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3 unusual facts about Perth Modern School


Joseph Parsons

Joseph Parsons (1876–1951) was a long-serving principal of Perth Modern School and an influential West Australian educator.

Perth Modern School

Perth Modern embraced a new motto, Savoir C’est Pouvoir (Knowledge is Power), and the Sphinx, representing knowledge and wisdom, was adopted as the school emblem.

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Most aural and theory concepts are taught with the aid of the philosophies of music by Zoltán Kodály, in which hand signs are used as a way of representing musical notes by holding the hand in a certain position for each note.



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