From the Principal

Welcome

On behalf of all staff, a warm welcome to the 2026 school year, particularly to those students and families who are new to our college community. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the following new staff to the College this year:

Teaching Staff:

Melanie Basta - English

Alessandra Borg - LS :Teaching and Learning Leader/Italian

Gabriel Cedillo - Mathematics

Madison Cheal - English

Tammy Drew - Humanities

Luke Giblett - Humanities

Lucinda King - Visual Comm/Visual Arts

Gianluca Rizza - Science

Reuben Ryan - Science

Audrey Showler - Visual Arts

Zhentao (Bruce) Zhao - Japanese

Educational Support Staff:

Jim Andriopoulos - Grounds Maintenance and Gardening

Josef Hanna - Instrumental Music: Violin

Melisa Ioannou - Inclusion Learning Support

Zaida Mansaray - Social Worker

Ryan O’Shaughnessy - Social Worker

Michael Vazourakis - Inclusion Learning Support

Welcome back to Welcome back to Connor O’Leary, Diane Apap, Julia Santopietro and Betty Harper who all return from leave.

Year Level Leaders

Year 12 - Joe Laganga

Year 11 - Tim Williams

Year 10 - Melissa Tarquinio

Year 9 - Jaala Watkins

Year 8 - Tracy Luu

Year 7 - Nellie Mastrop

Sub-School Leaders

Antoinette Massarotto - Senior School

Matthew Wilson - Middle School

Connor O'Leary - Junior School

School Upgrades and Improvements

Installation of New Printers and Photocopiers
Upgrades to S1 and S2
New classroom tables in S7, S8, S9, S10, S15 and S16
Painting of internal and external walls, doors, corridors/foyers around the school and the conference room.
Resurfacing of Gymnasium Floor
Repair of concrete walkways with uneven surfaces and maintenance of grounds/gardens
All carpets have been steamed cleaned, all floors buffed and all windows cleaned

All of the above projects are totally school funded, from funds we raise through the generous support of parents and careful financial management at the school level.

Progress Reports and Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent-teacher Interviews will be held on Monday, March 30th from 1:30pm - 4:00pm and from 5:00pm - 8:00pm. Please note that no regular classes will be held on Monday March 30th 2026. Students are required to attend the interviews with their family.

Please note that this year the first round of students' progress reports are available on Compass the end of the day on Friday March 20th 2026. This will indicate specifically where teachers have requested an interview, however I remind all parents that interviews with any of your child’s teachers are possible and encouraged. This year parents will also be able to book an interview time through the Compass Management system and information on this will come out shortly.

Child Safety and Wellbeing

Taylors Lakes Secondary College is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.

Our child safety framework [TLSC website: School Policies] explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at Taylors Lakes Secondary College. It includes our:

Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
Child Safety Reporting and Responding Obligations Procedures, and
Child Safety Code of Conduct, which outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for all staff and volunteers at our school.

We continuously review our child safety policies and practices to ensure they are up-to-date and effective. These include the above mentioned polices along with the following policies:

Complaints Policy
Visitors Policy
Volunteers Policy

Our students and families are important partners in this process and in providing a child safe environment. We welcome your feedback on the above policies or ideas on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and wellbeing.

If you have any suggestions or comments please email the school at taylors.lakes.sc@education.vic.gov.au or contact Louisa Norwood (Assistant Principal) on 9390-3130. If you have any concerns about child safety at any time, please contact any member of the Principal Class on 9390-3130. Any child safety complaints or concerns are treated seriously. For more information about our school’s complaints process, see our Complaints Policy [TLSC website: School Policies].