Upper School FAQ

If any of your student’s information is inaccurate (e.g. the spelling of the name, pronoun use), please email Lorraine Fernandez.

Attendance is a mandatory part of our daily practice and is taken within the first 15 minutes of class. Families should use the SchoolPass app to report any anticipated absences. 

For extended absences of five school days or more, please fill in the extended absence request form with your child, which includes a plan for completing any work missed. You’ll receive approval or additional actions from the Assistant Head of the student’s year level. Please contact the relevant Assistant Head with questions.

Discipline Gradation for Lates and Attendance can be found here.

KEY CONTACTS
Attendance | ext. 2219

SCHOOL PASS App | See instructions here

Assistant Heads

Year 8: Gillian Levene 

Year 9–10: Joe Smith
Year 11–12: Damion Walker 

Students are not allowed to use cell phones during class time (except with explicit permission from the teacher), in assembly or during advising time. If confiscated, phones will be brought to the reception desk for pick up between 3:40 and 4 p.m. 

Discipline Gradation for Cell Phone use can be found here.

KEY CONTACTS

Reception: ext. 0

Assistant Heads

Year 8: Gillian Levene  

Years 9–10: Joe Smith

Years 11–12: Damion Walker 

Dress Code expectations for 2025–26 outline the student dress that’s required for different seasons and special days. 

Discipline Gradation for Dress Code can be found here.

KEY CONTACTS

Assistant Heads

Year 8: Gillian Levene  

Years 9–10: Joe Smith

Years 11–12: Damion Walker

Maps and instructions for fire drills are located on the back of each classroom door and are practised four times a year.

KEY CONTACT: Joe Smith

Students need a late slip from Upper School reception desk to enter their Period 1 class. 

KEY CONTACTS

Reception: ext. 0

Assistant Heads

Year 8: Gillian Levene 

Years 9–10: Joe Smith

Years 11–12: Damion Walker

Items are sent to TUBS, located on the lower level of the Upper School. Valuables are sent to the reception desk. Laptops and chargers are sent to the IT Help Desk.

Report a lost item here. See found items database here. 

TUBS is open weekdays from 8 to 9 a.m. (except Wednesdays), from 12 to 1:15 p.m., and from 3 to 4 p.m. (except Fridays).

KEY CONTACTS

TUBS

Reception: ext. 0

Help Desk | ext. 3323

Instructions for lockdown procedures are posted in each room and are practised twice a year.

KEY CONTACT: Joe Smith

The Blues Shop is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed for lunch from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.) and is located in the basement of the Upper School. 

KEY CONTACT: Patti Cawker

In Years 9 through 12, day and boarding students have an adviser to help them navigate their academic program, communicate with families, and deliver the advising program. For day students in Year 8, this role is fulfilled by the senior house adviser. 

Parents should encourage students to speak to the subject teacher and advocate for themselves in the first instance. If concerns or questions persist, parents should reach out to the subject teacher or the student’s adviser.

If the concern extends beyond one particular class or you feel more comfortable having the adviser’s support in addressing the matter, contact your student’s adviser with your concern and they will develop a plan with you and the student to address the concern. If concerns or questions persist, families may reach out to the respective departmental faculty chair.

KEY CONTACTS

Subject teacher

Adviser (check contact list)

Faculty chair (check contact list)

Academic Program Guide 2025 - 2026

Please visit Liz Kennedy’s office in the Upper School or contact her by email to discuss any issues or questions about tutoring, organizational skills, exam preparation, or any additional learning support.

KEY CONTACTS

Executive Director: Liz Kennedy

Seaton’s, Wedd’s: Autumn Wouda

Martland’s, Mowbray’s, McHugh’s: Jennifer Ferguson

Jackson’s, Orr’s, Scadding’s: Kendra Hutton

Bremner’s, Howard’s: Josh Willford 

Boarding Learning Strategist: Autumn Wouda

Administrative Assistant: Michael Netto

Questions about the Diploma Programme, such as those related to the Extended Essay (EE), course options, approaches to assessment and grading, should be sent to the DP coordinator.

The 2025-26 DP Assessment Calendar will be available soon.

KEY CONTACT

DP Coordinator: Colleen Ferguson

Please encourage your student to speak with their teachers about exam content, exam planning and conflicts; the registrar may also be contacted by email with specific issues about exam schedules.

KEY CONTACT

Registrar: Leigh Berndsen

Students must hand in all summative assessments by the assigned due date.

A late submission triggers a late summative infraction filed by the teacher. Late summative infractions include the details of the missing work and are automatically sent to the student, adviser, senior house adviser, WWCfL, and parents. The student will then be required to attend mandatory department Flex Time support until either the assignment or process work has been submitted for evaluation: determined case-by-case.

KEY CONTACTS

MYP Coordinator: Emilia Martin 

DP Coordinator: Colleen Ferguson

Students should first reach out to their university counsellor to begin a conversation (contact information below). A discussion centred on potential impacts will be led by the university counsellor and will involve the student and parent, course teachers, adviser and the Wernham West Centre for Learning as required.

KEY CONTACTS

Jackson’s: David Hanna

Bremner's and Howard's: Alison Champ

Orr’s, Scadding’s and Martland’s (A-K): Nili Isaacs

McHugh's, Mowbray's and Martland’s (L-Z): Stephanie Rose

Seaton’s and Wedd’s: Andrew Turner

Questions about the MYP Programme, such as the Personal Project (PP), course options, approaches to assessment and grading should be sent to the MYP coordinator.

The 2025-26 MYP Assessment Calendar will be available soon.

KEY CONTACT

MYP Coordinator: Emilia Martin 

Each year level has a dedicated University Counselling Office contact. Please feel free to connect with them via email.

