VCE Results
It’s been a wonderful end to the year as we celebrate the achievements of our Year 11 students who undertook an accelerated VCE subject this year. As many of you know, about 35 of our Year 11 students accelerated into a Year 12 subject this year – Media, Psychology and Turkish (via the Victorian School of Languages).
Our first group of Year 12 Study Score results were very strong. We had some very high achievement. Adem Rakipi scored 41 in Media and Shannon Jot Kaur scored a 40 in Media. This puts them in the top 9% of all students studying Media in the state. Zeynep Sivka also scored over 40 in Turkish.
We also had strong consistent performance across the board, with a school median of 30 across Psychology and Media. Media had a mean Study Score of 32.4. While it is very hard for individual students to gain an individual score over 30, achieving a median of 30 is even harder and displays this consistency of achievement.
Congratulations to all of our students who completed one of these subjects for their efforts over the two years. Thanks also to our 2024 subject teachers Jason Stradella and Daniel Mulligan and our Senior School Team for preparing our students.
These results bode well for next year as the whole Year 12 cohort attempts their VCE.
2025 School Captains
I would like to extend my congratulations to our 2025 School Captains Manpreet and Zahna, and Vice Captains Akshat and Thabile.
We welcome this exciting new chapter for our college with their appointment as our inaugural school captains and look forward to the vision and passion they will bring to their roles.
New Staff 2025
As we add our sixth and final cohort of students to the school, we will also be adding a number of new staff. We would like to welcome:
| Jeff Killen | Maths |
| Craig Julseth | Science |
| Adekunle Amira | Maths |
| Philip Mercurio | Science and Maths |
| Baljit Saul | Science |
| Penelope Ng | Languages: Chinese Mandarin |
| Liam Bullock | Humanities and Year Level Coordinator |
| Harry Cannon | Maths |
| Katelyn Alford | Library |
| Caitlin Richardson | P.E. Assistant |
| Hayley Conboy | P.E. Assistant |
| Gareth Lloyd | Speech Pathologist |
| Khaliah Marro | Social Worker |
| Inger Ross | Mental Health Practitioner |
| Helen Maloney | Classroom Aide |
| Alexander Avraam | Chemistry and Science |
| James Melky | Biology and Science |
| Daniel Crowley | English and Humanities |
| Kwangtaek Kim | Biology and Science |
| Zeynep Çaldır | Psychology and Legal Studies |
| Nicholas Naskovski | Maths |
| Kieran Monk | Psychology and Science |
| Yuksul Calik | Science and Food Tech |
| Liam McKenna | Assistant Principal |
We also have a number of staff returning from leave next year including: Sarah Darling, Stacey Cartwright Smith, Nicole Griffin and Alice Hu. Welcome back!
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the following staff members who won’t be with us next year: Travis Unsworth, Chuanshuang Zhang, Dana Hasan Odah, Marcus Noel and Ethan Welker. Thanks to all those teachers for their contributions to our school.
Liesl Albion will be taking Family Leave for 2025.
I would like to make special mention of two foundation staff members: Rachelle Cole and Bec Gooch Andrew. Ms. Cole will be taking extended leave for 2025 and Ms. Gooch Andrew will be moving to a school much closer to her home. Both Ms. Cole and Ms. Gooch Andrew played a significant part in establishing the school over the last five years and will be greatly missed by the Elevation community.
