Shelford Girls' Grammar

Shelford Girls' Grammar

Infobox Aust school private
name = Shelford Girls' Grammar


motto = "Quaerite Primo Regnum Dei"
(Latin:"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God")
established = 1898
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 Clive Wansbourough (Chaplain)
fees =
city = Caulfield
state = Victoria
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|37|52|39|S|145|0|41|E|display=inline,title
enrolment = ~550 (P-12)cite web |url=http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/schools_vic/find_a_school?cid=12222&pid=1865510 |title=Scotch College & Shelford Girls' Grammar |accessdate=2007-02-14 |work=School Choice Victoria ]
num_employ =
revenue =
colours = Navy Blue, Sky Blue & Gold color box|#000080color box|#ADD8E6color box|#FFD700
homepage = [http://www.shelford.vic.edu.au/ 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. [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20923874-2862,00.html Herald Sun 14/12/06- Girls take VCE honours] (accessed:12-06-2007)]

Shelford is a member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV), [http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au/profile/member.html Girls Sport Victoria: Member Schools] (accessed:27-07-2007)] and the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA).

New initiatives

Shelford will be opening a year 10 centre for excellence in 2008 in St Kilda.

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)cite book| last = Lofthouse| first = Andrea| title = Who's Who of Australian Women 1982| year = 1982| publisher = Methuen Australia| location = North Ryde, NSW| isbn = 0-454-00427-0| pages = p.128]
*Mary Emma Goldsmith Meares MBE - Welfare worker; Awarded King George V's silver jubilee (1935) and King George VI's coronation (1937) medals [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150405b.htm?hilite=Shelford Australian Dictionary of Biography:Meares, Mary Emma Goldsmith (1889 - 1964)] (accessed:27-07-2007)]
*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 RMITcite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = ROBINSON Robyn Christine| accessdate = 2007-09-29| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]

References

See also

* List of schools in Victoria
* Victorian Certificate of Education
*List of schools in Victoria, Australia according to 2006 VCE results

External links

* [http://www.shelford.vic.edu.au/ Shelford Girls' Grammar Website]
* [http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au Girls Sport Victoria]


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