Vision

Emmanuel College, sharing the mission of the Church and the principles of a Marianist education, with its devotion to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, delivers a Catholic secondary education, directed particularly to the young women and men from the parishes of the region, supporting all dimensions of their growth and learning; faith, intellectual, emotional, social, psychological and physical.

Mission

Emmanuel’s Marianist ethos is expressed in a safe and secure Catholic environment, based on compassion, respect, justice and responsibility which fosters the development of the learning and faith community.

Emmanuel College Philosophy Statement

Democratic Principles Statement

Governance

Emmanuel College is a school which operates with the consent of the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne and is operated and governed by Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Ltd (MACS).

MACS governs and operates Catholic schools in the Archdiocese to continue the mission of Catholic education to proclaim the Good News and equip our young people with the knowledge, skills and hope to live meaningful lives and enrich the world around them.

Because the good work of educating the young is a co-responsible task led by every member of the Catholic school community, School Advisory Councils have been established to provide a crucial point of connection between the wider school community and school leaders. This governance model was designed to ease the administrative burden on our schools and parishes, allow parish priests to focus on the mission of education in the parish, enable greater collaboration between schools and ensure greater consistency in school policies and procedures.

More information on MACS is available at www.macs.vic.edu.au.

A copy of the MACS Emmanuel College Advisory Council Terms of Reference can be downloaded here
A copy of MACS Working Together in Mission can be downloaded here
A copy of the MACS School Advisory Council Manual can be downloaded here
A copy of the MACS Code of Conduct for School Advisory Council Members can be downloaded here

Elected and co-opted members of the College Advisory Council for 2024 are:

• Father John Healy (President)
• Mr Keith Brown (Chair)
• Mr Naresh Raja (Co-opted Member)
  
• Ms Valentina Trajkovski (Parent Member)
  
• Mr Javier Arguello (Parent Member)
• Ms Michelle MacDonald (Parent Member)
• Mrs Trillion Ralston (Parent Member)
  
• Mr Nathan Hougee (Alumnus Member)
• Mr Edwin Farmar-Bowers (Staff Member - SPC)
• Ms Dianne Martin (Staff Member - NDC)
  
• Jack Lowry (Student Member - NDC)
• Ayan Panghal (Student Member - SPC)
• Dr Janine Biggin (College Principal)
• Mr Mario Puopolo (Business Manager)
• Mr Chris O’Malley (Executive Deputy Principal)
  
• Mr Mark Sciberras (Deputy Principal - Mission Integration)
• Ms Nicole Allan (Deputy Principal - Leader Learning & Teaching)
• Ms Anita Duhig (Deputy Principal - Inclusion Practices)
• Mr Denis Palanci (Deputy Principal - Student Wellbeing SPC)
• Mr Victor Salloum (Deputy Principal - Student Wellbeing NDC)
  

Annual report

Each year the College publishes an annual report to the College community that reports progress and achievements in the following key areas of College life:

• Education in faith
• Student wellbeing
• Learning and Teaching
• Leadership and management
• College community

The current report is available below:

Emmanuel College 2023 Annual Report