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Canberra Girls' Grammar School
Canberra Girls' Grammar School crest. Source: www.cggs.act.edu.au (CGGS website)
Iuventuti Nil Arduum
(Latin:"To the young nothing is difficult")[1]
Established 1926[2]
School Type Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding
Denomination Anglican
Slogan "A future built on opportunities"
Key People Miss. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local Government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges gifts and Single-sex education ( SSE) is the practice of conducting Education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings A day school is - as opposed to a Boarding school - an Institution where Children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania (renamed Susan Just (Principal)
Mr. David W. Holmesby (Chairman)
Rev. Paul Harris (Chaplain)
School Fees AU$9,610–15,175 p. a (Day)
AU$32,415–33,725 p. a (Boarding)[3]
Location Deakin, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Flag of Australia
Coordinates 35°18′59″S 149°6′53″E / -35.31639, 149.11472Coordinates: 35°18′59″S 149°6′53″E / -35.31639, 149.11472
Enrolment ~1,450 (ELC–12)[4]
Employees ~205[5]
Revenue $23,830,611 (2006)[5]
Colours Red, Green, Navy Blue and White                 
Homepage www.cggs.act.edu.au

Canberra Girls' Grammar School (C. Deakin ( postcode: 2600 is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. } The Australian Capital Territory (ACT is the Capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing internal territory For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. G. G. S) is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for girls, located in Deakin, a suburb of Canberra, the capital of Australia. An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local Government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges gifts and The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania (renamed A day school is - as opposed to a Boarding school - an Institution where Children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers Deakin ( postcode: 2600 is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Established in 1926[2] as St Gabriel's School, by the Church of England[2] religious order, the Community of the Sisters of the Church,[5] Canberra Girls' Grammar is the oldest private day and boarding school in Canberra. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican The Community of the Sister of the Church is a religious order of women in various Anglican provinces who live the vowed life of Poverty, Chastity and A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils" [6] It has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,450 students, with co-education from Pre-school to Year 2, and girls only from Years 3 to Year 12. Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities Boarding facilities are available on the Senior Campus for up to 90 students in Years 7 to 12. [4]

Canberra Girls' Grammar is affiliated with the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[7] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[8] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[9] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS). The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS is an association for private girls' schools based in North Ryde, a Lower North [10]

Contents

History

St Gabriel's School was established with nine students in 1926, as a day and boarding school for girls, by the Church of England[2] religious order, the Community of the Sisters of the Church[5] (the Kilburn Sisters). The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican The Community of the Sister of the Church is a religious order of women in various Anglican provinces who live the vowed life of Poverty, Chastity and Its purpose was to cater for the small but growing community in what was designated as the new Federal capital. [2]

St Gabriel's School, 1928
St Gabriel's School, 1928

From 1926 to early 1928, the Old Rectory of St John the Baptist Church, Reid, was leased from the Government by the Kilburn Sisters. Depending on denomination, local custom and the status of the minister the Building inhabited (or formerly inhabited by the leader of a local Christian church can St John the Baptist Church in Reid, is the oldest church in Canberra, Australia The rectory was known as Glebe House, and was close to the city. See also Glebe Park Brechin Glebe Park is a public park on the eastern side of Civic, Canberra. In May of 1927, the day before the opeming of Parliament House, the foundation stone of the current site on Melbourne Avenue at Deakin, was laid by Dr Radford, Bishop of the then Diocese of Goulburn. Old Parliament House, formerly known as the Provisional Parliament House, was the seat of the Parliament of Australia from 1927 to 1988 Goulburn is a provincial City in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council. The school officially moved into its new site in 1928. In 1933, the school was renamed Canberra Church of England Girls' Grammar School (CCEGGS). [2]

CCEGGS was nearly closed down during the Great Depression, and sold some of its land in order to remain solvent. The Great Depression of the 1930s was an economic catastrophe that severely affected most nations of the world and Australia was not immune A boom period in the 1970s saw the school expand, with the Junior School moving to a new Campus in Grey Street, Deakin, in order to cater for a surge in enrolments. Today the junior school remains on a separate campus within the suburb. [2] In 2001, the school name changed again, this time to its current form Canberra Girls' Grammar School (CGGS).

