STAFF INTRODUCTIONS
LEGEND:
FP: Favourite Place on Earth
BM: Best Memory
OCO: Other Career Option (If I wasn't doing this...I'd be doing that)
Shirley DiFebo
Office Supervisor
BCSS Since 2008
Favourite Place: Home
Lois McCammond
Assistant Secondary Admin Support
BCSS Since 2008
FP: Downhill near Castlerock in Northern Ireland
Charlene Yu
Guidance Secretary
BCSS Since 2020
FP: Home
Angela Latino
Budget Secretary
BCSS Since 2014
FP: Italy with my family
Tahira Yousaf
EA/DSW
BCSS Since 2010
FP: My kitchen
Ada Kolli
Modern Languages
BCSS Since 2020
Anywhere by the Water
Christine Beaton
Educational Assistant
BCSS Since 2019
FP: Rustic Cabin with a good cup of coffee, in comfy clothes, with a current knitting/crochet project and my dogs
Talita Irvin
Child and Youth Worker
BCSS Since 2011
FP: Anywhere by the water
Catalina Militaru
Head of Int'l Languages
BCSS Since 2010
FP: Deserted beach in Cuba
Larry DiLiberatore
Caretaker
BCSS Since 2018
FP: Puerto Plata
Alex Aquino
Caretaker
BCSS Since 2008
FP: Honolulu, Hawaii
Shaheed Ali
Lead Caretaker
BCSS Since 2019
FP: Anywhere with my girls
Sunil Khandor
Mathematics and Business
BCSS Since 2012
Berlin, Prague, Vienna
Michael Nunes
Head of Special Education
BCSS Since 2014
FP: Outdoors
Grace Tse
Library Technician
BCSS Since 2008
FP: Banff
Conrad Hamilton
Field Technology Analyst
BCSS Since 2009
FP: Anywhere my friends and family are
Jeff Raposo
English
BCSS Since 2017
FP: Toronto in the Fall
Carrie Oglestone
EA: Health Assistant
BCSS Since 2014
FP: At home with my family and pets
Alana Sowinski
ME Class Teacher
BCSS Since 2014
FP: Italy
Megan Patullo
History/English
BCSS Since 2017
FP: Florence
Mike de Vries
HPE
BCSS Since 2010
Milford Sound, New Zealand or Mount Albert, Ontario
Jodi Gram
HPE/Co-OP/HPA
BCSS Since 2009
FP: Friends cottage North of Bancroft
Ryan Kent
History
BCSS Since 2013
FP: Wherever my Wife is
OCO: Musician
Ayaz Khota
Caretaker
BCSS Since 2013
FP: Toronto
Sandra Durnan
Co-Operative Education
BCSS Since 2013
Being up north in Muskoka enjoying the sunshine, swims in the lake, campfires, star gazing at night and skating through the forest in the winter :)
Joshua Shultz
Head of Technological Education
BCSS Since 2008
BM: Toss up between my daughters being born or the Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Stanley Cup Wins ;)
OCO: writing or producing in film or T.V
Rob Jones
Guidance
BCSS Since 2011
Anywhere on a trail. Preferably with my kids, and preferably in a mountain range.
Chris Wills
Teacher/Lover of Math
BCSS Since 2010
Bavaria
Patrick Russell
Drama, Alt Ed, Spec Ed
BCSS Since 2010
Tobago
Laura Hogan
Vice Principal
BCSS Since 2018
Wildwood Bible Camp - Chapleau
Barcelona
Tina Nicolopoulos
Science
BCSS Since 2019
Sitting around the kitchen table with my family
Francesca Cioffi
English and Drama
BCSS Since 2008
Anywhere in the Kawartha Lakes Region
Reut Knight
EA
BCSS Since 2014
With my Family
Gordon Li
Mathematics
BCSS Since 2020
Paris & Volendam in The Netherlands
Kim Wark
French and English
BCSS Since 2009
The Forest
Brittany Crago
Science/English
BCSS Since 2018
Family Cottage, the rink, Hawaii, Australia
Fatima Yousaf
Family Studies
BCSS Since 2020
With my Family
Cheyene Creaser
Mathematics
BCSS Since 2014
Home
Batul Raza
Business
BCSS Since 2020
Home with my family eating something yummy, preferably cooked by someone else.
