Methodist Ladies' College, Perth

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Methodist Ladies' College, Perth
Methodist Ladies' College, Perth crest.jpg
Address
Methodist Ladies' College, Perth
356 Stirling Highway

, ,
6010

Australia
Coordinates 31°59′12″S115°46′30″E / 31.98667°S 115.77500°E / -31.98667; 115.77500
Information
Type Independent, day and boarding
Motto Latin: Per Ardua Ad Alta
(Through Striving to the Heights)
Denomination Uniting Church
Established1907
ChairpersonPenny Flett AO
PrincipalRebecca Clarke
Years Pre-kindergarten Year 12 [1]
Gender Girls
Enrolment1,170 (2016)
Colour(s)Green, purple and silver
Affiliation Independent Girls Schools Sports Association
Website mlc.wa.edu.au

The Methodist Ladies' College, Perth (MLC Perth), is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for girls, located in Claremont, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

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Founded by the Methodist Church of Australia in 1907, MLC is a non-selective school, and currently caters for more than 1,170 girls from pre-kindergarten to Year 12, including 90 boarders. [2]

The college was ranked as the number one TEE school in the state for 2006 and 2008 [3] seeing 55.1 percent of students achieving a mark of seventy five percent or above in at least one subject. [4]

History

The foundation stone of the Methodist Ladies' College was laid, and building began in 1907, by the Methodist Church of Australia. Classes were first commenced in February 1908 with 31-day girls and 23 boarders.

The early traditions of the college were established by Maud Connell, Head Mistress from 1908 to 1913, who chose the colours of green and gold, and the school motto Per Ardua Ad Alta, which may be translated from Latin as "Strive for the Highest". In 1917, MLC's first university students graduated from the University of Western Australia, which had begun teaching in 1913. [5]

MLC became a school of the Uniting Church in Australia in the 1970s, as the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches came together to form the Uniting Church.

House system

As with most Australian schools, MLC utilises a house system through which girls participate in inter-house activities. When the house system first came into effect in June 1927, there were four houses: Athens, Rome, Sparta and Troy. In 1967, two more houses were added, Corinth and Olympia. Each house is named after a famous ancient city.

Annual house events include:

A new initiative in 2010 is The Spirit Cape. In all house events, houses will also compete for the Spirit Cape with it being awarded to the house that shows the most spirit over the course of the day. At the end of the year, one house will be awarded the Spirit Cape for the showing the most year-long house spirit. In 2010, Athens won the inaugural year-long Spirit Cape.

Annual events

MLC holds a large number of events annually for sports and the arts, including:

Academics

ATAR for Year 12 students

Year – Rank – Median score

2019 – #6 – 89.95

2018 – #4 – 92.55

2017 – #19 – 87.5

2016 – #9 – 90.3

The school has performed well in the WACE exams and is often rated as one of the best schools in the state.

Year% +75 in WACE [lower-roman 1] State ranking [lower-roman 2] % +65 in WACE [lower-roman 3] State ranking% graduation [lower-roman 4]
201532.445
201424.601249.471598.84 [6]
201324.50754.63699.19 [7]
201231.09263.23497.95 [8]
201128.29767.735100 [9]
201030.07672.763100 [10]
200924100 [11]
  1. Based on the number of Stage 3 course enrolments in the school where a WACE course score of 75 or above was achieved
  2. Ranking of school compared to other schools in the state
  3. Based on the number of Stage 3 course enrolments in the school where a WACE course score of 65 or above was achieved
  4. Percentage of Year 12 cohort that graduated with a WACE certificate

Notable staff and alumnae

The painter and potter Flora Annie Landells was an art teacher here from 1908 to 1948. [12]

Alumnae of MLC are known as Collegians. [13] Some notable Collegians include:

Entertainment, media and the arts
Medicine and science
Politics, public service and the law
Sport

See also

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