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What a day! The recent Schoolaerobics Spring Challenge held at the Camberwell Centre was a day of great success for our Aerobics girls. Out of the 15 Mentone teams who competed, every team finished in the top 10, and 14……
Kylie Matulick from the Class of 1988, together with partner Todd Muller, joint art directors at multimedia design agency PSYOP, recently received an Emmy for "most outstanding TV Commercial" in the USA market for 2009 for their imaginative and visually……
On Monday 19 October Mentone Girls' Grammar School said "Vale" and "Good luck" to the Class of 2009 in the School's traditional Valedictory day celebrations. For a School celebrating its 110th Anniversary, the traditions that have passed down from generation……
Year 10 student Shirley Chen was selected as a State and Territory Finalist in the recent ‘Doodle 4 Google My Wish for Australia' competition. Over 2,500 schools from across the country submitted drawings with their interpretation of ‘My Wish for Australia' drawn……
Liz Tosh, from the Class of 2008, is just 19 years old, but is already making her mark as a champion. She recently represented Australia for the first time in the Triathlon World Championships - finishing an incredible 13th in……
We were told to "Expect the Unexpected" at the recent BIG ART Festival, and unexpected is what we got! From the giant octopus in the Willow Courtyard, floating artwork and dramatic sculptures, to the seven "hidden" mice, the incredible Music and Drama performances,……
The Big Night Out gala dinner and dance held at the Brighton International on 29 August was the last of our major community events to celebrate our 110th Anniversary. Over 240 parents, staff, Old Girls and friends attended the dazzling……
We were recently very pleased to welcome Air Commodore Margaret Staib, AM, CSC, Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), together with Old Girl ('05) and ADFA graduate Jacqueline Killian, who both gave inspiring presentations to students in Years 11……
Our phenomenal success in Schoolaerobics continued last weekend when 6 of our teams competed in the Schoolaerobics National Championships, held in Adelaide. Five of our teams finished in the top 3 with the other placing in the top 10! These are……
Two remarkable Mentone girls received Premier's VCE Awards for outstanding VCE results in 2008. Jennifer Frees received a Premier's VCE Award for Multimedia and Gayatri Tennakoon received an Award for English, at a special ceremony on Tuesday 21 July at the……
There is certainly an exciting buzz around the School with a number of recent successes in speech and drama, dance and aerobics. In the recent Eisteddfod by the Bay, Steph Kinnear (Year 7) won first place and sister Katie (Year 5) won……
Year 10 student, Megan Shellie is one of 20 secondary school students who are able to kick-start their ICT careers, having won invaluable industry placements with some of Australia's largest ICT companies. The ICT Achievers Program is a joint initiative between……
As part of the Diocese of Melbourne's outreach for 2009, a special ‘Fresh Connections Prayer Candle' is travelling to all parishes and Anglican schools. The candle was here at Mentone Girls' Grammar School on Thursday 4 June, housed in the……
Mentone Old Girl Rebecca Barber, has been accepted into the Dean's Scholars Program in the Faculty of Business and Law at Deakin University. After deferring for a year to work and travel, Rebecca, who completed VCE in 2007, commenced her Bachelor……
As current National Schoolaerobics Champions, it is fantastic to see our Mentone Girls continue to dominate the Schoolaerobics competition. We produced our best ever result at the recent 2009 State Qualifying Finals with 13 out of our 14 teams entered……
Latest news from the Department of Human Services (DHS) on the Swine Flu situation in Victoria.…
Mr Pat Kenny has received special recognition from the Mentone Girls' Grammar School community for his inspirational contribution to teaching through NEiTA's (National Excellence in Teaching Awards) teaching awards program. Pat's nomination is among the first of those received for……
The wintry Melbourne weather could not dampen the spirit and enthusiasm of players at the annual Old Girls' Sports Day held on 9 May.It was wonderful to see so many Old Girls participate in the netball and badminton games against……
2009 is a very special year for Mentone Girls' Grammar School as we celebrate 110 years of educating remarkable women. The School recently celebrated ‘Founders' Day' with a beautiful, moving church service at St Andrew's in Brighton followed by a……
With the beach on our doorstep, Mentone Girls' Grammar School is intrinsically linked with Melbourne's bayside way of life and it is wonderful to see so many of our ‘water babies' achieve such tremendous success in a range of water-based……
What better way to bring two communities together than with a basketball game followed by a good old fashioned BBQ! On the 2 April, we held our second annual Social Inclusion Project basketball match involving a number of our Mentone……
Despite the ‘spooky' date, Friday 13 March turned out to be a perfect day for the Mentone Girls' Grammar School FabFUNFair. The School Oval was a sea of happy faces enjoying the many amazing rides including the hair-raising Zipper, ‘flying' Hurricane,……
Congratulations to Rosemary Appleby (Year 12) who was recently awarded a Monash Prize as the Dux of Year 11 in 2008. The Prize includes a certificate from Monash University, a scholarship to undertake Enhancement Studies at Monash and a cheque……
With a shared passion for both the community and the colour red, Mentone Girls' Grammar School and Hocking Stuart have a Community Connection that was meant to be. The Hocking Stuart BSM Community Connection partnership with Mentone Girls' Grammar School has……
International Women's Day (IWD) has been a special week-long event on the Mentone Girls' Grammar School calendar for many years, and 2009 was no exception. With a range of activities held from 2-6 March, in the lead up to IWD……
Year 12 student Natasha Hoegerl is a true local hero, having recently saved the life of a young woman on Bond Beach. Natasha and a group of friends were having fun during the summer holidays, when things turned ugly in the……
