Mentone Grammar School
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Mentone Grammar crest. Source: www.mentonegrammar.net/ (Mentone website)
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63 Venice Street Mentone, Victoria 3194 Australia |
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Type | Independent, Co-educational |
Denomination | Anglican |
Established | 1923 |
Principal | Mal Cater |
Chaplain | Rev Micheal Prabaharan and Rev Andrew Stewart |
Enrolment | 1,197 (K-12) |
Campus size | 7 hectares (70,000 m2)[1] |
Colour(s) | Navy Blue, Gold & White |
Website | www.mentonegrammar.net |
Mentone Grammar (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.
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History
Mentone Grammar School was founded in 1923 by a group of Anglicans who had a high profile in the town, supported by the Mentone vicar.[2] Mentone Grammar remained a boys only school until 2006 when the school decided to accept female students. 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 in coeducational classes from Kindergarten to Year 4, from Year 5-9 the two are separate, and in Year 10, 11 and 12 students are in co-educational (mixed gender) classes again. All year levels are coeducational, except the middle years 5-9, when students learn in single gender classes.
Heads
Headmasters
- Henry Tonkin
- Charles Thorold
- Lionel Large
- Keith Jones
- Neville Clark MC, OAM
- Tim Argall
- Toni Pepperoni
- 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 in Year 9 and it being offered optionally in years 10, 11 and 12. 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.
Houses
There are eight 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 the past sportsmaster Andrew Hayes, the idea has already led to success in the winter sport teams, an area where Mentone have struggled before.[3]
Notable alumni
Administration
- Tim Brailsford, Vice-Cancellor and President of Bond University
- Sir Robert Gillman Allen Jackson AC, KCVO, CMG, OBE, OWL, former United Nations administrator
Business
- James Riady, Deputy Chairman of the Lippo Group
Entertainment
- Lee Cormie, Australian Actor
- Jared Daperis, actor
- Daniel Daperis, actor
- Bill Granger, restaurateur and food writer
- Russell Hitchcock, lead singer of soft rock duo Air Supply
- Mal Walden, co-anchor of Melbourne's Channel 10 News at 5
Military
- Major General Derek Deighton AO, MBE
Sport
- Mitchell Brown - Geelong Football Club player
- Gary Colling, former Australian rules football player for St. Kilda Football Club
- Leigh Fisher, St. Kilda Football Club player
- Andrew Ilie, former Australian tennis player
- Craig Mottram, world champion middle/long distance athlete
- Rod Owen, former Melbourne Football Club, Brisbane Bears Football Club and St. Kilda Football Club footballer
- Peter Russo, former Hawthorn Football Club player
- Simon Storey, soccer player for Melbourne Victory
- Shane Warne, former Australian cricketer
- Dav Whatmore, former Australian cricketer
- John Peers, Australian Doubles Tennis player
See also
References
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing Latin-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2007
- Articles with unsourced statements from January 2008
- Use dmy dates from September 2010
- Anglican schools in Australia
- Private schools in Victoria (Australia)
- Schools in Melbourne
- High schools in Victoria (Australia)
- Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria
- Educational institutions established in 1923
- Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
- Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools
- 1923 establishments in Australia