Mentone Grammar School

Mentone Grammar School
Mentone Grammar School
Mentone Grammar School crest. Source: www.mentonegrammar.net/ (Mentone website)
Latin: Labore et Honore
("by work and with honour")
Location
Mentone, Victoria, Australia Australia
Coordinates 37°59′15″S 145°4′4″E / 37.9875°S 145.06778°E / -37.9875; 145.06778Coordinates: 37°59′15″S 145°4′4″E / 37.9875°S 145.06778°E / -37.9875; 145.06778
Information
Type Independent, Co-educational, Day school
Denomination Anglican
Established 1923
Principal Mal Cater
Chaplain Roger Williams
Enrolment ~970 (K-12)[1]
Colour(s) Navy Blue, Gold & White             
Website 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.

Contents

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 the Board of Management 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 together from Kindergarten-Grade 4, from Grade 5-Year 8 the two are separate, and in the Year 9, 10 & VCE years there are mixed classes again.[citation needed]

Headmasters

  • Henry Tonkin
  • Charles Thorold
  • Lionel Large
  • Keith Jones
  • Neville Clark
  • Tim Argall
  • Mal Cater (current)

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. The Cadte Unit is run by Vic Evens who organizes and prepares the camps and cadte activities.[citation needed]

Houses

There are 8 houses at Mentone Grammar.

  • Anderson House
  • Deighton House
  • Drinan House
  • Finlay Anderson House
  • Lionel Large House
  • Jones House
  • Were House
  • White House

Sport

The Year 2010 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 area where Mentone have struggled against the traditionally stronger PEGS (Association Football/Soccer), Assumption (Aussie Rules Football) and Camberwell (hockey).[2]

Notable alumni

See also

v · d · eMembers of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria, Australia

References

  1. ^ Australian School Choice- Vic Schools (accessed:14-02-2006)
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Quayle, Emma (30 November 2008). "Persistence pays for new Cat". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/persistence-pays-for-new-cat-20091124-j84g.html. Retrieved 11 January 2010. 

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