From The Principal Class
Taylors Lakes Secondary College
Welcome
On behalf of all staff, a warm welcome to the 2023 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:
Sema Ersoy - Humanities
Fiona Maltby - Food Technology
Kristiana Markovski - English
Chris Moore - Mathematics and Information Technology
Nick Nowak - Psychology and Information Technology
Michelle Oelschlaegel - Textiles
Jane Pace - English and Tutoring
Daniel Scerri - Health & Physical Education
Leo Zhou - Japanese
Jasmin Zelaya - Business Management Emma Viney - Japanese
Educational Support Staff:
Ayan Omer Sheree - Health Promotion Nurse
Maya Sreedevi Amma - Integration
Welcome back to Nhat Bui and Julie Milin who return from leave. Louisa Norwood will continue her Assistant Principal position in a full time capacity. Over the break, Agnes Fenech gained an ongoing position at Coburg High School and Carmel Brown has gained a temporary transfer to Sunbury Downs College for 2023. Last week, David Caust has also gained a temporary position at Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College for the rest of the year. We wish them all the very best for 2023.
Year Level Leaders
Year 12
Joe Laganga and Melissa Tarquinio
Year 11
Brent Charlton and Josie Costanzo
Year 10
Matthew Karipoglou and Shannon Page
Year 9
Jaala Watkins and Tim Williams
Year 8
Tracey Clark and Belinda Galea
Year 7
Connor O'Leary and Karen Relf
Sub-School Leaders
Antoinette Massarotto - Senior
Robert Findlay - Middle
Matthew Wilson - Junior
Facilities Upgrades and Improvements
- Library Redevelopment
- Student Hardcourts Redevelopment
- Student Support Services – Counselling Rooms Redevelopment
- New Carpet in Maths/Science TWS, S8, S10 and Gymnasium Foyer
- Gymnasium Floor Resurfacing
- Painting of internal and external walls, doors, poles around the school.
- Continual roll out of new security cameras
- All carpets have been steamed cleaned, all floors buffed and all windows cleaned
Most 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. Over the break we also had to deal with major flooding from the heavy rain that occurred on Thursday December22nd 2022, resulting in the staffroom, VCE study room, Admin Corridor, SPACE and English Teacher Workspace having their carpets destroyed and pulled up. Temporary flooring has been laid to make it safe until new carpet is relayed. This is being managed by the VSBA.