About
Since 1899, generations of students, staff and parents have been proud to be part of this vibrant, caring and highly successful learning community.
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Enrolments
We accept girls of all talents and abilities and pride ourselves on being culturally diverse, welcoming students of all faiths and cultures from Australia and beyond.
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Curriculum
We understand how girls think, learn and interact. Our curriculum is designed for girls at each age and stage, to support the best learning outcomes.
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Campus
With a spectacular beachfront location, our campus has many features that create a dynamic teaching and learning environment.
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Employment
Enjoy being surrounded by delightful, highly motivated students, together with some of the brightest, friendliest, hardest working colleagues anywhere.
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Parents
Parents play a vital role in the School. Together, our shared interests, goals, experiences and values enable us to achieve the best for our students.
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Old Girls
Once a Mentone Girl... always a Mentone Girl. Our alumnae are essential to the life blood of our community and important role models for future generations.
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Remy W.
Remy W. has joined an elite group of VCE students selected to exhibit their artwork at the prestigious Top Arts 2013 Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). The annual Top Arts Exhibition highlights the NGV's strong commitment and support...
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Bronte S.
Bronte started Scottish dancing at the age of five as a surprise for her Scottish great grandmother. From there, she climbed up the sections from Primary to Beginners, Novice, Intermediate, and at the age of nine, into Premier which then allowed her to compete...
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Caitlin C.
Caitlin C. has been making her mark on the musical world. In 2012 she was selected for the Australian Girls Choir International Tour. The rigorous audition process involved singing, choreography and speaking. Following a three-day Music School in Melbourne,...
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Ella H. & Maddisyn D.
Music has always been an important part of the culture at Mentone Girls’ Grammar School. There are many opportunities for our students to perform and excel. It is particularly exciting when we see individual students externally acknowledged for their...
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Kai K.
Kai K. has become a remarkable young woman indeed. In 2012 she was the first ever Mentone Girl to be awarded a very prestigious SAGSE (Scholarships for Australian-German Student Exchange) scholarship. She was one of just 16 students awarded scholarships at...
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Lauren G.
In 2012, Lauren G. received the Boot Camp Navy Teamwork Award. Lauren was selected for the award based on her efforts during four days of rigorous training. Lauren was said to have displayed leadership and teamwork in her efforts to assist other team members...
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Lisa Z.
Lisa Z. is a dynamo when it comes to all things gaming. In 2012, she joined a small number of students hand-picked for the prestigious ACMI Hothouse program where she worked with four other students to create the video game, Springshot Robot. The annual Hothouse...
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Lucy Christopher
“Be brave and don’t go with the crowd.” In Year 8, Lucy Christopher sat listening to guest speaker and award winning teen author, John Marsden, completely unaware this would become a pivotal moment in her own life. Soon she would become pen...
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Amy Baker
“It’s so easy to forget the hundreds and thousands of families in need if you don’t ever see them or hear about them.” Amy Baker was preparing for a job interview with the Salvation Army and the more she researched, the more she knew...
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Erin Johanson
"Be yourself. It’s ok and your unique personality will be an asset when you need it most." Erin Johanson is living a fantasy life that she never dreamed of and this Mentone Old Girl is living proof that "quirky is cool". From a love...
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Jacqueline Killian
“Sometimes big goals can seem unachievable but by focusing on the smaller steps in between you can keep your motivation up – you may even find it’s the little things that make you the proudest and excite you the most.” Jacqueline Killian...
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Jane Chidgey
“We were well regarded in the cheetah community in South Africa which we spent many years trying to protect.” Old Girl, Jane Chidgey, has led a fascinating life living in South Africa for many years where she successfully ran a Wildlife Reserve...
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Keren McFie
"I had no idea what Engineering was!" Keren McFie (Horton) has seen some unusual things – she’s worked on a New Zealand naval frigate, a gas platform off Karratha and an oil rig in the Timor Sea. But for this remarkable woman, nothing...
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Kylie Ladd
“Success is just as much about determination and perseverance as it is about talent – there are many routes to get there.” Kylie Ladd (Fowler) has a hugely rewarding professional double life – she’s a Neuropsychologist and a published...
