Board Members

Balcatta SHS School Board consists of the following members:

Margaret Banks (community member), Helen Notis (Chair), Lesley Street (Principal), Chris Hatton (community member)

Lara Broomfield (parent member), Isabella Gage (Student Council member), Robert Kollie (Student Council member), Simon Naumovski (Student Council member), Ana Rychlak (Student Council member), Habib Sultan (Student Council member), Trudie Dwyer (parent member), Karen Paull (parent member), Anna Sanzogni (staff member), Kevin Castensen (staff member).

Absent:  Helen Maitland (staff member), Professor Ted Snell (community member)

Lesley Street - Principal
Lesley started her career as an English teacher and then went on to roles as a Deputy Principal and Principal of Girrawheen Senior High School and Ballajura Community College.  She then went on to spend the next 14 years in various roles including District Director, Director Schools and Director Statewide Delivery and Planning.  In 2015, Lesley returned to schools and took up the position of Principal of Balcatta Senior High School.  She believes this is an exciting time in the school’s history and is excited by the possibilities in the years to come.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS

Margaret Banks
Margaret brings extensive expertise and experience in education, employment services and corporate governance from her background in top positions in the WA and NT Education and Training Systems.  Margaret has also provided consultancy services in Fiji and Brunei and has held positions in the Executive Service of the Australian Government Public Service, Canberra.  She currently works as a consultant, including as a Reviewer of Independent Public Schools and In Registering non-Government schools.  As a volunteer, she sits on two other Boards of ‘not for profit’ organisations.  She has a passion and commitment to the important role schools play in providing excellence in learning and a safe and happy place for students to attend.

Professor Ted Snell AM
Professor Ted Snell, AM CitWA, is Chief Cultural Officer at the University of Western Australia.  Over the past two decades, he has contributed to the national arts agenda through roles as Chair of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Chair of Artbank, Chair of the Asialink Visual Arts Advisory Committee and as a Board member of the National Association for the Visual Arts.  He is currently on the board of the UQ Art Museum, the ARC Advisory Council, Chair of the Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide and Chair of University Art Museums Australia.  He has been a commentator on the arts for ABC radio and television and is currently Perth art reviewer for The Australian and a regular contributor to local and national journals.

Chris Hatton
Before being elected to State Parliament, Chris was a teacher and President of Balcatta Senior High School P&C.  His wife Pina, is a teacher at West Balcatta Primary School and all of their children attended both West Balcatta Primary School and Balcatta Senior High School.  He is passionate about the importance of education as his family has benefitted greatly from attending these strong local schools and being part of the wider Balcatta community.

PARENT MEMBERS

Lara Broomfield
Lara is the parent of a student in Year 10 at Balcatta Senior High School and has been involved with the Council since 2014.  She is a passionate advocate for education and especially for students with special needs.

 Trudie Dwyer
Trudie became a Council member this year and is the parent of students in Years 9 and 10 at Balcatta Senior High School.  She is a police officer with WA Police Service.

Helen Notis
Helen has been the Chair of Balcatta Senior High School Council since 2015 and is a qualified Accountant and a member of CPA Australia.  Helen has over 25 years’ experience in Commerce and industry in the areas of finance and banking, retail and hospitality.

Karen Paull
Karen is the parent of a Year 7 student at Balcatta Senior High School and has worked for many years in banking and then moved into the ‘not for profit’ sector.  Karen has been a foster carer for many years and is currently studying counselling part-time.  As a past student of Balcatta Senior High School and with a long family history at the school, Karen is proud to be a member of the School Council and hopes to contribute to the success of the school for the students and the community.

STAFF MEMBERS

Kevin Castensen
Kevin is our longest serving staff member and has been teaching at Balcatta for  26 years.  In his 43 year career, he has taught at  Pinjarra, Greenwood, Scarborough and  Woodvale Senior High Schools.  He is passionate about the importance of building positive relationships and believes every student has enormous potential and it is his job to help find the spark that will ignite a love of learning in each student.

Helen Maitland
Helen joined us as one of our two Associate Principals in 2015 and is currently responsible for students in Years 7 to 9.  Helen started her career as a teacher of Home Economics and then went on to become Head of Learning Area.  Helen has extensive experience as a Deputy Principal and brings a wealth of expertise in student services, curriculum and whole school planning.  Helen believes that when teachers, parents and community members  work together, we maximise the chances for every child’s future success.

Anna Sanzogni
Anna is Council secretary and has been a teacher librarian at Balcatta Senior High School since 1987.  Before joining Balcatta Senior High School, she taught at Harvey Agricultural District High School, South Fremantle Senior High School and Mirrabooka Senior High School.

STUDENT MEMBERS (YEAR 11)

Isabella Gage
Robert Kollie
Simon Naumovski
Ana Rychlak
Habib Sultan