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Preshil. The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School
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Established	1931[1]
School Type	Independent, Co-educational, Progressive, Day school
Denomination	Non-denominational
Key People	Mr. Frank Moore (Principal) Margaret J. R. Lyttle (Founder)
School Fees	AU$8,740–17,080 p.a[2]
Location	Kew, Victoria, Australia
Enrolment	~350 (P–12)[1]
Employees	~52[3]
Colours	Green and Gold
Homepage	www.preshil.vic.edu.au

Preshil, or The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational, Progressive, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Founded in the early 1930s by Margaret J. R. Lyttle. Preshil states that it "aims to fit itself to the needs of the child rather than forcing the child to fit into the needs of the school". At Preshil, students work at their level of cognitive and emotional development. Preshil caters for students from Pre-School to Year 12 (Victorian Certificate of Education).

Notable alumni

• Polly Borland, photographer.[1]
• Clare Bowditch, musician, winner of Best Female Artist award at 2006 ARIAS.[2]
• Dylan Brady, architect.
• Lauren Burns, Olympic Taekwondo Gold Medallist, 2000.
• Dougal Davis, physicist.
• Zahava Elenberg, architect.
• Jack Naylor-Hampson, professional kiteboarder, Australian Junior Kiteboarding Champion, 2008
• Anton Gerner, furniture designer.[3]
• Charlie Thorpe and Josie De Sousa-Reay, musicians, members of Dash and Will.
• Sean Greenway and Matthew Whittle, musicians, members of GOD.
• Alexander Knox, sculptor.National Sculpture Award 2006
• John Potter, Scientology author.
• Susan Richardson, Professor of Labour Economics and Director of the National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University; commissioner, Essential Services Commission of South Australia; author.^[4]
• Gina Riley, comedian.
• Daniel Ross, philosopher and filmmaker.
• Peter Singer, philosopher.[4]

References

See also

• List of schools in Victoria
• List of schools in Victoria, Australia according to 2006 VCE results

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).

External links

• Preshil website.
• "Preshil vision is still splendid" by Matthew Pinkney, Herald Sun, November 29, 2005.
• Preshil and progressive education in Australia ABC Radio National.

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