Thomas Carr College

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Thomas Carr College-
Name	Thomas Carr College
Established	1997
Religion	Catholic
Students	Over 1,000 pupils
Year Levels	7 to 12
Motto	"They Will Shine"

Thomas Carr College is a school located in Tarneit in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. It is named after Thomas Joseph Carr, the second catholic archbishop of Melbourne. In 2006, the Principal was Mr. Paul D'Astoli, however he retired.

Contents 1 History 2 Curriculum 3 Controversy 4 Sport 5 Houses

[edit] History

Thomas Carr College took its first group of 72 year 7 students in 1997. These students went on to complete 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, 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 it's presence on not only a regional level, but with the frequent exchange trips between Japan and Australia.

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

[edit] 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, along side 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.

[edit] Controversy

Thomas Carr has not been immune from controversy. It has been featured several times on the Australian current affairs program A Current Affair for a variety of reasons.

[edit] Sport

Thomas Carr College joined the ACS sporting competition in 2003, the Sports involved are;

	Boys Summer	Girls Summer	Boys Winter	Girls Winter	Mixed Summer	Mixed Winter
1	Basketball	Soccer	Soccer	Basketball	Rugby	Volleyball
2	Cricket	Softball	Sofball	Table Tennis
3	Softball	Tennis	Tennis	Hockey
4	Table Tennis	Volleyball	Volleyball	Netball
5	Hockey		Football

[edit] 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 one event.