New Staff

Please help us welcome the following new staff to our community.

Scott Charlton

Scott has been teaching for 15 years within schools, having previously worked as an Outdoor Education Instructor. Scott joins Endeavour College to teach Health, Physical Education and Outdoor Education. He loves sports and coaching, and when he is not playing or watching sports you'll find him spending time discovering oceans, forests or mountains. Scott is really looking forward to being involved in camps and the Voyage program, along with contributing to an already thriving PE department. If Scott had a superpower it would be like that of Elsa from Frozen, so he could turn the Adelaide Hills into ski fields.

Ashlee Farrell

Ashlee joins Endeavour to teach Mathematics. She has spent her early career years in junior schools but is excited that 2023 is finally the year that she follows her passion for secondary school Mathematics and is thrilled to find herself a part of the Endeavour community. Ashlee looks forward to growing as an educator and supporting her students through their Care Group activities and learning goals.

A fun fact about Ashlee is that she can talk backwards- tsuj ksa reh!

Jack Hewson

Jack Hewson will be joining us at Endeavour teaching Year 7 Core for most of this year. He comes from a background rich in the field of science and is passionate about sport, healthy lifestyles, swimming and gardening outside of the classroom. Jack is originally from Adelaide and has come back from a stint of teaching on the Tiwi Islands. He is looking forward to building a strong connection to the community at Endeavour and helping students achieve their god given talents.

Genevieve Hudson

Genevieve will be taking some English and Middle school Drama classes this term while Jamie Richards is on long service leave. Since graduating in mid 2020, she has taught at St Joseph’s School in Port Lincoln and at Adelaide High School last year. Outside of teaching, she is regularly involved in theatre and reads as much as she can. She is excited to be given this opportunity to work creatively at Endeavour College.

Melani Karunasena

Melani joins Endeavour to teach Year 8 - 12 Mathematics. Melani was born and raised in Sri Lanka and has been teaching for the past 10 years in both Sri Lanka and Australia. She has recently completed her Masters of Teaching (Secondary) in Melbourne and moved to Adelaide last year with her family. She is looking forward to getting to know the Endeavour College community and is excited to help guide our students to be lifelong learners.

Camron Lane

Camron joins us at Endeavour to teach Outdoor Education, Design Technology and Physical Education. He comes to us from Trinity College where he taught for 7 years, prior to being an Outdoor Leader on camps and tourism trips around South Australia. Camron is looking forward to meeting and getting to know Endeavour students and to provide opportunities for them to grow and develop skills in many areas in and out of the classroom. In his spare time Camron loves travelling, camping and playing football for Adelaide Uni.

Tenayah Lange

Tenayah is excited to be joining Endeavour College as a Physical Education, Science and Christian Living teacher this year.  She recently completed a short contract at Trinity College after graduating from university in the middle of 2022 and is looking forward to her first full year of teaching. She enjoys anything involving the outdoors including travelling, snowboarding, playing netball and keeping healthy and active. 

Alyssa Leach

Alyssa comes to us from Cornerstone College where she taught Science and Maths. She very passionate about encouraging students in STEM and is looking forward to meeting, teaching and guiding students along their secondary school journey here at Endeavour. Outside the classroom Alyssa loves to crochet and watch netball. 

Deeyara Pillay

Deeyara will be teaching Science, Biology and Mathematics here at Endeavour. She started her teaching journey in a small country town in NSW, and has travelled a long way to join our us at Endeavour. Beyond the classroom, Deeyara is passionate about environmental conservation and has a keen interest in Australian plants and animals. She looks forward to sharing her interests and knowledge with her classes this year.

Zoe Rankine

Zoe will be teaching Digitial Communications and Art & Design at Endeavour College this year. Zoe is a recent graduate and spent the latter part of 2022 working as a Temporary Relief Teacher here at the College. When not at school, Zoe is teaching calisthenics or baking! She is very much looking forward to getting to know our students and watching them develop and flourish creatively. 

Morgan Rigby

Morgan joins us at Endeavour to teach English, PLP and RP from Years 7 through to Year 12. She is thrilled to be a Core Year 7 teacher with Mr Dissel. Something Morgan has already become accustomed to is the ability to be able to go for a walk around the lake before work each morning. This is Morgan's fifth year as a teacher and the first of many here at  Endeavour.

Sarah Rogers

Sarah will be teaching Food Technology Year 7-10 and SACE Food and Hospitality. For the past 6 years she has worked at The Heights School (R-12), Modbury Heights teaching SACE Stage 1 and 2 Food and Hospitality and Health and Wellbeing. Having a partner within the Defence Force means she has moved many times and taught within a range of schools in the past 22 years. Currently, her family are very glad to call Adelaide home.

If Sarah had a superpower, it would be to have a grumble of pug dogs.

Satchet Singh

Satchet has joined us to teach Digitial Technologies here at Endeavour. Satchet was born and raised in the UK, where he also started his teaching career. For the past 8 years, however, Satchet lived and taught in New Zealand. Outside of the classroom he enjoys kayaking, fishing and keeping active. Satchet is passionate about evolving technologies that engage our students and is looking forward to being part of the Endeavour Community.

Belinda Willcocks

Belinda joins us at Endeavour to teach Stage 2 Specialist Mathematics and Mathematics Methods, Stage 1 Mathematics Methods and Year 8 Extension Mathematics.

Her recent teaching experience includes Stage 2 Mathematics Methods and General Mathematics, Stage 1 Specialist Mathematics and Mathematics Methods, Year 10 Mathematics, Stage 2 Workplace Practices, Year 12 Christianity and Careers and Year 7 and 8 French. Other recent experiences Belinda has is Career and Pathways counselling, as well as pastoral and curriculum responsibilities at her last school.

Belinda's superpower would be to always be able to find a coffee shop that is open within five minutes from her, or the group she is with. This would be particularly useful on holidays and for late afternoon beach walks.

Lianne Zilm

Lianne joins the Endeavour College community as a Business and English teacher. Her background in marketing and her passion for poetry compelled her to pursue a teaching qualification, from which she graduated in 2021. She is particularly excited about introducing Business to Year 10 and developing the already thriving reputation that Business subjects have at Endeavour. 

If she could have one superpower, it would be to turn back time just so she could go back a few hours to spend more time with her family, or to simply stick her nose into a good book.

Alicia Botten

Alicia has been part of the Endeavour College community since 2017 when she began here as a student in Year 7. She completed her secondary studies last year, graduating within the 2022 cohort. Alicia is passionate about all things sport and fitness which has led her to study a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at UniSA in 2023. Alicia has started employment at Endeavour this year as the Junior PE & Sports Support Officer.