A message from our Principal's - Now and Then

Karen Money - 2015

It is with great pleasure I welcome you to the Melbourne Girls’ College Alumni Association. We encourage you to share your stories, whether career, a passion for community service or milestone. This vibrant community will grow as friends reconnect, engage with Alumni events, reunions, newsletters or become a mentor to current students of Melbourne Girls’ College.

The history of Melbourne Girls’ consists of a rich and diverse collection of wonderful women and we enjoy celebrating the many achievements, whether big or small, that each story comprises. For 21 Years Melbourne Girls’ College has been committed to the education of girls. We are passionate advocates of the benefits of innovation, leadership, diversity, teamwork and achievement.

Please continue to be a part of this wonderful school and show all of our young women what it truly means to be a life-long learner. We will know true success as we see our present and past students lead and achieve on the world stage, practising the values sown and encouraged at Melbourne Girls’ College.

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart”. Helen Keller

Karen Money

Principal

Caval Zangalis - 1994

The community of Melbourne Girls' College celebrates its foundation in this record of its first important year.

It has been a year of change, with a new location, new environment and many new faces as girls and staff from Malvern and Richmond joined with girls and staff from other schools to begin Melbourne Girls' College.

It is sometimes difficult to recall our first days and weeks but vivid in our memories of the time must be the boxes that lined the corridors which progressively made their way to their new homes in our light and freshly prepared building. The change in our surroundings has continued all year; a new canteen, a refurbished and computerised library, carpet in all classrooms, improved grounds and carpark and most recently new grass planting and a landscape which will complement our unique Yarraside setting.

Our technology wing and programs came into focus and will increase next year when further work is begun during the summer break.

The range of activities and achievements documented in the snapshot of our first year reflect the creativity, energy, enthusiasm and talent of our school. It tells of the endeavor, success and participation of students of every age and across academic, citizenship, creative, sport and leadership fields.

The fine reputation of Melbourne Girls' College in its foundation year is the result of purpose, pride and integrity, the strong partnership of students, staff and families and the vision of the future of this newest school for girls in Victoria.

Our experience of change has not only been location, environment and community. It has focused on curriculum, learning experienc and prepartion for girls to face a rapidly changing society, with skills, adaptability for change and confidence, to take leadership roles in the future that is theirs.

I wish all of us, of the foundation year of Melbourne Girls' College, a fulfilling, challenging and celebrating future.

Cavell Zangalis

Foundation Principal