Whole School
STAFF NEWS
The College congratulates the following staff members on their new or acting appointments:
Primary Campus
- Damian McNamara – Deputy Principal Primary (Head of Campus)
- Patrizia Puglia – Director of Religion and Spirituality
- Nathan Rose – Director Student Wellbeing & Administration
- Aaron Sayers – Primary Coordinator
Secondary Campus
- Damian Patton – Acting Principal
- Matthew Williams – Deputy Principal Pastoral
- Sam Kitschke – Director of Pastoral
- Hayley Kollevris – Acting Dance Coordinator
- Danii Zappia – Drama Coordinator
- Olivia Andreula – Italian Coordinator
- Dominic Smith – Head of Religion
- Emily Burns – Drama Extra-curricular and Events Coordinator
- Bridget Kearins – Gifted & Talented Coordinator
- Leanne DeYoung – VET Coordinator
- Melissa Fiacchi – Year 12 Assistant Director
- Aldo Calo – Year 10 Director
- Liesel Dunstan – Year 10 Assistant Director
- Jessica Capitanio – Year 9 Assistant Director
- Daniel Jones – Year 7 Director
Special Projects
- Sally Armour – Parent Engagement Project
- Adam Biggs – Learner Profiles Project
- Tonia Carfora – Wellbeing Initatives Leader
- Jacob Hanley – Numeracy/STEM Key Teacher and Year 9 Careers Education Program
- Elli Nicola – Student Engagement Project (Semester 2)
- Rhiannon O’Hara – Middle School Learner Enrichment
- Zara Zampaglione – Student Engagement Project
COLLEGE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND COORDINATORS
| College Leadership | |
|---|---|
| Acting Principal | Damian Patton |
| Business Manager | Dominic LoBasso |
| Primary Leadership | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Principal Primary (Head of Campus) | Damian McNamara |
| Director Teaching and Learning | Joanne Gilmore |
| Director Student Wellbeing and Administration | Nathan Rose |
| Secondary Leadership | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Principal - Teaching and Learning | Bron Kemp |
| Deputy Principal - Pastoral | Matthew Williams |
| Deputy Principal - Staff and Strategy | Amanda Price |
| Director of Mission | Robert Dempsey |
| Director of Curriculum and Assessment | Gavin O'Reilly |
| Director of Pastoral | Sam Kitschke |
| Year Level Directors | Assistant Year Level Directors | |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | Daniel Jones | Joanne Howat |
| Year 8 | Paul Flaherty | Tom Dittmar |
| Year 9 | Brent Parfrey | Jessica Capitanio |
| Year 10 | Aldo Calo | Liesel Dunstan |
| Year 11 | Anna Porcelli | Ned Heath |
| Year 12 | Mark Labrosciano | Melissa Fiacchi |
| Secondary Heads of Department/Subject Coordinators | |
|---|---|
| Business | Hamish Redden |
| Dance | Hayley Kollevris |
| Design & Technologies | Greg Cloy |
| Digital Technologies | Maria Cardillo |
| Drama | Danii Zappia |
| English | Jane Sykes |
| Health & Physical Education | Sally Nicholson |
| History | Stacey Moros |
| Humanities | Catherine Pearce |
| Italian | Olivia Andreula |
| Library | Maria Pepe-Micholos |
| Mathematics | Anne Finlay |
| Music | James Musci |
| Religious Education | Dominic Smith |
| Research Project and PLP | Lachlan Chatterton |
| Science | Jack Alberton |
| Visual Arts | Nicolle LeRay-Warren |
| Secondary Coordinators | |
|---|---|
| Director of Music | Tim Donovan |
| Drama Extra-curricular and Events Coordinator | Emily Burns |
| Gifted & Talented Coordinator | Bridget Kearins |
| Indigenous Education Coordinator | Andrew Spencer |
| Learning Support Coordinator | Michael Balic |
| SACE Coordinator | Rocco Schirripa |
| VET Coordinator | Leanne DeYoung |
| Co-curricular Coordinator | Jordan Young |
| Co-curricular Officer (Girls) | Leanne Burton and Ebony Minagall |
| Primary Coordinators | |
|---|---|
| Early Primary Coordinator | Madeline Cole |
| Primary Coordinator | Aaron Sayers |
| Co-curricular Coordinator | Dion Gazettas |
| Student Services Coordinator | Melanie Becker |
NEW STAFF
The St Michael’s College Community would like to welcome the following staff members:
Primary Campus
- Annabel Burrell – Teacher
- Billie Tanner – Teacher
- Luke Tieppo – Learning Support Assistant
Secondary Campus
- Stephen Axisa – Design and Technology Maintenance Officer
- Melissa Boden – Teacher
- Lousie Day – Teacher
- Leanne De Young – VET Coordinator
- Patrick Dolan – Teacher
- Timothy Edwards – Teacher
- Melissa Fiacchi – Year 12 Assistant Director
- Kim Franks – Teacher
- Sarah Grey – Administration Assistant
- Michelle Haldane-Spencer – Dance Instructor
- Daniel Jones – Year 7 Director
- Emma Kearney – Teacher
- Domna Margaras – Teacher
- Sam Martin – Teacher
- Ebony Minagall – Co-curricular Administration Assistant and Girls Co-curricular Officer
- Nolan Naicker – Teacher
- Jesicca Oliviero – Teacher
- Becky Parker – Teacher
- Brendon Parker – Teacher
- Kate Redemski – Teacher
- Ellena Williamson – Senior Events and Community Engagement Officer
- Zara Zampaglione – Teacher
RETIREMENTS
The College thanks the following staff members for their contribution to the College and we wish them all the best on a well-deserved retirement.
- Kym Bolto
- Lavina Desyllas
- Tony Faraone
- Tony Galpin
- Tony Healy
- John Lambert
- Reinhard Schwidder
- Linda Story
- Rob Sturman
- Jill Thorn
- Annette Woolford
- Kevin Woolford
CONGRATULATIONS
A big congratulations to the following staff members on their special announcements throughout 2021:
Births
- Nectaria Granleese welcomed daughter Georgia.
- Rachel Philp welcomed daughter Olive Frances.
- Dominic Smith welcomed daughter Hilde.
- Tim Wetherell welcomed daughter Pippa Rose.
Weddings
- Samira Goelzenleuchter
- Tess Morcom
- Anna Porcelli
Engagements
- Annabel Lampard
- Amanda Price
- Nathan Rose
- Thomas Simpson
