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| 09.12.08 | Bite marks on a pencil | 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…... |
| 11.11.08 | Celebrating Books and Teachers! | 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…... |
| 11.11.08 | International Interest for Maths at Mentone | 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…... |
| 27.10.08 | A spring in their step | 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…... |
| 08.10.08 | Glückwünsche! Felicitations! Congratulations! Language program delivering exceptional results! | 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,…... |
| 06.10.08 | Readers on show in the Readers' Cup | 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…... |
| 10.09.08 | Mentone Girls chosen for Monash Chemistry Challenge | 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…... |
| 10.09.08 | The Power of Music | 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…... |
| 10.09.08 | Olympic champions in the making! | 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;…... |
| 10.09.08 | Some quality time with dad | 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…... |
| 10.09.08 | Mentone Girls Maths Masters | 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…... |
| 08.09.08 | Celebrating our Hard Working Teachers | 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…... |
| 25.08.08 | Mentone Girls win gold at Schoolaerobics National Championships | 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…... |
| 20.08.08 | Soul Circle - life and the after life | "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…... |
| 18.08.08 | Pretty in Print! | 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…... |
| 05.08.08 | Going for Gold! | 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. ... |
| 05.06.08 | Mentone Girls State Champions! | 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.... |
| 26.05.08 | Mentone Girls win PESA Regional Final! | Year 10 student, Judy Chow, has won the Regional final of the VCAA Plain English Speaking Award.... |
| 07.05.08 | Mentone Girls dominate at Schoolaerobics | Over 80 students from Mentone Girls' Grammar School participated in the recent SchoolAerobics Preliminary Competition held at Kingston City Hall on the weekend.... |
| 18.03.08 | From inspiration to invention! | Year 5 students become 'Mad Inventors' as they study how technology has change the world.... |
| 06.03.08 | Mentone Girls' Schools Unite | Students from Mentone Girls' Grammar School, Mentone Girls' Secondary College and Kilbreda College united as one to celebrate International Women's Day.... |
| 28.02.08 | Iron Chef Mentone! | Read more about our Year 9 Iron Chef Mentone!... |
| 28.02.08 | Top Class Dance for Top Class VCE student | Class of 2007 student, Georgia Hicks, has been selected for the Top Class Dance 2008. ... |
| 28.02.08 | Mentone girls heads to Aust Business Week | Year 12 student, Lizzie King, has successfully gained a place in Deakin University's prestigious Australian Business Week 2008 program.... |
| 17.12.07 | VCE SUCCESS! | Mentone Girls stand out with VCE success in 2007.... |
| 05.12.07 | Marvellous Mosaic | The Junior School unveiled a stunning new mosaic entrance created by the students.... |
| 29.11.07 | Mentone Girls Take the Lead | Student leaders from Mentone girls' schools meet for a Leadership Conference.... |
| 29.11.07 | Mentone Winners | Mentone Girls blitz the field on the cricket pitch and remain undefeated on the golf course!... |
| 15.11.07 | Baths, Boats and Boxes | Kingston Mayor, Cr Topsy Petchey, officially opened the Baths, Boats and Boxes exhibition at Mentone Girls' Grammar School's Gallery 11 on Thursday night.... |
| 08.10.07 | Mentone Girl wins Roy Ward Scholarship | Year 11 student wins the Mordialloc Community Centre Roy Ward Scholarship for her outstanding achievements.... |
| 22.08.07 | Tournament of Minds WIN | Years 5 & 6 win Tournament of Minds competiition (Languages & Literature). Click below to read more.... |
| 19.07.07 | We Won! | 5/6 Choir Wins Mordialloc Choral Eisteddfod... |
| 04.06.07 | Women in Engineering | MENTONE GIRLS STAND OUT IN ENGINEERING. Click below to read more... ... |
| 30.05.06 | Middle Years' Performance | A Midsummer Night's Dream. Click below for more.... |

