Thomas Carr College


Thomas Carr College is a Roman Catholic co-educational day school in Tarneit, Victoria, Australia. It is named after Thomas Joseph Carr, the second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne.
Craig Holmes is the current principal of the College, since January 2019.

School principals

In 2006, the principal since the College's founding, Paul D'Astoli, was transferred and succeeded by Bruce Runnalls. Runnalls died in office in 2011 and was succeeded by Andrew Watson until December 2018, when he resigned. Craig Holmes is the current principal of the College, since January 2019.

Sport

Thomas Carr College joined the Association of Co-educational School sporting competition in 2003. They left the ACS in 2018 and have since joined the Sports Association of Catholic Coeducational Secondary Schools.

Houses

There are four houses at Thomas Carr College. They are the Galway Tigers, the Moylough Muscle, Maynooth Bulls and Westport Roos. All are named after towns in Ireland and are significant places in Thomas Carr's life.

Controversy

In 2002 it was reported that some Year 8 students were given money from male students to perform sexual acts.
In 2003, a Year 9 student committed suicide after being bullied at school camp. The resulting controversy led to widespread bullying awareness, and the state government introduced various reforms.
In 2005 the school established a "wireless bully button" system which alerts teachers by SMS when students push the button and records incidents via a network of 20 video cameras.

Notable alumni