Our Staff
At Seven Hills High School, our staff are highly skilled educators striving to make each school year a unique learning experience. Their vision is for every child to explore their true capability, enjoy learning and experience individual success whilst maintaining the highest standards when it comes to your child’s wellbeing. We encourage all our students to set meaningful goals, devise pathways for success, meet challenges and strive to better their performance.
Principal - Mr Matthew Saville
The Principal has overall responsibility for the education provided at our school. Amongst many other duties, the Principal provides leadership on the implementation of curriculum, assessment and wellbeing initiatives through collaborative planning, monitoring and review. The Principal is an important link between our school, parents and the wider community.
Deputy Principals - Mr Matthew MacLaren, Ms Ana Macan and Mr Andrew Kerr
The Deputy Principals have responsibility for student welfare and discipline, curriculum, staff development and many other administration duties so that the school meets the needs of its students, parents and staff as well as Departmental requirements.
Faculty Head Teachers
Apart from their responsibilities as classroom teachers, Faculty Head Teachers coordinate the learning activities and directions within their faculties. Teachers may refer students to the Head Teacher of that subject if there is a problem with behaviour or progress. Head Teachers will also contact parents if the need arises.
ENGLISH: Ms Teresa Rodd
HSIE: Ms Jennifer Farrugia
SCIENCE: Mr Daniel Way
CAPA / SECONDARY STUDIES: Mrs Penny Matchett
MATHEMATICS / LOTE: Mr Majed Kabbara
PDHPE: Mrs Vivien Thurlow
TAS: Ms Alicia Tunks
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: Mr Quoc Nguyen
VET: Mr Michael Jones
TEACHING & LEARNING: Ms Wendy Lou
Head Teacher Wellbeing - Ms Carissa Howell
The Head Teacher Wellbeing supports and guides students in non-academic matters on an individual and whole school basis. They liaise with other support staff and agencies both within and outside the school in dealing with any matters that may hinder our students achieving their potential.
Classroom Teachers
These are the people with whom students will have most contact. Teachers are highly trained professionals who are dedicated to the welfare of their students and to providing the best education possible. The Classroom Teacher is the first person to see if there are problems in a subject.
Year Advisers
Year Advisers play a leading role in building and sustaining the school’s continually evolving culture of wellbeing, so that every child is known, valued and cared for. Their role is to support and guide students and to respond to their needs. The Year Advisers represent their student groups in the Wellbeing Team and liaise with other staff when appropriate. Year Advisers are also Classroom Teachers.
If students and/or parents have any wellbeing concerns about school, they are encouraged to contact the appropriate Year Adviser. If other people need to be involved with a particular issue, the Year Adviser can make suitable arrangements.
Year 7: Ms Sara Oskay
Year 8: Mr Brayden Rohr
Year 9: Ms Jessica Cappadona
Year 10: Ms Tasvinder Kaur
Year 11: Mr Andrew Griffiths
Year 12: Ms Melody Arslancain
Counsellors - Ms Tess Jagiello & Mr Omid Deljoie
The Counsellor’s role is to assist, in a confidential manner, those students who may be having difficulty at school with their work or their relationships. Students can arrange to see the Counsellor, or have the Year Adviser or the Head Teacher Wellbeing make a referral for them. The Counsellor also works with parents, teachers and groups outside of school.
Careers Adviser - Mr Daniel Moss
Seven Hills High School has a full-time Careers Adviser to help students decide their future directions and to make them aware of realistic options. The Careers Adviser works with students individually and in larger groups at school and through various ‘outside’ agencies.
Student Representative Council - Ms Alicia Frew and Mr Nick Eynaud
The Student Representative Council (SRC) is a group of students elected by their peers who advocate for the student body in school decision-making. The SRC also collaborates with a variety of groups/teams in the school by participating in and/or running activities which benefit the wider community.
Learning and Support Teacher - Ms Joanna Jordan
The role of the LaST is to support teachers in catering for the individualised needs of students. This may be done through withdrawal lessons, small group tasks, differentiated units of work and/or specialised programming within the classroom. Identification of students with specific needs is based on information from their primary school, Student Adviser referrals, data records, testing (e.g. NAPLAN), parent requests, and/or referrals from Classroom Teachers.