Christy Trombley
Mathematics
BCSS Since 2010
Sundridge, Ontario (cottage)
Andrew McCutcheon
Head of HPE
BCSS Since 2008
Wherever I am with my wife Morgan and my boys Finlay and Beauden
Kevin Velinor
Business Studies
BCSS Since 2008
Dennery, St. Lucia
Debbie Huang
History
BCSS Since 2017
Anywhere with my family
Allison Fox
Head of Guidance
BCSS Since 2008
Grand Bend, Ontario, which is "home" in my heart; spending time with my husband and kitty
James Ruddle
Shaper of Clay
BCSS Since 2011
45°02'24.9"N+79°00'50.3"W
Lora Gillies
Head of History
BCSS Since 2013
Can't wait to travel again! Italy, North Shore, Oahu, St. Lucia, St. Barts, Shanghai
Kirsten Coles
Special Ed Resource Teacher
BCSS Since 2016
Home with my Family
Kristen Clarke
HPE
BCSS Since 2011
Anywhere with my family and/or the beach
Frank Gratta
Guidance
BCSS Since 2013
South Porcupine, Ontario
Lindsay Gosse
HPE
BCSS Since 2010
Australia and the Woods (in the trees)
Michael Whalen
Business Teacher
BCSS Since 2010
Hilton Head, South Carolina
Cindy Scanlon
Geography
BCSS Since 2014
FP: Eek too many to choose from! I've been to 42 countries so far!
OCO: Police Officer
Jonathan Lam
Head of Science
BCSS Since 2011
Home
Judy Stewart
DD Teacher
BCSS Since 2008
Wherever my family is.
Scott Gray
Family Studies
BCSS Since 2014
The River or the Rink.
Tamara Evans
HPE
BCSS Since 2010
Anywhere with family and friends
Bryan Barker
Science Teacher
BCSS Since 2017
FP: Home Sweet Home with dog Copper & family
OCO: Working in the lab
Natalie Fragomeni
Head of Geography
BCSS Since 2016
Jasper National Park, Alberta
Kayla Nitsopoulos
HPE
BCSS Since 2020
Spending time with friends and family. Travelling anywhere in the world!
Jeremy Tsui
HPE
BCSS Since 2017
FP: Hong Kong
OCO: Contractor
Janani Rajitharan
Asst head of English
BCSS Since 2021
Switzerland
BM: having my 2 beautiful children
Heather Graham Burt
Coop
BCSS Since 2008
FP: anywhere with my kids. Dublin, Nashville or summertime chillin' in the backyard.
Scott Sypal
Tech
BCSS Since 2022
FP: On the Golf course
Lindsey Berthiaume
History/Business
BCSS Since 2022
FP: Maui, Oahu, Bermuda, Dubai
BM: Traveling and spending time with family/friends. Catching planes to new places.:)
Katharine Kwok
Science Teacher
BCSS Since 2010
OCO: A violinist or an artist
Dawn Forvargue
DD Teacher
BCSS Since 2008
home, spending time with my famiy
Kylie Wilson
Math
BCSS Since 2016
Anywhere with my family & friends
BM: Swiming with the sharks
Larissa Halko
Guidance
BCSS Since 2009
FP: My Cottage
Channing Bateman
Je m'appelle French Teacher
BCSS since 2012
FP: Balcony with a book or the Blue Lagoon, Fethiye
BM: Parking lot chicken wings :)
Jessica Guo
English
BCSS since 2022
FP: Reykjavik
OCO: Musician/ Journalist
Nicole Angus
Head of Family Studies
BCSS since 2008
OCO: Veterinarian
BM: My wedding and the births of both my children
Sonia Li
Moderns Dept
BCSS since 2021
FP: Home
OCO: Int'l Gourmet Food Taster
Andrew Graham
Tech
BCSS Since 2016
FP: Leaf Stanley Cup Parade
OCO: Retired...hanging out with my granddaughter
Kirsten Vergara
English
BCSS Since 2011 - used to be a student!! (2022 as teacher)
FP: Riverdale Park
Tamara Abrahamian
Sciece
BCSS Since 2008
FP: To be anywhere with my family is my favourite place - also to be on my own for a little bit is also my fav!
Zara Martinez
Student Success & Family Studies
BCSS Since 2010
FP: The beach
Angelica Frutti
History
BCSS since 2022
FP: Disney World
BM: Be a tour guide for a travel company