Our 2023 School Council members are:

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• Joseph Chang (School Council President) – Joseph has three children, including two at the school, in Grade 5 and Grade 2. Joseph was previously engaged in the masterplan and in Finance as Treasurer, and is now President of the School Council.

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• Adina Nijemcevic (School Council Vice President) – Adina has two children, including one at the school in Grade 3. Adina is probably the person who is the most familiar with CJC, as she is herself a CJC alumni and now a close neighbour of the school. Adina is engaged in Team Kids sub-committee, but also in the Parents’ Committee. Adina works in adult education.

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• Marc Warshall (Treasurer) – Marc has a son in Grade 1. He is a class convenor, Friday treats coordinator and regular volunteer in the Parent’s committee. Marc is new to the school council and has taken on the Treasurer role which fits in nicely with his finance and accounting background working for Creature Technology, an animatronics manufacturing company.​

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• Issy Arieli – Issy is very fortunate to have 5 children. Two have completed their studies at CJC and are now studying at Glen Eira College. Our one boy is in year 3 and a daughter is in year 1, while our youngest will start at CJC next year. I am returning to the school council after missing a year. Issy is involved in property investments after previously having a software business.

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• Daniel Besley - Dan has been part of the CJC community since 2021.  Both his daughters love the school and the activities that are on offer, including the Hebrew Immersion Program and various EFM after school activities. He currently works for Melbourne Water in asset management, volunteer for hockey coaching on weekends where he gets to watch both his daughters develop a love for the sport. He enjoys collecting new hobbies – which currently include playing golf, roasting his own coffee and barbequing

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• Asmine Hammadou (EFM President) – Asmine has a child in Grade 2. In Melbourne since 2013, Asmine engaged with the EFM subcommittee three years ago as the secretary and helped the association transition to the online platform through Covid. She took over the role of president in 2021. For the School Council, she convenes the French subcommittee and is involved in the School Engagement subcommittee.

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• Craig Jacobs – Craig has two children in Grade 1 and 3. Craig has a vested interest in their education and the environment in which they learn. Joining the School Council is his way of helping the school thrive after a difficult couple of years. Craig is hoping to put his work and life experience to good use in whatever ways CJC requires.

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• Amy Pate (Parents’ Committee President) – She has been involved in the PC for 5 years, 2 as President. She has two children in the binome program, one in Grade 5 and one in Grade 1. She is part of the community engagement forum and also liaises between the School, HIP, EFM and the PC. 

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• Charlie Porter – Charlie has two children, in Grade 3 and in Prep at CJC. Charlie is chair of the Buildings, Grounds and Masterplan sub-committee, providing for the maintenance of existing facilities including, while developing and considering various capital works plans and proposals, all with the goal of making the school the best environment for children, staff and the school community. Charlie works in corporate and commercial communications, owning a company that delivers video and animation content.​

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• Tom Roth -Tom has three children. He has a mixed French Australian family with links in the local community through living, playing sport and working locally. He works in health care management for Aspen Medical. With his family, he returned to Australia in 2018. I He has previous experience on CJC's School Council as treasurer and on the Master Plan subcommittee of CJC (4 years).

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• Chris Chant (School Principal) – Chris joined CJC as School Principal in 2017 for a short stay and returned in 2018 as the ongoing Executive Principal and has been instrumental to the recent developments of the school.

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• Caroline Pommier (French Director) – Caroline joined CJC in 2015. Caroline works closely with our local communities to improve the school’s connection with families. She leads the French Binational Program and is also the Vice President of the AAFEBS ( Australian Association of French English Bilingual Schools).

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• Broden Borg (Assistant Principal) – Broden joined CJC in 2021. He works closely with all teaching staff to improve the teaching and learning at CJC.

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• Anne Aubrée (Grade 5 teacher) – Anne joined CJC in 2007. Anne, her husband and their 2 boys arrived in Australia in 2004 initially for 4 years…but have decided to stay a little bit longer! Anne is engaged in the French binome subcommittee.

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• Cat Wilson (Grade 1/2 teacher) – Cat joined CJC in 2009. Cat is teaching in Year 1/2 and in Year 1 French Enrichment, and coordinates our working bees and environmental initiatives.

 

The convenors of our subcommittees and a brief description of their functions:

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• French Binational Program – (Convenor - Asmine Ammadou) the subcommittee is responsible for ensuring the ongoing integration of the French Elective in the school.

• Policy & Development – (Convenor – Benjamin Avanzi) the subcommittee is involved in reviewing, updating and ratifying the documented school policies (i.e. Uniform policy, Child Safety, Camps & Excursions etc.)

• School  Identity Subcommittee (Convenor Charlie Porter) The subcommittee's mission is to consolidate the school positioning and its visibility to all of our community

• Community Engagement - (Convenor Maud Vagedes) Promoting community engagement in the various aspect of the Parent Committee's initiatives.

• OSHC – (Convenor – Megan Barclay) the subcommittee oversees and reviews the OSHC services.

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