News Student Leadership
4 February 2016
Al Siraat is proud and delighted to announce that one of our Primary students and two staff members were nominated for the prestigious “Australia Day Awards 2016 by the City of Whittlesea.
Congratulations and Mabrook to Year 4 Junior School student Mariam Moeladawilah for winning the “City of Whittlesea Young Citizen of the Year 2016” award.
Mariam was presented with the award by Mayor Cr Stevan Kozmevski inside the council hall before being escorted to the main festival stage outside where she received the official award from tv and radio icon John Blackman.
College Principal Mr Andrew Houghton and Year 3-4 Coordinator Ms Noori Ahmad were both nominated for the “Australian Citizen of the Year” award. We would like to congratulate them on their nominations.
They were formally announced and presented at the City of Whittlesea Australia Day celebrations on 26 January 2016.
BBA (Hon)
Tanja joined the College in 2010 in its second year and helped set-up and establish procedures for the administration office. She has been looking after the front school office and new enrolments, being the first point of contact for students and parents for many years. Her role has changed to the College's Content & Relations Lead in mid-2019. Tanja is also one of the College's Sustainability Coordinators.
She was born in Germany where she attended both Primary and High School. Tanja holds an Honours Degree in Business Administration and spent a year in Malaysia as part of her studies where she also worked with the Malaysian Red Crescent Society.
Tanja migrated to Australia in 2006 and has been calling Australia her home ever since. She is an active member of the Al Siraat family, enjoys mountain biking, bush walking and photography and is engaged with interfaith, social justice, wildlife care and rehabilitation in her spare time.
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