Alex Woods certainly has something to celebrate with a composition chosen as one of the best pieces composed in Victoria in 2008. Alex, who completed her VCE last year at Mentone Girls' Grammar School wrote the composition as part of the Music Styles……
Mentone Girls have once again performed at the highest level achieving a 100% pass rate in the 2008 VCE exams. Strong academic performance has earned Mentone Girls' Grammar School its reputation as one of Melbourne's leading schools. Every year our students……
This is the inspiring title of the 2008 Year 7 Writers' Group creative writing album. This wonderful anthology features a diverse collection of works produced by eight talented students Kai Kurashige, Maddi Lewis, Alyssa Nguyen, Katie Peterson, Emily So, Ellen……
Mentone Girls' Grammar recently played host to two distinguished Mathematics experts from the Curriculum Development Institute in Hong Kong. Organised by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), our special guests came to Australia to learn more about how we……
Joan van Loon, Mentone Girls' Grammar School's own ELC-Year 6 Library teacher and celebrated children's author has teamed up once again with illustrator Chantal Stewart for the fourth time with their new picture book, Teaching the Teacher, a delightful, humorous……
Once again our Mentone Girls have achieved some phenomenal results in Aerobics competition. At the recent Spring Challenge, the School submitted 13 teams, our largest number ever! All of the girls performed outstandingly, with many performing in more than one……
The School is committed to delivering curriculum programs that maximise the learning potential of each student. The teaching of Languages other than English (LOTE) is one of these important programs. By offering Japanese, German and French programs (New Greek program,……
Congratulations to ‘The Bumble Books', Year 5 and 6 students, Stephanie Kinnear, Yasmin Shvarts, Jia-Yi Ong and Isabella Shaw who came first in the Mentone Girls Grammar Readers' Cup. Special mention must also go to ‘The Book-tongue Lizards,' who were……
Who says girls are not interested in Maths... not us! Mentone Girls have performed exceptionally well at the 2008 Australian Maths Competition (AMC), held by the Australian Mathematics Trust. A record number of schools from around Australia and countries in……
Amidst an array of footy colours, we had over 200 guests at a wonderful Father and Daughters breakfast for Years 5 - 8 in the School's Bay Café. Special guest speakers were Cameron McDonald and his lovely daughter, Cassie who……
Congratulations to Andy Piotrowski who won 1st place in the Year 10 Discuss competion at the Girls Sport Victoria (GSV) Finals held at Olympic Park on Tuesday 9 September.A special mention must also go to Jess Smith, Year 9 Triple Jump;……
The 'Performing Strings' had a very busy day on Thursday 4 September. Firstly they delivered a stellar performance at the Latrobe Valley Eisteddfod winning second prize in the Secondary School Instrumental section. They were then met by a bus, guide……
Year 11 students Casey Blundell and Hannah Garvey have been chosen to represent Mentone Girls' Grammar School at the forthcoming Monash University, Victorian College of Pharmacy Chemistry Challenge, which provides an excellent opportunity for students to further their knowledge and……
Congratulations to maths and science teacher Helen Silvester, who was presented with a Hardest Working Award at the recent Hocking Stuart Community Awards.As co-ordinator of the Year 9 challenge program and the Duke of Edinburgh Award at Mentone Girls' Grammar, Helen has……
Aerobics team ‘Hot Rockers' won 1st place in the Secondary Dance Theatrical Junior category with sister team the ‘Shooting Stars' scoring a fantastic 4th place in the Junior Aerobics category. The Schoolaerobics National Championships were held at the Dallas Brookes Hall in Melbourne……
"Tremendous", "thought-provoking", "inspired performance"... just some of the comments made by audiences at the 2008 senior production, Soul Circle held from 21-23 August. Students from Mentone Girls' Grammar School, St Bede's College and St James College performed superbly in this non-naturalistic look at……
Congratulations to Year 5 student Emily Cork whose impressive literary work was recently published in the Oz Kidz In Print magazine. Each month submissions are sent from many schools across Australia but only a few works are chosen to be……
Congratulations to Cassie McDonald, Meg Brydon, Stephanie Groube and Melanie McLeod who were presented with their Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards at Parliament House today by Parliamentary Secretary Mr Steve Herbert MP. …
The success of our Aerobics squads continued on weekend with two teams being crowned State champions at the Schoolaerobics State Championships held at the Camberwell Centre.…
Year 10 student, Judy Chow, has won the Regional final of the VCAA Plain English Speaking Award.…
Over 80 students from Mentone Girls' Grammar School participated in the recent SchoolAerobics Preliminary Competition held at Kingston City Hall on the weekend.…
Year 5 students become 'Mad Inventors' as they study how technology has change the world.…
Students from Mentone Girls' Grammar School, Mentone Girls' Secondary College and Kilbreda College united as one to celebrate International Women's Day.…
Year 12 student, Lizzie King, has successfully gained a place in Deakin University's prestigious Australian Business Week 2008 program.…
Class of 2007 student, Georgia Hicks, has been selected for the Top Class Dance 2008. …
Read more about our Year 9 Iron Chef Mentone!…
Mentone Girls stand out with VCE success in 2007.…
The Junior School unveiled a stunning new mosaic entrance created by the students.…
Mentone Girls blitz the field on the cricket pitch and remain undefeated on the golf course!…
Student leaders from Mentone girls' schools meet for a Leadership Conference.…
Kingston Mayor, Cr Topsy Petchey, officially opened the Baths, Boats and Boxes exhibition at Mentone Girls' Grammar School's Gallery 11 on Thursday night.…
Year 11 student wins the Mordialloc Community Centre Roy Ward Scholarship for her outstanding achievements.…
Years 5 & 6 win Tournament of Minds competiition (Languages & Literature). Click below to read more.…
5/6 Choir Wins Mordialloc Choral Eisteddfod…
MENTONE GIRLS STAND OUT IN ENGINEERING. Click below to read more... …
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Click below for more.…