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Kylie Matulick
“I do think that creative people see our work and get a lot of inspiration from it... so we have definitely contributed to the global creative community.” A friend once urged Kylie Matulick to “...dream big and if it doesn’t scare the...
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Lisa Xu
"My Mentone Girls’ Grammar School friends are the siblings I never had. We are all so different yet very like-minded people all chasing our dream jobs and having a lot of fun along the way." It takes a remarkable woman to combine nuclear medicine...
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Liz Tosh
“There is a massive world of opportunity out there. It’s a matter of finding out what difference you want to make and go out there and make it!” At just 19 years old, Liz Tosh was spending her life running, swimming, cycling and pushing her...
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Marion Weir
Prominent Mentone identity, Eugenie Marion Weir (Marion) was farewelled by family and friends in August 2011 at St James Anglican Church, Mt Eliza, at the ripe old age of 100. Marion Weir (nee Downe) was a former Mayoress of Mordialloc and much loved mother...
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Megan Douglas
“Keep your eyes open and take every opportunity as it comes... you never know where it could lead.” “Okay, I was a spy,” laughs Megan Douglas when pushed for details on her work with the Defence Signals Directorate – a national...
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Michelle Waters
“To really live an authentic and harmonious life, you need to know and be aligned with your core values.” Long before the phrases like ‘family friendly’ and ‘work-life balance’ became part of our vocabulary, Michelle Waters...
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Reena Ghalani
"I work in an organisation that seeks human rights, justice and peace. This is the world I want my children to live and believe in." For Reena Ghalani, helping build a better world is more than just a desirable ideal – it’s her job. This...
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Sarah Arachichi
“Every tree is beautiful in its own different way. Value your individuality and the different seeds you have within yourself.” Dreams do come true and Sarah Arachchi is living proof. At just 25, this remarkable Old Girl is a doctor at Melbourne’s...
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Shelley Matulick
“Being a witness to dire social injustice and extreme poverty was definitely a driving force.” Shelley Matulick was travelling around the world with a knapsack on her back, experiencing life in foreign cultures when she realised two important things....
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Tracy Ford
"Success does not come overnight. Initiative, drive and hard work are required for progression." She is inspired by beauty, has objects of international envy at her fingertips, business travel and a much sought after career with Italian style icon,...
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Zoe Badwi
“I just can’t believe that I can get up on stage and sing a song that I’ve written and there’s 40,000 people shouting the words right back at me. It is the most incredible feeling.” If loving what you’re doing is the mark...
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Ms Nicole Hardman
“I love the hugs, cards and letters that the children write (once they can write) … I keep them because I don’t have the heart to throw them out.” - Nicole Hardman. It’s the morning greetings with big smiling faces and the goodbye...
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Mr Michael Lawrence
"I have a good understanding of the commitment, dedication, sweat and perseverance required to reach the top in any sport." Michael Lawrence has coached students who became Olympians, competed in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, played football for...
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Mrs Angela Wiseman
"The modeling of leadership contributes to the development of strong minded, thinking, young women who will go on to make positive contributions to our society." Angela Wiseman points to a framed photo hanging in her office of beaming Mentone girls...
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Mrs Catherine Freney
“The girls are so lovely and I am in awe of how hard they work.” From the fresh and inviting surrounds of the new Global Learning Centre (GLC), Catherine Freney, Head of Years 9 & 10, happily chats about why it’s such an exciting time...
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Mrs Fiona Shepherd
"I love these little ladies," says Fiona Shepherd with a smile, "I really do". "Pre schoolers may look small and cute but they are as smart and capable as any adult," declares Fiona Shepherd. And after 10 years of working with...
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Mrs Helen Silvester
"Science is cool," says Helen Silvester, "I get to blow things up!" As a teenager country girl, Helen used to ride her motorbike to the bus stop each morning and, as the eldest of five girls, was her father’s token boy on the farm....
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Ms Maria Spaziani
“Our girls do so well in Mathematics because they are confident and confidence is everything.” “It never occurs to our girls that they shouldn’t do well in Maths,” says Maria Spaziani “that’s why so many of them do...
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School Profiles
