Lauriston Girls' School
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Armadale, Victoria Australia 
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| Coordinates | 37°51′6″S 145°1′32″E / 37.85167°S 145.02556°ECoordinates: 37°51′6″S 145°1′32″E / 37.85167°S 145.02556°E |
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| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day school |
| Motto |
Latin: Sancte Sapienter Strenue ("Holiness, Wisdom, Strength") |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Established | 1901 |
| Chairman | Elspeth Arnold |
| Principal | Ms Susan Just |
| Staff | ~145 |
| Enrolment | ~1,040 (P-12) |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and White |
| Slogan | "A school for life" |
| Website | www.lauriston.vic.edu.au |
Lauriston Girls' School is an independent, non-denominational, day school for girls, located in Armadale, an inner south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1901, Lauriston has a non-selective enrolment policy and is co-educational for three-year-old and four-year-old Kindergarten, and girls-only from Prep through to Year 12. The school currently caters for approximately 1040 students and offers the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and is also one of the few Victorian schools that offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) for the Year 11/12 students.
Lauriston is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV).
Lauriston's main campus is located in Armadale, seven kilometres from the Melbourne CBD. The Armadale campus is architecturally interesting as it comprises not only classic Victorian buildings (such as Montrose in the primary school area), but also newer buildings such as a science and technology center constructed from energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly materials. Years kindergarten through 12, excluding year 9, are educated at the Armadale campus.
The school has a rural campus for its year 9 students, known as 'Howqua', near the town of Mansfield in the Victorian high country. Attendance is compulsory for all year 9 students, with the girls spending the whole school year on the campus as full-time boarders. It is similar to Timbertop, run by Geelong Grammar School, but students generally take part in a wider range of outdoor activities. Students at Howqua participate in activities such as downhill and cross-country skiing, horse riding, solo camping, hiking, rafting, rock climbing and other outdoor recreational activities, culminating the year with a 6-day hike through Victoria's mountainous regions. Students also participate in a community service rotation during the winter term, which involves activities such as building tracks, planting trees, gardening, visiting residential homes, acting as assistant teachers in rural schools, and running their own radio station.
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