Yarra Valley Grammar
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Latin: Levavi Oculos
I lift up my eyes
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| Ringwood, Victoria, Australia | |
| Coordinates | 37°47′1″S 145°15′36″E / 37.78361°S 145.26°ECoordinates: 37°47′1″S 145°15′36″E / 37.78361°S 145.26°E |
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| Type | Independent, Co-educational, Day school |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1966 |
| Principal | Mark Merry |
| Enrolment | ~1,030 (ELC-12)[1] |
| Colour(s) | Red, Gold & Black |
| Slogan | "Confidence to Achieve" |
| Website | www.yvg.vic.edu.au |
Yarra Valley Grammar School is an independent, co-educational grammar school, located in Ringwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The school was established in 1966 as Yarra Valley Church of England School, and catered for boys only.
In 1973, Yarra Valley Anglican participated in a then unique experiment, helping establish a Hearing Unit for the Deaf under the tutelage of Bill Robinson. Its premise was, and is, that deaf children should receive the opportunity to grow and develop with their "hearing" peers in normal classroom settings. Deaf students were (and are) encouraged to participate in all extracurricular activities such as school sports etecera. The Hearing Unit was an immediate success. It has since grown to encompass every year level. The Hearing Unit also has its own classroom facilities where students receive assistance with speech therapy, classwork and so on.
Girls were admitted to the two senior levels in 1978, and the school progressively became fully co-educational from 1993 through 1995. At one time it was called Yarra Valley Anglican School.
The school has recently adopted a healthy food policy, ending the sale of a number of unhealthy foods within the school's cafeteria. This policy has since been adopted by a number of schools within the region of Victoria.
In 2006, the Yarra Valley Grammar celebrated its 40th birthday with many special events, including a whole school photo and an aerial photo of the students positioned to create the number 40. The school celebrated its birthday in a service at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne in September 2006.
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[edit] History
- 1963, School Founded - at the time of the opening ceremony, surrounding the school were orchards which were progressively replaced with housing estates. By retaining the forest the school has preserved a slice of the area's history.
- 1966, First assembly takes place - 135 boys attend
- 1970, School invited to become a member of the AGSV
- 1971, Headmaster invited to be a member of the Headmaster's Conference of Independent Schools Australia
- 1973, Hearing Unit for the Deaf established with Deaf students fully integrated as part of the school community.
- 1978, The first girl students are admitted into the school
- 2006, School celebrates its 40th birthday
[edit] Laptop issues
Unlike other private schools and some other public schools, Yarra Valley has decided not to follow the trend of issuing students school laptops. To substitute the absence of laptops, Yarra Valley has invested in multimedia machines and bandwidth intranet infrastructure to accommodate the ever increasing number of students interested in Multimedia as their future career.
[edit] House system
There are four houses, named after important figures during the school's history - Hughes - (Yellow) Arnott - (Maroon) Annells - (Blue) Plummer - (Green)
[edit] Past Students
Yarra Valley lays claim to a number of students who have gone on to success in corporate and public life. The Past Students Association offers the opportunity for alumni to stay in touch with one another. Previous School Captains include Robin Bailey (1984). Cameron Oxley, a former student, is now partner at Minter Ellison in Melbourne. Stephen Spencer, a former music scholarship recipient (1999), is now a trained electrician in Lilydale.
[edit] Australian Rules Football
Several Yarra Valley Grammar students have had AFL careers. It's one of the leading schools in Australia for talent. Drafted players include.:
- Travis Cloke - Collingwood
- Jason Cloke - Collingwood
- Cameron Cloke - Collingwood, Carlton, Port Adelaide
- Sam Blease - Melbourne
- Jordan Gysberts - Melbourne
- Kelvin Moore - Richmond
- Andrew Moore - Port Adelaide
- Aaron Young - Port Adelaide
- Brad Harvey - Brisbane Lions
- Kieran Harper - North Melbourne
- Matthew Scott - North Melbourne
[edit] See also
- List of schools in Victoria
- Yarra Valley Old Boys Football Club
- List of high schools in Victoria
- Victorian Certificate of Education
[edit] References
- ^ Yarra Valley Grammar Information Book 2007 (accessed:10-06-2007)
[edit] External links
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