St Mary's Anglican Girls' School
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St Mary's Anglican Girls' School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Karrinyup, a suburb north of Perth, Western Australia.
Established in 1921 at West Perth, St Mary's has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12,[1] including 166 boarders from Years 6 to 12.[2]
St Mary's is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[4] the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia,[5] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australia (AGSA),[6] and is a member of the Independent Girls' Schools Sports Association (IGSSA).
St Mary's brother school is Hale School located in Wembley Downs.
History
St Mary's Anglican Girls' School was founded when two private girls' schools operating in West Perth amalgamated. The School opened on 14 September 1921 with the Rev. C.L Riley as Acting Principal. Two other schools later joined them.
In 1964 a building appeal was launched to develop the present campus at Karrinyup. Under the guidance of the then principal, Mrs. A Symington (1965-1982), St Mary's operated in both West Perth and Karrinyup until 1970 when the whole school was finally situated in Karrinyup.[7]
St Mary's at Metricup: A Centre for Learning and Leadership is the school's new outdoor education facility. In 2005 St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School Foundation purchased some land set in natural bushland in the heart of the Margaret River Wine Region. The Centre will be the first of its kind for an all girls' school in Western Australia. The Foundation has contributed a further $3.5 million towards the development of the Centre for Learning and Leadership and with the school aiming to raise the remaining $1.5 million from the school community.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
In 2007 St Mary's was the top ranked school in Western Australia based on the highest number of students scoring in the top third of Tertiary Entrance Exam (TEE) results. [8]
AND IS THE BEST GOD DAMN SCHOOL IN THE WORLD!!!!
Headmistresses
| Period | Details[7] |
|---|---|
| 1923 – 1937 | Miss. E Dannatt |
| 1938 – 1941 | Miss. K Carter |
| 1942 – 1944 | Miss. B Hamilton |
| 1945 – 1956 | Mrs. E Myles |
| 1957 – 1965 | Mrs. T Macdonald |
| 1965 – 1982 | Mrs. A Symington |
| 1983 – 1997 | Mrs. Audrey Jackson |
| 1997 – Present | Mrs. Lynne Thomson |
House system
As with most Australian schools, St Mary's utilises a house system. Each student at St Mary's is placed in one of six houses: Craig - Purple Pirates, Hackett - Yellow Tigers, Lefroy - Light Blue Ducks, Riley - Royal Blue Teddy Bears, Wardle - Green Frogs, and Wittenoom - Red Wasps.
Houses often compete against each other in interhouse athletics, swimming, singing and other activities including the arts at C.A.P.A.F (Creative And Performing Arts Festival). Throughout the year, the houses compete for the House Cup presented at the end of the year to the house with the most points awarded from interhouse competitions.
Through the house system, students participate in extra-curricular activities and competitions. Each house has a prefect who, together with captains and the guidance of a house teacher, leads the house through the year's activities.[9]
Notable alumni
Alumnae of St Mary's Anglican Girls' School are commonly referred to as Old Girls, and may elect to join the schools alumni association, the St Mary's Old Girls' Association.[10] Some notable St Mary's Old Girls include:
- Jill Alison Crommelin - Journalist for The West Australian, Australian Women's Weekly, The Straits Times (Singapore) and the Sunday Independent (also attended Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth)[11]
- Sandra Hayter - Administration Director of the Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia[12]
- Jan Stewart - Chief Executive Officer of Lotterywest[13]
- Kylie Wheeler - [14] Heptathlete, silver medalist 2002 Commonwealth Games
References
- ^ a b "St Mary's Anglican Girls' School". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
- ^ "Welcome to the Boarding House". Boarding. St Mary's Anglican Girls' School. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ "Western Australia". AHISA Schools. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "JSHAA Western Australia Directory of Members". Western Australia Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ "St Mary's Anglican Girls' School". Search for School. Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australia. 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ a b "History". Our School. St Mary's Anglican Girls' School. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ "Private schools outperform public schools in TEE". ABC News. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ "Senior School". Teaching and Learing. St Mary's Anglican Girls' School. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ "Old Girls' Association". Community. St Mary's Anglican Girls' School. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ Lofthouse, Andrea (1982). Who's Who of Australian Women 1982. North Ryde, NSW: Methuen Australia. pp. p.128. ISBN 0-454-00427-0.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "HAYTER (Sandy) Sandra L". Who's Who in Business Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Check date values in:|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "STEWART Jan". Who's Who in Business Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Check date values in:|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - ^ "Our School". Community publisher=St Mary's Anglican Girls' School. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
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