Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School

Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Ad altiora "To higher things" (Penleigh) Sapienter ac Viriliter "Strength through knowledge" (Essendon)
Established	1871 (Penleigh Ladies College) 1872 (Essendon Grammar) 1977 (Amalgamation)[1]
School Type	Independent, Co-educational, Day school
Denomination	Uniting Church
Key People	Mr. Tony Larkin (Principal)
School Fees	AU$7,050 - AU$13,008 p.a (2007)[1]
State Ranking (VCE)	11th (2005)
Location	Essendon, Moonee Ponds & Keilor East, Vic, Australia
Coordinates	37°43′52″S 144°52′12″E / 37.73111°S 144.87°E / -37.73111; 144.87Coordinates: 37°43′52″S 144°52′12″E / 37.73111°S 144.87°E / -37.73111; 144.87
Enrolment	~2,280 (P-12)[1]
Employees	~300
Colours	Navy, Maroon, Pale Blue, Bottle Green & Gold
Homepage	www.pegs.vic.edu.au

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Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS) is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational school, with campuses located in Essendon, Moonee Ponds and Keilor East in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school is the product of an amalgamation of two schools, Penleigh Presbyterian Ladies' College and Essendon Grammar School which was completed in 1977. Uniforms were different for boys and girls, up until Term 3 2006 when a new combined school uniform was launched. PEGS has achieved favourable VCE results for many years.

The school is a member of the AGSV and competes against the other member schools in a number of sports including table tennis, cross country running, Triathlon, Australian Rules football, soccer, hockey, cricket, basketball, netball, tennis, softball and athletics.

History

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The history of Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School is the history of two schools, Penleigh Ladies' College and Essendon Grammar School. Each of these schools has its origins in the early years of Melbourne. Essendon Grammar School was established for boys in 1934 following the amalgamation of Northern Grammar School and St.Thomas' Grammar School. Northern Grammar School commenced in 1921 in the Moonee Ponds area but soon moved to new premises on the site of St.John's Church in Essendon. In 1924, the school acquired the present site at 59 Raleigh Street, Essendon. Carlton College opened in 1872 and this school occupied several premises in the Parkville area. This school combined with St Thomas's Grammar in 1910, when they moved to a larger property in Essendon. In 1948 Essendon Grammar School began its affiliation with the Presbyterian Church. The site of the senior school in Keilor East was purchased in 1956 and this new campus of the school was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Robert Menzies in 1960. Penleigh was originally established in 1871 as Dorset House, Mrs. Tulloch's School for Young Ladies. The school occupied several sites in the Moonee Ponds area. The school developed and expanded particularly under the guidance of the Limerock sisters. The school was re-named Penleigh Ladies' College during the First World War and it moved to the present site at 83 Park Street, Moonee Ponds in 1921. After the Second World War Penleigh was purchased from the Limerock sisters by the Presbyterian Church. The first links between Essendon Grammar School and Penleigh Ladies' College were established in 1952 when Intermediate and Leaving students participated in some common classes. By 1969, the councils of the two schools agreed to integrate the two schools at the senior levels. In 1973, the co-educational senior college, McNab House, was established on the Keilor East site. The two schools were amalgamated in 1977 to form Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School; the school also joined the Uniting Church in 1977 and became an incorporated body in 1982. In the following year, the school purchased property at Lake Eildon to develop an Outdoor Education Programme. The sites at Raleigh Street, Park Street and Keilor East have been developed into state of the art school environments. Another site of approximately 40 acres (160,000 m²) was purchased in the Keilor Park area in 2006 to be developed as sporting grounds. The four sporting houses are Bradman,Elliot,Reynolds and Rose.

Extra-curricular

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The school encourages its students to participate in numerous academic competitions. These include the Australian National Chemistry Quiz, Science Talent Search, Math Talent Quest, Rio Tinto Big-Science Competition, BHP Billiton Awards, Westpac Mathematics Competition and other competitions carried out by the University of New South Wales relating to geography, science, maths and English.

The school also allows entrance into the official Science Olympiad and Maths Olympiad, out of which the winners can represent Australia at the respective International Olympiad.

Notable alumni

• Eric Bana - actor
• Dustin Fletcher - AFL Essendon player and father, Ken Fletcher former VFL Essendon player^[2]
• Robert Gottliebsen - Journalist and business commentator, founder of Business Review Weekly magazine^[3]
• Joan Kirner - first female Premier of Victoria (also attended University High School)^[4]
• Trent Cotchin - AFL Richmond player
• Brett McLeod - newsreader with National Nine News
• Mark Moran and Jason Moran - Melbourne Underworld figures^[5][6][7]
• Rick Olarenshaw - former AFL Essendon and Collingwood player^[8]
• Curtis Stone - chef and restaurateur^[9]
• Kelvin Thomson - Labor Party Member for Wills, infamously provided a character reference for underworld criminal Tony Mokbel^[10][11]
• Madge Titheradge and sister, Lily Titheradge - stage and film actresses^[12]
• David Tweed - unscrupulous share market opportunist^[13][14]
• Scott West - AFL Western Bulldogs player^[8]
• Shannon Bennett - chef and restaurateur of Vue De Monde (Melbourne) ^{[9] [15]}
• Alice Pung- author of 'Unpolished Gem'.^[16][17]
• Hairy Moot

References

Addam Maric - AFL Melbourne footballer Jackson Trengove - AFl Port Adelaide footballer

See also

• List of schools in Victoria
• List of high schools in Victoria
• List of schools in Victoria, Australia according to 2006 VCE results
• Victorian Certificate of Education

External links

• Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School website

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