Preshil

Preshil
The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School
Location
Kew, Victoria
Australia
Coordinates 37°48′48″S 145°2′58″E / 37.81333°S 145.04944°E / -37.81333; 145.04944Coordinates: 37°48′48″S 145°2′58″E / 37.81333°S 145.04944°E / -37.81333; 145.04944
Information
Type Independent, Co-educational, Progressive school, Day school
Motto Courage
Denomination Secular
Established 1931[1]
Founder Margaret J. R. Lyttle
Principal Marilyn Smith
Staff ~52[2]
Enrolment ~350 (P–12)[1]
Colour(s) Green and Gold         
Website www.preshil.vic.edu.au

Preshil, The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, is an independent, secular, co-educational, day school located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The original Arlington campus houses the Kindergarten and Primary school, while the Secondary School is located at the Blackhall Kalimna campus.

Established in 1931 by Greta Lyttle (and later, Margaret Lyttle), Preshil teaches a progressive curriculum.[3] Preshil is Australia’s oldest progressive school.[4]

Preshil teaches students from Kindergarten through to Year 12. The school phased out the Victorian Certificate of Education in 2017 in favour of the International Baccalaureate programme.[5]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Preshil The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School". Victoria. School Choice. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  2. Millane, Vivien (2007). "Annual Report to Parents" (PDF). About. Preshil School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  3. Carey, Adam (2011-08-07). "Where children rule in a spirit of progress". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  4. "History of Preshil - Preshil". Preshil. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  5. Cook, Henrietta; reporter, education (2015-11-01). "Preshil in Kew set to axe VCE because it is too competitive". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  6. , Featured Alumni, accessed 18 July 2010.

Bibliography

  • Burns, L. Fighting Spirit (Penguin Books, 2003). ISBN 0-670-04037-1
  • Lyttle, Dermot. Preshil Uniquely Different (Kew: Preshil, 2002).
  • White, Naomi Rosh. School Matters: The Preshil Alternative in Education (Port Melbourne: Mandarin, 1995).


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