New Mistress at the Chalet School
Key Facts (Possible Spoilers)
School Facts:
Miss Annersley is head mistress and Miss Wilson is head of St Mildred's.
The school is at the Gornetz Platz in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.
Series Characters whereabouts:
Joey Maynard lives next door at Freudesheim
Mary-Lou Trelawney is Library Prefect
Elinor Pennell is Head-Girl
Sybil Russell is a prefect
Len Maynard is in Inter V
Con Maynard is in Inter V
Margot Maynard is in Inter V
Julie Lucy is Head of St. Mildred's
When Kathie is accepted to teach at the Chalet School, her aunt reminds her that she must become more dignified. This is the prime source of trouble between her and Mary-Lou when Mary-Lou is too 'familiar' with the mistress and Kathie thinks that the girl is being cheeky.
However, when the prefects entertain the staff one night she discovers that the mistresses relax their dignity when around the prefects. This all comes to head when, on a trip to Wahlstein, Mary-Lou saves Kathie from being swept down with an avalanche.
Kathie also has some trouble with Yseult, who is very self-assured and is also ungrateful when the mistresses try to boost her standard of work. Yseult's mother comes to visit the staff and annoys them all greatly.
During the end of term play Yseult is given a very small part but believes that she should have a better one because she did some training. The part that she wants was given to Mary-Lou and Yseult goes to various members of staff trying to get them to give it to her.
She is finally made the understudy for the part she wants and tries to smash into Mary-Lou while they are skiing so Mary-Lou will be out of the play. Unfortunately this goes wrong and it is Yseult who is injured and out of the play.
At the end of the term, Kathie and Mary-Lou have a talk and resolve their differences.
contributed by Miranda Cummings, Australia __ working from a paperback edition