Our Team

Administration

Principal: Mrs. Jill Reese, jill.reese@avrce.ca 

Office Staff

Secretary: Mrs. Kaitlin Harper, cdes@avrce.ca 

Teaching Staff

Grade Primary/One: Barb Daniels, danielsb@gnspes.ca 

Grade Primary/One: Tammy Crane, cranet@gnspes.ca 

Grade One/Two:  Stacy-Ann Salsman, reidsa@gnspes.ca 

Grade Two: Emma Jones, emjones@gnspes.ca / Kim Blanchard kablanchard@gnspes.ca

Grade Three/Four: Jennifer Norris, jsnorris@gnspes.ca 

Grade Four/Five: Lynn Dempsey, lldempsey@gnspes.ca 

Grade Five: Tanya Nickerson, tbechard@gnspes.ca

Physical Education: Mike Spear, mcspear@gnspes.ca    https://sites.google.com/gnspes.ca/pespear 

Music: Kimberly Cormier, kcormier@gnspes.ca 

French: Andrew Hines, anhines@gnspes.ca  

Learning Support Teacher(LST): Krista Thomas Balsor, balsorkk@gnspes.ca

Early Literacy Intervention & LST: Tina Barker, tbarker@gnspes.ca

Learning Support Teacher (LST): Suzanne Waholl
Student Centered Literacy Coach: Kerri Ann Hale kahale@gnspes.ca 
Math Intervention: Fallis Thompson fsthompson@gnspes.ca 

MK Math and Literacy Support: Colleen Hughes, cehughes@gnspes.ca
Guidance: Christina Forgeron christina.forgeron@gmail.com 

Educational Assistants

Paula Robinson

Cathy Cross

Tara Dempsey

Erica Black

Kaeligh Hancock

Pre-Primary Staff

Lead Educator: Mannon Doherty

Lead Educator: Jessica Bartlett

Teacher: Courtney Henderson
Teacher: Nicole Hiltz

Teacher: Kyra  Meisner

Teacher: Paula Whynott
Teacher: Melanie White

Teacher: Caroline Junemann

Support Staff

Cafeteria: Marina King / Maria Manning-Nickerson
Parent Navigator: Tammy Ring, tammy.ring@avrce.ca

EAL Teacher: Win Kim

SLP:  Brona Higginbotham brona.higginbotham@gnspes.ca 

Mi'kmaq Indigenous Student Support: Samantha Hynes, samantha.hynes@avrce.ca 

African Nova Scotian Student Support: Sally Morgan, sally.morgan@avrce.ca 

Library Technician: Val VanOostrum
Day Custodial Staff: Teena Jefferson (Darlene Bauchman)

Night Custodial Staff: Darlene Morris (Michelle Purchase)