(Holiness, Wisdom, Strength) , established = 1901 , type = Independent, single-sex,

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, denomination =

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, slogan = A school for life , principal = Susan Just , chairman = Elspeth Arnold , city = Armadale , state =

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, country = Australia , coordinates = , gender = Girls , enrolment = ≈1,040 (P-12). , staff = ≈145Lauriston Girls' School: Lauriston Council Annual Report 2006
(accessed:04-09-2007) , years = ELC–12 , colours = Navy blue and white , affiliation =

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, homepage = Lauriston Girls' School is an independent,

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for girls, located in Armadale, an inner south-eastern suburb of

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, Victoria, Australia. The school follows the motto; Sancte, Sapienter, Strenue. This motto is Latin for Holiness, Wisdom, Strength. Established in 1901, Lauriston has a non-selective enrolment policy and is co-educational for three-year-old and four-year-old

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, and girls-only from Prep through to Year 12. The school currently caters for approximately 1040 students and offers the

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(VCE) and is also one of the few Victorian schools that offer the

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(IB) for the Year 11/12 students. Lauriston is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the

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(JSHAA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and is a founding member of

(GSV).

Campus

Armadale Lauriston's main campus is located in Armadale, seven kilometres from the

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.Lauriston Girls' School: Campus Location
(accessed:04-09-2007) The Armadale campus is architecturally interesting as it comprises not only classic Victorian buildings (such as Montrose and Blairholme in the primary school area), but also newer buildings such as a science and technology centre constructed from energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly materials. A new gymnasium and wellbeing centre is currently under construction. Kindergarten through to Year 12, excluding year 9, are educated at the Armadale campus.

Howqua

Howqua Wu Bingjian (; 17694 September 1843), trading as "Houqua" and better known in the West as "Howqua", was a hong merchant in the Thirteen Factories, head of the '' E-wo hong'' and leader of the Canton Cohong. He was once the richest man in the wor ...

is a rural campus for Lauriston's year 9 students, located near the town of

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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. Students complete a full academic program along with a fitness and challenging outdoor program. Students at Howqua participate in activities such as downhill and cross-country

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, solo

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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 term 2, 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. There are 10 houses, each able to hold between 10 and 12 girls. These houses are Hollyer, Gillespie, Thompson, O'Brien, Fitz-Gibbon, Wirringga, Arthur-Robinson, Cramond, Mirrabooka and Kirkpatrick. Each house has beds, a bathroom, a kitchenette, dining/main area, wardrobe spaces, hike room, drying room and two balconies. The campus also offers a dining hall, a fire shelter, classrooms, Resource centre/library, music rooms, health centre, art centre, dance studio and staff houses. The campus offers a series of running tracks that are used weekly for a sequential fitness program. At the end of each term, a running challenge of 9.4 km is to be run in 1hr, called the Howqua River Road Challenge. It began in 1993 and in 1997 it became compulsory for students to attend the Howqua campus for the duration of a full school year. Originally students stayed at Howqua for 1 semester only, now it is compulsory for them to stay the whole year. Girls return home once a term on exeats (3 to 5 days), and return home again for term holidays throughout the year. The concept of Howqua is to help girls develop emotionally and physically independent of their family in a world without constant technology. Mobile phones are banned from use at Howqua and internet access is highly restricted. The girls at Howqua are issued each with devices used for learning purposes and are only accessible during the school day under teacher supervision. The Howqua program also aims to forge strong relationships between girls and social skills are greatly developed. All-year-round Howqua girls are urged to push themselves to achieve their goals, strengthening their sense of self-determination. The year leads up to many major end-of-year challenges, including a 17.3 km run from Telephone Box Junction on Mt Stirling to the summit of Mt Buller. In the 2006/2007 summer holidays,

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greatly threatened the Howqua Campus. The campus was also very threatened by fires and evacuated for the first time in early 2009.

Curriculum

The Lauriston curriculum is managed within five learning areas, based on the developmental stages of children and adolescents. #Kindergarten: 3 and 4 Year Old #Junior School: Transition Prep to Year 6 #7/8 Centre: Year 7 and 8 #Howqua: Year 9 #Senior College: Year 10, 11 and 12Lauriston Girls' School: Our School
(accessed:04-09-2007) Upon graduation, Lauriston students typically achieve high

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(ATAR) and

(IB) scores. In 2016, 7% of students received an ATAR of 99 or over, 36% achieved 95 or over, and 60% of students received ATAR scores of 90 or over. The school has consistently ranked highly across the state, with a median VCE study score in 2016 of 36.

Co-curriculum

Music

Lauriston's music program caters for students from Prep to year 12 and offers a number of

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and instrumental ensembles, including bands and orchestras. Annually, there are approximately twenty-five performance occasions, including the 'Annual School Concert', which is held at the Melbourne Recital Centre. From Years 3 and 4, a compulsory string orchestra group is formed. Violin, viola, cello, and double bass is assigned to them. Lauriston also stages one musical and one play each year, one for students in years 5 to 8 and another for years 10 to 12. Recent performances include ''Seussical'', ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', ''The Little Mermaid Jr'', and ''Mary Poppins Jr.''

