Pascoe Vale Girls' College

Infobox Aust school
name = Pascoe Vale Girls' College


motto = "Virtue Kindles Strength"
established = 1956
type = Public, Single-sex, High school
principal = Miss Helen Jackson
captains =
city = Pascoe Vale
state = Victoria
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|37|43|5|S|144|56|5|E|display=inline,title
campus = Suburban
enrolment = ~1,400 (7-12) [http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/arts/publications/AIS2004/PascoeValeGirls.htm Arts Victoria- Pascoe Vale Girls' Secondary College] (accessed:20-05-2007)]
colours = Silver, Blue & Green color box|#C0C0C0color box|#000080color box|#008000
homepage = [http://www.pvgsc.vic.edu.au/ www.pvgsc.vic.edu.au] Pascoe Vale Girls' College is a public, girls' high school located in Pascoe Vale, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It offers schooling for approximately 1400 students from years 7 to 12.

History

Pascoe Vale Girls School opened in 1956 with an enrolment of 115 girls. Until the completion of the first section of building, classes were conducted in the Holy Trinity Parish Hall in Pleasant Street, and the Central Progress Association Hall in Park Street. Miss K.D Meldrum was appointed as the first Head Mistress. Classes were conducted in the buildings on the permanent site in Lake Avenue in February 1957. By this time the school enrolment had risen to 500 students. The second and third sections of the main school were completed and occupied by 1962. A foundation ceremony was held, at which the Director of Education, Mr. A. McDonell, unveiled a plaque to commemorate the completion of the main building.

In 1963 Miss E.D Daniel was appointed Head Mistress. Miss Daniel strove to raise the status of girls and women and to forge attitudes for girls to reach their academic potential and seek professional and leadership roles in the community.

Pascoe Vale Girls lost its "Girls Domestic School" stigma and became a High School in 1966. In 1968, the E.D Daniel Assembly Hall was officially opened, and enrolements continued to increase, despite the fact that there was no sixth form and the most talented students had to transfer to other schools to continue their final year of education.

In 1975 Mr E. De Motte was appointed Principal.

A Commonwealth Science block was added to the site and the George O'Brien Oval was named after the School Council President who had served the school for 18 years. The student population grew to 825 and the E.D Motte Library was built.

The current principal, Miss Helen Jackson took over in 1987. In 1991, Pascoe Vale Girls became a Secondary College.

1995 heralded a new era when, under the Schools of the Future program, Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College officially became a self-managing one and in 2002 was renamed Pascoe Vale Girls College. With a population of 1,400 girls, the college attracts students from a wide geographical area and from diverse cultural backgrounds.

House System

The school is divided into five different houses:

* Kenny (White)
* Bates (Green)
* Chisolm (Blue)
* Duff (Red)
* Freeman (Purple)

Co-curricular activities

The college boasts a variety of different co-curricular activities:

Cultural and Artistic

Instrumental music and performance, Cultural exchange with Toyoto-Higashi Senior Girls High School, Art Displays, Drama performances and production, Rock Eisteddfod, Rotary student exchange, International student exchange programs

porting and Leisure

*House sports (athletics and swimming),
*Interschool activities (Team sports, athletics and swimming), *Lunchtime activities (basketball, netball, volleyball, hockey, cricket, soccer, football, tennis),
*After school activities (gym club, Panthers Netball Club, Volleyball Club)

Education Enhancement

National Science summer school program, Japanese student exchange, Westpac Maths competition, Faculty based enrichment programs, Excursions, Interschool debating, Plain English speaking Award, Rostrum Public speaking, National Capital seminar, United Nations Youth Conference seminars, Essay competitions.

References

ee also

*List of schools in Victoria
*Victorian Certificate of Education
*Head of the River (Victoria)

External links

* [http://www.pvgsc.vic.edu.au/ Pascoe Vale Girls' Secondary College website]