Thomas Carr College

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name = Thomas Carr College


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location = Tarneit, Victoria, Australia
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affiliation = Roman Catholic Church, ACS
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chairperson = Ms. Jill Butty
principal = Mr. Bruce Runnalls
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schooltype = Independent, Roman Catholic, Co-educational, Day school
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fees = AU$3,550 p.a - AU$$3,850 p.a [http://www.thomascarr.vic.edu.au/?q=node/102 Thomas Carr College Fees 2008] (accessed:10-09-2008)]
enrolment = 1200 (7-12) [http://www.thomascarr.vic.edu.au/?q=node/9 Thomas Carr College- Principal] (accessed:10-09-2008)]
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campus = Suburban
campus size = 10 Hectares
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song = We Will Shine
motto = They Will Shine
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homepage = [http://www.thomascarr.vic.edu.au/ www.thomascarr.vic.edu.au]

Thomas Carr College is a Roman Catholic, co-educational day school located in Tarneit in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is named after Thomas Joseph Carr, the second catholic archbishop of Melbourne. In 2006, the principal since the college's founding, Mr. Paul D'Astoli, retired and was succeeded by Bruce Runnalls.

History

Thomas Carr College took its first group of 72 year 7 students in 1997. These students completed the College's first VCE classes in 2002. In 1997 the school was situated on a temporary site with only portable classrooms.

After this beginning year, Thomas Carr College began to take form with the erection of the first buildings on the permanent site. The most noticeable difference between the first and second years was the number of students. In the second year the College greatly increased in size as a result of the growing population in the area and its key location in one of the growth corridors in the Melbourne's western suburbs.

Since its origination, Thomas Carr College has been steadily growing, and increasing its presence on not only a regional level, but with the frequent exchange trips between Japan and Australia.

On Monday, August 14 2006, the principal announced his resignation effective at the end of the year. In a letter sent out to students on that day, Mr. Paul D'Astoli said that he "felt it is time to give a new Principal the opportunity to take the College forward to the next decade of its development."

Curriculum

Thomas Carr offers a broad-based core curriculum at Years 7 & 8 levels covering all Key Learning Areas including Religious Education, English, Mathematics, the Arts, Science, LOTE (Japanese & Indonesian), Technology, Physical Education and Information Technology. In Year 9, alongside the core studies, students are encouraged to pursue areas of particular interest through an electives program.

In Year 10 various VCE Units 1 & 2 subjects are offered to students. Students at this year level are also involved in Work Experience, Community Service and Careers Advice Programs.

Sport

Thomas Carr College joined the Association of Co-educational School (ACS) sporting competition in 2003, the Sports involved are;

Houses

There are four houses at Thomas Carr. They are the Galway Tigers (Yellow), The Moylough Muscle (Blue), Maynooth Bulls (Red) and Westport Roos (Green). All are named after towns in Ireland and are significant places in Thomas Carr's life.Three House sport carnivals take place annually, the swimming carnival, athletics carnival and the cross country. Galway have won 10 events, Maynooth and Westport have won 8 each while Moylough has won three events.

Annual Mottos

Apart from the official school motto, "They Will Shine", an annual school motto is introduced each year for the students to consider and reflect upon. Some of the more recent ones are listed below.
* 2001 - "Building up our community"
* 2002 - "Growing in Wisdom and Grace"
* 2003 - "On Eagle's Wings"
* 2004 - "You are the Light of the World"
* 2005 - "One Body, Many Parts"
* 2006 - "I am the shepherd; I know my own, and my own know me"
* 2007 - "Guard what has been entrusted to you"

Controversy

The school has not been without controversy. In 2005 the school set up a 'wireless bully button' system, that alerts teachers by SMS when students push the button, and record incidents via a network of 20 video cameras. [cite web
url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/snarl-youre-on-bully-camera-as-schools-act/2007/12/04/1196530678399.html
title=Snarl, you're on bully camera as schools act
work=The Age
publisher=www.theage.com.au
date=December 5, 2007
accessdate=2008-05-31] In 2003, a year nine student committed suicide after being bullied at school camp. The resulting controversy lead to wide spread bullying awareness, and the state government introduced various reforms. [cite web
url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21561076-5000117,00.html
title=Bullying is cruel not cool
work=Herald Sun
date=April 16, 2007
publisher=www.news.com.au
accessdate=2008-05-31] [cite web
url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22719966-5000117,00.html
title=Alan Howe: Evil loves a child of the worry free
work=Herald Sun
publisher=www.news.com.au
date=November 08, 2007
accessdate=2008-05-31]

School song "("We Will Shine")"

"Chorus"-We will shine,we will live the freedomof life in God,as friends togetherWe will shine,we will build the kingdomas all we are called to be.

"Verse 1"-Thomas Carr an Irish priest,who heard God's calland saw great need,left his home, sailed across the sea,to let God's people shine.

(Chorus)

"Verse 2"-He was strong, his mind was keen.he knew great hopesand built great dreamsThomas Carr let God's glory be seen,he helped God's people shine.

(Chorus)

"Verse 3"-We are young, with different giftsto bring a world in need of hope.Here we grow we learn and loveand we. God's people shine.

(Chorus x 2)

References

ee also

* List of schools in Victoria
* List of high schools in Victoria
* Victorian Certificate of Education

External links

* [http://www.thomascarr.vic.edu.au/ Thomas Carr College Website]