Peninsula Grammar

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Peninsula Grammar
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Peninsula Grammar
20 Wooralla Drive

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3930

Coordinates 38°11′55″S145°5′27″E / 38.19861°S 145.09083°E / -38.19861; 145.09083
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Type Private school, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school
Motto Latin: Quod Bonum Tenete
(Hold fast that which is good)
Denomination Anglican
Established1961
PrincipalStuart Johnston [1]
Years offeredK–12
GenderCo-educational
Enrolment1,190 (K–12) (approximately) (2022)
Colour(s)Blue, red and gold
   
SloganLearn. Grow. Flourish!
Affiliation Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria
Website http://peninsulagrammar.vic.edu.au

Peninsula Grammar, formerly The Peninsula School, is an Australian private, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school located in Mount Eliza, Victoria.

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History

Founded in 1961, originally as a boys-only school, Peninsula Grammar began enrolling girls from 1994. [2] It is a member of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and caters for approximately 1,190 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. [3] Co-educational from 1994 and an Anglican school, Peninsula's chaplain for twenty-four years (1974–1998) – the Rev. John Leaver – initiated the founding of several other similar Anglican or Ecumenical co-educational schools in Victoria. [4]

Houses

Sport

Peninsula Grammar is a member of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV).

AGSV and AGSV/APS premierships

Peninsula Grammar has won the following AGSV and AGSV/APS premierships. [5]

Boys:

Girls:

Notable alumni

International program

In addition to catering for the boarding of international students (notably from the P.R.C., South Korea and Vietnam), Peninsula Grammar operates multiple overseas campuses, largely in South East Asia.

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