School type Catholic school Founded 1997 Enrolment 1,208 Phone +61 3 8734 2444 Motto "They Will Shine" | Denomination Roman Catholic Gender Co-educational Campus Suburban School fees 4,800 USD Colors White, Red, Navy blue | |
Address 35 Thomas Carr Dr, Tarneit VIC 3029, Australia Similar Westbour Grammar School, MacKillop Catholic Regional, Werribee Secondary College, Hoppers Crossing Secondar, The Grange P‑12 Coll | ||
Thomas carr college a day in the life of a year 7 student
Thomas Carr College is an Australian Catholic co-educational day school in Tarneit in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. It is named after Thomas Joseph Carr, the second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne. In 2006, the principal since the College's founding, Paul D'Astoli, was transferred and was succeeded by Bruce Runnalls. Currently the College's principal is Dr Andrew Watson.
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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 eight each while Moylough has won four events.
Controversy
In 2002 it was said that the Year 8 student's were given money from male students to perform sexual acts. Article from The Age: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/07/25/1027497383248.html
The school has not been without controversy. In 2003, a year nine student committed suicide after being bullied at school camp. The resulting controversy led to widespread bullying awareness, and the state government introduced various reforms.
In 2005 the school establish a "wireless bully button" system which alerts teachers by SMS when students push the button and records incidents via a network of 20 video cameras, which we have been told do not actually work.