Bacchus Marsh Grammar School

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Bacchus Marsh Grammar School
Location
Bacchus Marsh Grammar School
Bacchus Marsh
,
Victoria

Australia
Coordinates 37°41′27″S144°25′54.4″E / 37.69083°S 144.431778°E / -37.69083; 144.431778
Information
Type private school, co-educational, primary and secondary, day
Motto Latin: Doctrina Vitae
(Education for Life)
Denomination Ecumenical
Established1988
PrincipalAndrew Neal
GradesK–12
Enrolment~2,500 (2018)
Colour(s)Dark blue, gold, black and white     
Website www.bmg.vic.edu.au

Bacchus Marsh Grammar School is a private, co-educational, primary and secondary day school located in Maddingley, Australia.

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History

Bacchus Marsh Grammar School opened in February 1988. It has grown from three classrooms, to a school of three campuses and more than 2300 pupils from Preparatory to Year 12.

The school is known for its increasingly strong VCE results.[ citation needed ] The school's highest achieving students have scored ATARs of 99.95, with several students also achieving a perfect study score of 50+ in a variety of subjects.[ citation needed ]

The school consists of eight houses, which are named after tributaries of the Werribee River, and each have their own colour, animal mascot and a native flora to represent them. Each year, they contest for the House Shield. The houses compete in a number of events including athletics, chess, music, drama, swimming, cross-country and community singing. [1]

HousePykesLerderdergToolernPyritesDjerriwarrhKororoitParwanDale
ColourLight blueNavy blueBright redMaroonPurpleYellowBottle GreenOrange
Mascot Growling Grass Frog Sugar Glider Pelican Kangaroo Platypus Rosella Echidna Wedgetail Eagle
Flora River Bottlebrush Blackwood River Redgum Snow Daisy Silver Wattle Sheoak Manna Gum Peppermint Gum
Sport shirt for Pykes House BMG Pykes House Shirt.jpg
Sport shirt for Pykes House

In 2015 Bacchus Marsh Grammar received negative press for its treatment of a transgender student Erik Ly. Erik claims he told staff he was transgender but still had to wear "the girls uniform". Erik says he plans to lodge a complaint about the independent schools with the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission when he has finished his VCE [2] Ly moved to a public school that has gender-neutral bathrooms to complete high school. [3]

Locations

Bacchus Marsh Grammar School is located in Bacchus Marsh. The campus there was built in 1988, and replaced the original campus located on Hallett's Way. [4] In 2019, Bacchus Marsh Grammar opened up a new campus for middle school students in Aintree. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ bmg.vic.edu.au http://www.bmg.vic.edu.au . Retrieved 11 December 2010.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ title missing ]
  2. ↑ Cook, Henrietta (17 September 2015). "Transgender students: the struggle to fit in at school". The Age. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Odysseus Patrick, A (18 June 2016). "Transgender Australians can choose any bathroom they want. Some aren't pleased". miamiherald.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Our Campuses – Maddingley" . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Woodlea wraps up 2019" . Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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