Principals

Period Details[10]
1934 – 1937 Miss Bessie Tomson Forster
May 1937 – 1947 Miss Una Mitchell May
1947 Acting Principal – Mrs Doris Laity
1947 – 1962 Miss Isabel Masters
1962 – 1965 Miss Mavis Prater June
1966 – 1970 Miss Evelyn Heath
1971 – 1973 Mr Donald V. Selth
1974 – 1979 Mrs Jennifer Shaw
1980 – 1984 Dr Helen Granowski
1984 Acting Principal – Mrs Elizabeth McKay
1985 – 1999 Mrs Elizabeth McKay
2000 – 2004 Mrs Alyson Groom
2003 – 2004 Acting Principal – Mrs Elizabeth Gilbert
2004 Acting Principal – Mrs Jane Pelvin
2005 – Present Miss Susan Just

Campus

CGGS viewed from Red Hill with Lake Burley Griffin in distance
CGGS viewed from Red Hill with Lake Burley Griffin in distance

Canberra Girls' Grammar School is located over two campuses (Primary and Secondary) in the inner Canberra suburb of Deakin,[4] within view of Australia's Parliament House. A campus is traditionally the land on which a College or University and related institutional buildings are situated Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia. [5] Combined, the campuses are 10 hectares (25 acres) in size, and include an indoor heated swimming centre, gymnasiums, sports courts, playing fields, an Aquatic Centre on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, and buildings catering for the performing arts, art and textiles. The word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual Education of young men (see Gymnasium Lake Burley Griffin is an artificial lake in the centre of Canberra, Australia's federal Capital city. [11]

The School's most recent additions include a Music Centre, and adjoining 1,000 seat hall. 2006 saw improvements made to the junior school with the opening of six new classrooms, two music rooms and accompanying practise rooms. [11]

Fees

As with most Australian independent schools, Canberra Girls' Grammar School is not a full fee paying institution, due to it receiving some government funding; full fees only apply to international students, who are not subsidised by any government funding. For non-international students, 2008 fees range from AUD$9,610 to AUD$15,175 per annum, and in excess of AUD$32,000 per annum for boarding students. The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas [3]

CGGS offers scholarships that provide part remission of tuition fees to students. A scholarship is an award of access to an institution or a financial aid award for an individual student scholar for the purpose of furthering their Education There are currently two scholarship programs - the Gabriel Boarding Scholarship and the Vivien Gough Memorial Performing Arts Scholarship. Each year the school awards a limited number of Gabriel Boarding Scholarships, which provide up to 50% remission of boarding fees until the completion of Year 12. The Vivien Gough Memorial Performing Arts Scholarship provides 33% remission of tuition fees, and is awarded on the basis of interview, resume, audition and ability to contribute to Dance, Drama or Music within the School. An interview is a conversation between two or more people (the interviewer and the interviewee where Questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from An audition is a sample performance by an Actor, Singer, Musician, Dancer or other performer Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. [12]

Curriculum

Junior school

The junior school curriculum is based upon the New South Wales Department of Education Board of Studies syllabus, and is differentiated where possible to cater to specific learning needs and interests of students. In formal education a curriculum (plural curricula) is the set of courses and their content offered at a School or University. The Board of Studies is the state government education board in New South Wales, Australia. [13]

Senior school

Students in the senior school (Years 7 to 12) are offered a varied academic curriculum, and are prepared for the ACT Year 10 High School Certificate and the ACT Year 12 Certificate, as mandated by the Department of Education and Board of Senior Secondary Studies respectively. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution [14]

A high percentage of students who graduate with a Year 12 Certificate also obtain a UAI and go on to study at university. Almost all educational institutions in the Australian Capital Territory are located within Canberra. The Universities Admission Index (UAI is used in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, as the primary criterion for In 2007, of the 150 students awarded a Year 12 certificate, 91% were awarded Tertiary Education Statements. Also that year, the median UAI gained by students was 86 compared with the average of students from all across ACT colleges of 79. Students from Canberra Girls' Grammar and Merici College had the second highest median UAI of the ACT colleges (students from Radford College had the highest median with 92). 92% of students from the school who were awarded Tertiary Education Statements in 2007 scored over 65 for their UAI compared with 79% of all ACT students. [15] 11 students were awarded a vocational certificate in 2007 and 4 students were awarded a vocational statement of attainment. [16]

House system

As with most Australian schools, Canberra Girls' Grammar utilises a house system in order to facilitate intra-school activities and competitions, and form the basis of its pastoral care programme. The house system is a traditional feature of British Schools and schools in ex- British colonies, similar to the collegiate system of a University [17] Students in the senior school are divided into six houses:

Notable alumnae

School Prayer

Almighty God
In whom we move and live
And have our being
Make this School as a field
which the Lord has blessed
that whatsoever things are
True, pure, lovely and of good report
May here forever flourish and abound
Preserve in it an unblemished name
enlarge it with wider usefulness
and exalt it in the love
and reverence of all its members
as an instrument of your Glory
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen. [18]

Alumnae of Canberra Girls' Grammar School are known as Old Grammarians and may elect to join the schools alumni association, the Old Grammarian' Association (OGA). An alumni association is an association of graduates ( Alumni) or more broadly of former students The OGA was formed as the Old Girls' Union in 1931 and has a number of branches around Australia and overseas. [19] Some notable Old Grammarians include:

Academic
Entertainment, media and the arts
Politics, public service and the law

References

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See also

External links

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