberal) for Forest Hill; Former Chairman of the Parliamentary Road Safety Committee; Former Chairman of the Planning Committee; Former Shadow Minister for Community Services, Housing and Aboriginal Affairs (also attended Kerang High School)cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = RICHARDSON John Ingles| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*John Brumby – Current Premier of Victoria, Australia (also attended *Melbourne Grammar School)

References

See also

* List of schools in Victoria
* List of high schools in Victoria
* List of schools in Victoria, Australia according to 2006 VCE results

External links

* [http://www.igs.vic.edu.au/ Ivanhoe Grammar School website]