Mentone Girls' Grammar School
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Mentone, Victoria Australia 
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| Coordinates | 37°59′22″S 145°3′48″E / 37.98944°S 145.06333°ECoordinates: 37°59′22″S 145°3′48″E / 37.98944°S 145.06333°E |
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| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day school |
| Motto |
Latin: Vero Nihil Verius ("Nothing truer than Truth") |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1899 |
| Chairman | Jesco d'Alquen |
| Principal | Fran Reddan |
| Chaplain | Rev. Phillipa |
| Staff | ~70 |
| Enrolment | ~ 700 (ELC–12) |
| Colour(s) | Murrey, Blue and Gold |
| Website | www.mentonegirls.vic.edu.au |
Mentone Girls' Grammar School is an independent, Anglican day school for girls, located in Mentone, a bayside suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1899 as the Mentone High School for Girls', the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for over 700 students, with girls enrolled in the Early Learning Centre (3 and 4 years of age), Kindergarten to Year 12.
Mentone Girls' Grammar is a member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. The School is an Australian Securities and Investments Commission MoneySmart School and an eSmart School.
In 2014 Mentone Girls' Grammar School became the first school in the world to receive the Certificate of International Education with the Council of International Schools (CIS).
Mentone Girls' Grammar School was established in 1899 as the Mentone High School for Girls, by the four Simpson sisters at "Cobbalanna", in Como Parade, Mentone. "Cobbalanna" is now the name given to the new Senior College. In 1924, the school was re-opened as the Mentone Girls' Grammar School (St. Margaret's) under the leadership of the then Headmistress, Evaline Mary Pearson.
Mentone Girls' Grammar became affiliated with the Church of England in 1962, and subsequently the Bishop's mitre was added to the school crest. Parts of the campus are named after recent headmistresses. For example, the Prudence Lewty hall was named after former headmistress Prudence Lewty.
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