Overnewton Anglican Community College
Overnewton Anglican Community College (OACC) is a co-educational day school with two campuses located in Taylors Lakes, Melbourne and Keilor, Victoria, Australia. The current Principal is Jim Laussen. It was founded in 1987 and the second campus in Taylors lakes opened in 1996 and it is by all means expanding in size and reputation. It is under the aegis of the Anglican Church of Australia. Overnewton is well known for having a separate campus for its year nine students called Canowindra coincidentally that is across a full sized oval from the Taylors Lakes campus. It is also well known for having a family contribution scheme, where the parents of the students must complete 18 hours of work for the school a term, this helps to keep the prices low. Overnewton is also a member of the Association of Co-educational School or ACS for short, in fact the principal, Jim Laussen is the Secretary General.
Notable alumni
School Houses
- Edison - named after the famous American Inventor Thomas Edison
- Curie - named after the famous Polish physicist Marie Curie
- Newton - named after the famous British physicist Isaac Newton
- Pasueur - named after the famous French microbiologist Louis Pasteur