Our 2024 School Council members are:

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• Charlie Porter (President) – Charlie has two children, in Grade 5 and 2. Charlie’s previously the chair of the Buildings, Grounds and Masterplan sub-committee, and is now the President of School Council. Charlie works in corporate and commercial communications, owning a company that delivers video and animation content.

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• Tom Roth (Vice-president) -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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• Marc Warshall (Treasurer) – ​Marc has a son in Grade 3/4. He is a class convenor, Friday treats coordinator and regular volunteer on the Parent’s committee. Marc has been the treasurer of the school council since he first joined the group in 2023 which fits in nicely with his career as an accomplished CFO. 

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• Jessica Marchand – He has experience organising many events for the French community in Brisbane and Melbourne (some with over 100 attendees!),As a parent, she understands the struggles (and the joys!) of trying to be everywhere at once. She is passionate about giving a voice to all parents, especially those who might be having a tough time..  Don't hesitate to reach out !

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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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• Marine Pesret-Thompson (EFM President) –

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• Tom Pearce – Tom has 15 years expericence in the educaiton sector in Australia and abroad. He has taught refugee camps in Palestine in 2011, and have since worked in several Victorian secondary schools, hospital settings, and juvenile prisons. He is currently Assistant Dean of Music, Director of Choir, and classroom Music teacher, at St. Kevin's College Toorak (Junior School).  He is equipted with a  bachelor degrees in Arts, Music, and Psychology (Honours), and a Masters in Teaching. His son, Disco, has started in Prep this year.

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• Julia Yuncken (Parents’ Committee President) – She has been involved in volunteering as a class convenor for several years, and in the PC for 2 years, taking on the role as President in 2025. She has two children in the Victorian program, one in Grade 3 and one in Grade 4. She is part of the buildings subcommittee and also liaises between the School, HIP, EFM and the PC.  ​​​​​

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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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• Cat Wilson (STEM teacher) – Cat joined CJC in 2009. She taught across many year levels as a classroom teacher, then joined the specialist team in 2024.

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