Emma Buzo

We welcome the return of Emma Buzo to Emanuel School. Emma is very experienced in both Primary classroom teaching and also as a Head of Department in Secondary Drama. Emma has previously taught for a number of years in our Primary School, including classroom and Drama teaching and directing school productions. She is absolutely delighted to have returned to Emanuel School and will be teaching Year 1 in 2018.

Lara Kepitis

Lara will be teaching Year 5 OC. She is experienced in Gifted and Talented teaching and comes to us most recently from St Ives North Public School, where she has taught the Gifted and Talented class for the past 8 years. In addition to her classroom teaching, Lara has been a member of the Wellbeing Excellence and Technology Teams and has presented at conferences such as the ‘Ignite Conference – Creating 21^st century emotionally intelligent leaders’.

Lisa Inberg

Lisa Inberg is joining both the HSIE and Jewish Studies Departments. Last year Lisa did some teaching at Emanuel School and is well known to many of our students. For the previous 5 years, Lisa had been teaching in New York; her most recent experience was teaching Social Studies at The Abraham Joshua Heschel High School. Lisa has also been extensively involved in student exchange and volunteer programs in countries such as Israel, Austria and Nepal.

Hilary de Joux

Hilary de Joux is returning to Emanuel School, as French Teacher for Years 8 – 12, having previously taught here in Term 3 2017. Hilary came to us from New Zealand where she had been Head of Department in Languages, including 16 years at Nelson College for Girls and most recently Co-educational Waimea College. Hilary has presented at NZALT Conferences on Technology and Language Learning and had been awarded a Language Immersion Scholarship by the NZ Ministry of Education.

Alex Hone

Alex is joining the Music Department and will be teaching Music across Pre-school, Primary and High School. He comes to us from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and has had experience in a number of schools in Sydney. Whilst Alex’s background is as a jazz guitarist, classical pianist and flautist, he is skilled in the use of contemporary music technology. Alex’s passion for music has also been evident in his work as Music Director in community groups outside of school.

Iain Robertson

Iain is replacing Danny Burley whilst he is on Long Service Leave in Term 1. Iain is from the UK and his most recent positions were Teacher in charge of Performance and Head of Music at Hurtsmere School and Sedgehill School. As well as his involvement with choirs and wind bands, Iain has been a professional drummer and was signed with EMI publishing and London records.

Natasha Avenoso

Natasha is the part-time Design and Technology (D&T) Assistant and she has taught D&T in schools in the Eastern Suburbs. During her teacher training, Natasha was a ‘Prac’ student at Emanuel and also attended Emanuel School as a Primary student.