Organisational Structure for 2025
| Title | Staff Member |
| Principal | Colin Burke |
| Assistant Principal – Junior School | Andrew Stock |
| Assistant Principal – Middle School | Liam McKenna |
| Assistant Principal – Senior School | Kyle Schutz |
| Assistant Principal – Curriculum and Pedagogy | Sam Steinkrug |
| Assistant Principal – Engagement and Wellbeing | Natalie Conboy |
| Assistant Principal – Operations | Angela Lane |
| Leading Teacher – Year 7 | Courtney Gorham |
| Leading Teacher – Year 8 | Gulsen Tankir |
| Leading Teacher – Year 9 | Matina Konstantinakos |
| Leading Teacher – Year 10 | James Devlin |
| Leading Teacher – Year 11 and 12 | Asli Dulger |
| Leading Teacher – VCE Vocational Major | Alex Connor |
| Leading Teacher – Transition Coordinator | Sarah Darling |
| Learning Specialist – English, Literacy and PLCs | Margaret Nicholas |
| Learning Specialist – Humanities and PLCs | Mark Favaloro |
| Learning Specialist – Mathematics, Numeracy and PLCs | Alex Mangione |
| Learning Specialist – Science and PLCs | Jessica Beach |
| Learning Specialist – Technology | Aaron Jaraba |
| Learning Specialist – Health and PE | Brandon Isaac |
| Learning Specialist – Performance and Pedagogy | Matt Williamson |
| Learning Specialist – Curriculum, Data and Assessment | Rory Henderson |
| Learning Specialist – Behaviour and Trauma Informed | Kimberly Calder |
| Domain Support – Art | Joshua Fielding |
| Domain Support – Technology | Melissa Vella |
| Domain Support – HPE and Sport | Andy Ward |
| Domain Support – Languages | Jing Ci Li |
| Domain Support – English | Luke Hanlon |
| Domain Support – Humanities | Julian Sinnema |
| Domain Support – Maths | Alison Eslake |
| Domain Support – Science | Amanpreet Kaur |
| Reports and Student Learning Conference Coordinator | Anoop Sivasankaran |
| EAL Coordinator | Denise Anagnostou |
| Numeracy Coordinator | Monique Petrone |
| Instrumental Music and Band Coordinator | Simon Wilson |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 7 | Felishia Iannelli |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 7 | Arthur Walker Trew |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 8 | Rayanne Chebbou |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 8 | Jason Stradella |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 9 | Jacob Heaton-Jones |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 9 | Liam Bullock |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 10 | Nikita Richardson |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 10 | Eve Harding |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 11 | Jessica Smith |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 11 | Alex Hartmann |
| Year Level Coordinator Year 12 | Jing Ci Li |
| Opportunities, Partnerships and Scholarships Coordinator | Georgia Wheaton |
| Extension and Enrichment Coordinator | Alice Hu |
| Koori Coordinator | J-Mara McDonald |
| SRC | Jillian McGinley |
| Head of House | Omar Soufi |
| Careers Team Leader | John Tikulin |
Start of Year Arrangements
The Elevation Secondary College administration office will close at 12:30 on Friday 20 December and reopen on Wednesday 22nd January.
In 2025 we will stagger the start the school year with the following return dates:
Year 7 – Wednesday 29 January
Year 12 – Thursday 30 January
Year 8, 9, 10 and 11 – Friday 31 January
Important Dates for 2025
2025 Term Dates
Term 1 Commences 29 January (Yr7) – Last Day 4 April **Early Finish 1:20pm**
Term 2 Commences 22 April – Last Day 4 July **Early Finish 1:20pm**
Term 3 Commences 21 July – Last Day 19 September **Early Finish 1:20pm**
Term 4 Commences 6 October – Last Day 19 December ** Early Finish 12:30pm**
Student Free Days
Curriculum Days
Tuesday 28 January
Friday 7 March
Friday 6 June
Friday 28 November
Student Free Day
Wednesday 27 August
Tuesday 9 December
Student Learning Conferences
Wednesday 26 March
Thursday 14 August
Friday 15 August
Public Holidays
Monday 27 January – Australia Day
Monday 10 March – Labour Day
Friday 25 April – ANZAC Day
Monday 9 June – King’s Birthday
Tuesday 4 November – Melbourne Cup
Catastrophic Fire Arrangements
A timely reminder as we head into bushfire season – that Elevation Secondary College is located within a BAR 4 bushfire risk area. This means that if a “Catastrophic” bushfire alert is declared for our area, the school will be directed to close for the length of the catastrophic alert. Should this eventuality arise, it is likely that we would have at least one day’s warning to alert the community.
Best Wishes for the Festive Season
On behalf of the staff at Elevation Secondary College, we would like to wish the whole community a happy and safe festive season.
Colin Burke
Principal