From the Principal Class
Welcome
On behalf of all staff, a warm welcome to the 2025 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:
Emma Fjeldstad - Health & Physical Education/VM
Fabrizio Scarfone - Italian
Chris Galle - Mathematics
Robert Parente - Mathematics
Giulia Tamai - Italian
Nathan Valeri - Visual Arts
Gary Wilson - Health & Physical Education/AFL
Julia Young - Mathematics
Educational Support Staff:
Deanna Boulton - Excursion Support and Finance
Lan Dong - Student Wellbeing
Giovanny Lopez Galan - Inclusion Administration
Donna Johnston - Instrumental Music: Dance
Naomi Moretta - Library Support
Oskar Smartt - Inclusion Learning Support
Steven Karapanagiotidis - Instrumental Music: Guitar
Welcome back to Stefanie D'Agostino and Danielle Thomas who have returned from leave.
Year Level Leaders
Year 12
Joe Laganga
Year 11
Tim Williams
Year 10
Nellie Mastrop
Year 9
Jaala Watkins
Year 8
Melissa Tarquinio
Year 7
Tracy Luu
Sub-School Leaders
Antoinette Massarotto - Senior School
Tracey Clark - Middle School
Matthew Wilson - Junior School
School Upgrades and Improvements
- Installation of Airconditioning and upgrades of Heating Split Systems
- Upgrade to Canteen Resources
- Painting of internal and external walls, doors, corridors/foyers around the school and the study room.
- Continual roll out of new security cameras
- Repair of concrete walkways with uneven surfaces
- 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 31st from 1:30pm - 4:00pm and from 5:00pm - 8:00pm. Please note that no regular classes will be held on Monday March 31st 2025. 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 21st 2025. 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 are currently reviewing 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].