Bacchus Marsh Grammar School is a private, co-educational, primary and secondary day school located in Maddingley, Australia.
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 37°41′27″S 144°25′54.4″E / 37.69083°S 144.431778°E |
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| Type | private school, co-educational, primary and secondary, day |
| Motto | Latin: Doctrina Vitae (Education for Life) |
| Denomination | Ecumenical |
| Established | 1988 |
| Principal | Andrew Neal |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Enrolment | ~2,500 (2018) |
| Colour(s) | Dark blue, gold, black and white |
| Website | www.bmg.vic.edu.au |
History
editBacchus 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]
| House | Pykes | Lerderderg | Toolern | Pyrites | Djerriwarrh | Kororoit | Parwan | Dale |
| Colour | Light blue | Navy blue | Bright red | Maroon | Purple | Yellow | Bottle Green | Orange |
| 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 |
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
editBacchus 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]
References
edit- ^ "Bacchus Marsh Grammar School". Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ Cook, Henrietta (17 September 2015). "Transgender students: the struggle to fit in at school". The Age. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Odysseus Patrick, A (18 June 2016). "Transgender Australians can choose any bathroom they want. Some aren't pleased". miamiherald.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Our Campuses – Maddingley". Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Woodlea wraps up 2019". Retrieved 26 March 2019.