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Methodist Ladies' College (commonly referred to as MLC) is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school has two additional outdoor education campuses known as 'Marshmead' and 'Banksia'. Established in 1882 on its current campus by the Methodist Church of Australasia, MLC is now a school of the Uniting Church in Australia, and caters for approximately 2200 students from the Early Learning Centre (MLC Kindle) to year 12, including more than 100 boarders.〔(School Choice Victoria: METHODIST LADIES' COLLEGE ) (accessed:14-08-2007)〕 The college is a member of Girls Sport Victoria,〔(Girls Sport Victoria: Member Schools ) (accessed:14-08-2007)〕 the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,〔 the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),〔(Junior School Heads Association of Australia ) (accessed:14-08-2007)〕 the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),〔(Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia ) (accessed:14-08-2007)〕 and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia.〔(The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia ) (accessed:15-06-2007)〕 MLC offers students both the Victorian Certificate of Education and the International Baccalaureate.〔(Studies in Australia: Methodist Ladies' College ) (accessed:04-09-2007)〕 ==History== William Henry Fitchett was secretary of a committee formed in 1879 to start a secondary school for girls. MLC was founded on its current campus in Kew on 14 February 1882 as a ''modern school of the first order'', with buildings that formed ''a collegiate institution for girls unsurpassed in the colonies''. It was the first Australian girls’ school established by the Wesleyan Methodists and Fitchett was the first principal. The goal of its founders was to provide a ''high-class Christian education for girls, comparable with that provided elsewhere for boys''. As the first Australian girls’ school established by the Wesleyan Methodists, MLC attracted boarders from all Australian colonies. In 1990, MLC became the first school in the world to introduce laptop computers for all students from Year 5 – 12.〔(Methodist Ladies' College: History ) (accessed:15-06-2007)〕 In 1991, MLC Marshmead opened, providing Year 9 students with an eight-week residential experience with a focus on outdoor education. In 2001, ''The Sun-Herald'' reported a 1988 study which ranked MLC third in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the ''Who's Who in Australia'' (a listing of notable Australians). In 2002, MLC won the title of 'Australian School of the Year', as published in ''The Australian'' newspaper.〔(Australian Boarding Schools' Association: Methodist Ladies College ) (accessed:14-08-2007)〕 Although never exclusively denominational, the original College motto 'Deo Domuique' - For God and for Home - still remains today. In recent times, the College has adopted an international outlook, embracing diversity and the UNESCO principles of being an internationally minded school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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