School Administrative & Support Staff
This team carries out a range of essential tasks – reception and switchboard duties, printing, processing of enrolments, arranging student transport, financial management, collecting money for excursions and contributions, data and word processing, library administration, Science preparatory work and clinic administration to name a few. Our staff is knowledgeable, efficient and friendly – they are happy to offer their assistance in many matters.
External Support Staff
We are fortunate to be supported at District level by the HSLO (Home School Liaison Officer) who works with individual students and their families regarding attendance matters.
Our Staff
Principal
Mr Matthew Saville
Deputy Principals
Mr Matthew MacLaren
Ms Ana Macan
Mr Andrew Kerr
Ms Suzy Tarasenko (Collegiate DP)
Head Teacher Wellbeing
Ms Carissa Howell
English/HSIE Faculty
Ms Teresa Rodd (Head Teacher English)
Ms Jessica Cappadona (Year 9 Adviser)
Ms Jennifer Farrugia (Head Teacher HSIE)
Mr Michael Jones
Ms Melody Arslancain
Ms Nitika Soni
Mr Vincent Zhang
Ms Sara Oskay
Mr Jack Tween
Ms Fransisca Larasati
Ms Deborah Alexander
Mathematics/Languages Faculty
Mr Majed Kabbara (Head Teacher)
Ms Mary Nelapati
Mr Eugene Quah
Ms Neeti Gupta
Languages
Mr Mark Harper
PDHPE Faculty
Mrs Vivien Thurlow (Head Teacher)
Ms Corinne Dutt
Ms Alicia Frew (Supervisor of Girls and SRC)
Mr Andrew Griffiths (Year 11 Adviser)
Mr Brayden Rohr (Year 8 Adviser)
Ms Claudia Brown (Sports Coordinator)
TAS
Ms Alicia Tunks (Head Teacher)
Ms Rebecca Sharma
Mr Andrew Uden
Ms Karein Williams
Ms Justine Hopkins
Science Faculty
Mr Daniel Way (Head Teacher)
Ms Tasvinder Kaur (Year 10 Adviser)
Mr Raj Singh
Ms Sharon Bentwitch
Mr Patrick May
Ms Danielle Thurman (Lab Assistant)
Teaching and Learning
Ms Wendy Lou (Head Teacher)
Creative and Performing Arts Faculty
Ms Penny Matchett (Head Teacher CAPA & Secondary Studies)
Mr Ben Gray
Ms Alexandra Thornton
Ms Lea Smith
Mr Aran Walsh
Inclusive Education Faculty
Mr Quoc Nguyen (Head Teacher)
Mr Athar Khan
Ms Narvinder Kaur
Mr Nicholas Eynaud (Boys Advisor and SRC)
Ms Tamay Majoub
Ms Michelle Brakell (SLSO)
Ms Suzie Hynd (SLSO)
Ms Amy Wilson (SLSO)
Ms Chloe El-Hessen (SLSO)
Learning and Support Team
Ms Joanna Jordan (LST)
Ms Livia Suric (SLSO)
Ms Bianca Lebnan (SLSO)
Ms Jessica Moseley (SLSO)
Mr Harrison Kirk (SLSO)
Ms Michelle Brown (SLSO)
Ms Eman Richards (SLSO)
Mr Mackenzie Dunn (SLSO)
Ms Kathrin Macan (SLSO)
Mr Anthony Bobadilla (SLSO)
Careers Adviser
Mr Daniel Moss
Librarian
Ms Cathy Costello
School Counsellors
Ms Tess Jagiello
Mr Omid Deljoie
Student Counsellors
Ruth Srinivas
Jay Singh
Corola Berger
Youth Worker
Mr Tim Gleeson
Administration Staff
Ms Deborah Rolls (SAM)
Mrs Jonelle McDonell (Business Manager)
Ms Fiona Connaughton
Ms Jess Cooper
Ms Tahlia Cozzupoli
Ms Tracey Kirk
Ms Vesna Tam
Ms Tracey-Lee Turner
Mr Matt Kirk (GA)
Vocational Innovation Centre
Ms Lynne Vickery (SAM VET)
Mrs Monica Kumar (SAO VET)
Mrs Jonelle McDonell (Publicity Manager)
Mrs Tonnie Slater (Transition Adviser)
Mrs Carolyn Stanton (Vocation Engagement Officer)
Mr W Leon Naufahu (Developmental Coaching Coordinator)
Mr Ethan Dodge (GA)