Sport

Lauriston offers over 20 sports, which may be played at both competitive and recreational level. The school is an inaugural member of

(GSV), an association of 24 girls schools throughout Melbourne. Through GSV, students in years 7 to 12 may compete at an inter-school level in

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cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

, cross country,

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, and

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.Lauriston Girls' School: Sport
(accessed:04-09-2007) Lauriston has a successful history in

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. They usually compete in IVs but have occasionally raced a VIII. At the 2010 Head of the Schoolgirls Regatta the Lauriston senior crews won the Div 1 schoolgirl IV, Div 2 schoolgirl IV and Div 3 schoolgirl IV. The first IV were national gold medallists in the Schoolgirl IV in 2010, 2011 and 2013 and won a bronze medal in 2015.

GSV premierships

Lauriston has won the following GSV premierships. * Cricket - 2014 * Hockey - 2007 * Indoor Cricket (2) - 2014, 2015 * Soccer - 2014 * Tennis - 2001 * Water Polo (7) - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013

Notable alumnae

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of Lauriston Girls' School are known as 'Old Lauristonians', and may elect to join the school's

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, the 'Old Lauristonian Association' (OLA).Lauriston Girls' School: OLA – Old Lauristonians' Assoc.
(accessed:04-09-2007) Some notable 'Old Lauristonians' include: *

Hildred Mary Butler Hildred Mary Butler (9 October 1906 – 8 April 1975) was an Australian microbiologist. Life The daughter of Archie Butler, a farmer, and Rose Josephine Hancock, his wife, she was born in Elsternwick, Melbourne and was educated at Lauriston Girls ...

– microbiologistAustralian Dictionary of Biography: Butler, Hildred Mary (1906–1975)
(accessed:27-07-2007) *

Margaret Carnegie Margaret Frances Carnegie (14 March 1910 – 5 August 2002) was an Australian writer, art patron and collector. Biography Margaret Frances Carnegie was born in Melbourne on 14 March 1910, daughter of Henry George Allen and Amelia Burberry. S ...

AO – writer, art patron and collector * Coco-Jacinta Cherian – actress (Neighbours, Taj) :es:Coco-Jacinta Cherian *

Deborah Conway Deborah Ann Conway (born 8 August 1959) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top 5 hit "Man Overboard". Conw ...

– singerCrikey.com.au: Famous alumni on Latham's hit list
(accessed:26-04-2006) * Esme Mary Sorrett (Molly) Fink – Rani of Pudukota (wife of Marthanda Bhairava Tondiman,

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h of the southern India principality of Pudukota)Fink, Esme Mary Sorrett (Molly) (1894–1967)
(accessed:27-07-2007) *

Beattie Goad Beatrice "Beattie" Southby Goad (born 31 May 1997) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays for Melbourne Victory. Previously, she has played in the Australian A-League Women for Melbourne City, for Stanford University in the USA' ...

– soccer player with Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City *

Chloe Hooper Chloe Melisande Hooper (born 1973) is an Australian author. Her first novel, ''A Child’s Book of True Crime'' (2002), was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Literature and was a ''New York Times'' Notable Book. In 2005, she turned to rep ...

– writer and novelist * Sybil Howy Irving MBE – founder and controller of the

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Australian Dictionary of Biography: Irving, Sybil Howy (1897–1973)
(accessed:27-07-2007) * Felicity Kennett – former presenter of

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TV lifestyle program '' Healthy, Wealthy and Wise''; Wife of former Victorian Premier

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Poppy King Poppy Cybele King (born 23 May 1972) is an Australian entrepreneur. She is best known for her company Poppy Industries and the range of cosmetics available at Poppy Stores in Australia, during the 1990s. Early life King was born to a A ...

– businesswoman;

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1995 (also attended

Wesley College, Melbourne , motto_translation = Dare To Be Wise , slogan = A ''True'' Education (2010 – Present) , established = 18 January 1866 , type = Independent, day & boarding , gender ...

) * Elizabeth Kilgour Kirkhope – former headmistress of

Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School , motto_translation = Not for Ourselves Alone , established = , type = Independent comprehensive single-sex primary and secondary day school , denomination = Anglican , educational ...

; former owner and headmistress of Lauriston Girls' School (dux and head prefect 1914)Australian Dictionary of Biography: Kirkhope, Elizabeth Kilgour (1896–1978)
(accessed:27-07-2007) * Jo Lane – artist * Kit Willow Michelmore – fashion designer *

Livinia Nixon Livinia Helen Nixon (19 March 1975) is an Australian television presenter and actress. Nixon is the chief weather presenter for ''Nine News Melbourne''. * Linda Phillips OBE – composer, pianist and music critic *Phoebe Roberts – actress * Heli Simpson – actress, The Saddle Club * Sarina Singh – writer, author, filmmaker * Fiona Stewart – founder of NotGoodEnough.org and partner of

Philip Nitschke Philip Haig Nitschke (; born 8 August 1947) is an Australian humanist, author, former physician, and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group EXIT (Australia), Exit International. He campaigned successfully to have a legal euthanasia la ...

* Kathleen Alice Syme – journalist, company director and welfare workerAustralian Dictionary of Biography: Syme, Kathleen Alice (1896–1977)
(accessed:27-07-2007) *

Jessie Vasey Jessie Mary Vasey (19 October 1897 – 22 September 1966) was the founder and President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia. Early life Jessie Mary Vasey was born on 19 October 1897 in Roma, Queensland, the eldest of three daughters of Jose ...

– founder of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (also attended

Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne ("For God and for Home") , established = , type = Independent, single-sex, day and boarding school , denomination = Uniting , slogan = "MLC girls become world-ready women"< ...

)Australian Dictionary of Biography: Vasey, Jessie Mary (1897–1966)
(accessed:27-07-2007)

References

External links

Lauriston Girls' School website

Girls Sport Victoria
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