Mentone Grammar School

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.

Mentone Grammar
Address
63 Venice Street

Mentone
,
Victoria
3194

Australia
Coordinates37°59′15″S 145°4′4″E
Information
TypeIndependent, co-educational
MottoLatin: Labore et Honore
(by work and with honour)
DenominationAnglican
Established1923
PrincipalMal Cater
ChaplainMicheal Prabaharan and Andrew Stewart
Enrolment1540 (ELC-12)
Campus size7 hectares (70,000 m2)[1]
Colour(s)Navy blue, gold & white    
Websitewww.mentonegrammar.net

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.

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.[3]

Heads

Headmasters
  • Henry Tonkin
  • Charles Thorold
  • Lionel Large
  • Keith Jones
  • Neville Clark MC, OAM
  • Tim Argall
  • Mal Cater (Current)

Cadet Unit

The Mentone Grammar School Army Cadet Unit (MTGSACU) is an Australian Army Cadets school based unit, founded and operating continuously since 1943. It is part of the 31st Battalion (Melbourne Schools). It once was compulsory in Years 9, 10 and 11, however the emphasis once placed on the cadet unit is no longer fostered. The MTGSACU does not complete the full Recruit Induction Package instead an in-house recruit program and promotion courses are run. This is due to time constraints and frequency of sessions allocated in the school curriculum. Participation remains compulsory for Year 9's. Due to the growth of the school, the Cadet unit (as of 2020) once again has a strength of over 400 Cadets. It Currently has 16 Recruit Platoons, 3 Advanced Platoons and a Headquarters Company. This makes it one of the largest cadet units in Australia. It runs training days through out the year with an annual camp once a year at the Puckapunyal Military Area.

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 sports-master Andrew Hayes, the idea has already led to success in the winter sport teams, an area where Mentone have struggled before.[4]

AGSV premierships

Mentone Grammar has won the following AGSV premierships.[5]

Boys:

  • Athletics (6) - 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1996
  • Cricket (10) - 1965, 1966, 1975, 1984, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2015
  • Golf - 2005
  • Soccer - 1993
  • Squash (2) - 2001, 2002
  • Swimming (36) - 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Table Tennis (4) - 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Tennis (19) - 1961, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2016
  • Volleyball (4) - 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019

Girls:

  • Athletics - 2019
  • Cross Country (3) - 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Swimming (5) - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Touch Football (4) - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Notable alumni

Administration

Business
  • James Riady, Deputy Chairman of the Lippo Group
  • David Flavell, international lawyer Deputy General Counsel, PepsiCo Inc
  • Stuart Ingram, founder Destination HQ

Entertainment

Military

Sport

See also

References
  1. Mentone Grammar Facilities
  2. Kingston Historical Website
  3. Alaress,humans.txt. "Why Mentone Grammar? - Mentone Grammar". mentonegrammar.net. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. "Associated Grammar Schools:". www.agsvsport.com.au. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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