KEY CONTACTS

Year 9–12 Students

Jackson’s: David Hanna

Bremner's and Howard's: Alison Champ

Orr’s, Scadding’s and Martland’s (A-K): Nili Isaacs

McHugh's, Mowbray's and Martland’s (L-Z): Stephanie Rose

Seaton’s and Wedd’s: Andrew Turner

If you have constructive feedback on or questions about the advising program, please send a note to the student’s year- level coordinator.

KEY CONTACTS

Year 8: Alvin Jugoon 

Year 9: Katherine Maloney

Year 10: Sarah Khalanski

Year 11: Maria Gauthier

Year 12: Neil Anderson

Detentions are given for various accumulating infractions and are held during Flex Time. 

KEY CONTACTS

Assistant Heads

Year 8: Gillian Levene 

Year 9–10: Joe Smith
Year 11–12: Damion Walker 

Students may not smoke, ingest alcohol or vape anywhere on campus at any time or during school-sanctioned off-campus events (e.g., dances, sporting events, CISAA events). 

KEY CONTACTS

Year 8: Alvin Jugoon 

Year 9: Katherine Maloney

Year 10: Sarah Khalanski

Year 11: Maria Gauthier

Year 12: Neil Anderson

Each teacher uses a graduated classroom management system, and infractions are used to record discipline issues. These notes go through Bluenet and alert the student’s adviser, senior house adviser, and likely the family. 

Elevated behaviour issues may lead to detention and conduct status, and more serious incidents may require students to be sent to an assistant head’s office.

KEY CONTACTS

Assistant Heads

Year 8: Gillian Levene 

Year 9–10: Joe Smith
Year 11–12: Damion Walker 

Your child should start with their adviser or mentor. For more advanced issues or training, they can contact the IT Help Desk (ext. 3323).

If you have questions or would like to get support around issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion, please contact Alvin Jugoon.

Every house has a senior house adviser (SHA) who will be a mentor and champion throughout a student’s time at the College: you or your student may go to them with any query or concern, or with creative ideas for how to contribute to the house community.

KEY CONTACTS

Bremner’s: Edward Moon

Howard’s: Robert Scatozza

Jackson’s: Brendon Allen

Martland’s: Anne Kaye

McHugh’s: Jeff Hill

Mowbray’s: Ian Cole 

Orr’s: Geoff Mohtadi

Scadding’s: Mario Celebre

Seaton’s: Andrew McCubbin

Wedd’s: Anna Blagona

If a student feels unwell in any way (physically, emotionally, mentally), they should let their adviser know and the adviser can connect them with the appropriate Upper School Health Centre employee or the student may reach out directly. 

KEY CONTACTS

Counsellors: Caitlin Dobie and Alicia Versteegh

Psychologist: Dr. Geoff Sorge

Nurse: Anna Gryszkiewicz

Athletic Therapist: Sonya Pridmore 

If a student is experiencing concerns or difficulties related to behaviour, treatment of or by others, either the student or the parent should reach out to the student’s adviser or senior house adviser. If, after the first level of contact, the situation or concerns persist, then the respective year-level assistant head should be contacted. 

KEY CONTACTS

Student’s Adviser

Senior House Adviser (check contact list)

Assistant Heads

Year 8: Gillian Levene 

Year 9–10: Joe Smith 

Year 11–12: Damion Walker  

For support with school-issued MacBooks as well as for systems such as Bluenet, Google Workspace for Education and BrightSpace your child should contact the Help Desk. 

KEY CONTACTS

Help Desk | ext. 3323

Kathleen Peak, Executive Director, Information & Innovation

Ryan Archer, Associate Director, Information & Innovation

Information about theatre productions, bands and visual arts co-curricular opportunities will be shared in assembly and in advising; please do not hesitate to email the arts faculty chair or theatre coordinator with questions.

KEY CONTACTS

Arts Faculty Chair: Tony Gomes

Co-Curricular Theatre Coordinator: Julian Bauld

Please bring your questions about creativity, activity and service (such as the Duke of Edinburgh program, hours or ManageBac reflections) to CAS director John Sweetman.

Club information will be on display during the September Clubs Fair and listed on BrightSpace. Information will also be posted in the corridor by the Old Gym.

KEY CONTACT

CAS Director: John Sweetman

Contact the Horizon’s team via email or in person in their first-floor office (near Laidlaw Hall), regarding their year-long program, summer sessions or peer tutoring.

KEY CONTACTS

Director of Horizons: Jyoti Sehgal

Coordinator: Elaine Ticzon

Information about tryouts and sports teams will be shared in assembly and in advising; please email the athletic director with any questions or, for house sports, email Andrew MacDougall. 

KEY CONTACTS

Athletic Director: Dave Brown

Assistant Athletic Director: Robert Scatozza

House Sports: Damion Walker

Julia Kinnear, Vice-Principal, Learning and Academic Innovation

Jordan Small, Director, Academics

Fiona Marshall, Director, Lang Leadership Lab

Emilia Martin, MYP Coordinator, Year 6–10

Colleen Ferguson, DP Coordinator, Year 11–12

Alvin Jugoon, Pluralism Coordinator 

Leigh Berndsen, Registrar

Mari Roughneen, Macintosh Library 

Linda Carvalho, Administrative Coordinator, Academics

Jonathan Kwan, Tanenbaum Director of Partnerships and Social Impact

Regina Li, Administrative Coordinator, Learning and Academic Innovation

Tony Gomes, Arts

Paul Miskew, Design

Meaghan Higginson, English

Christin Mohammed-King, Individuals and Societies

Bina Evans, Math

Sophia Berezowsky, Modern/Classical Languages 

Mario Sturino, Physical Education

Tayyabah Ahmed, Science

Andrew MacDougall, Head, Upper School

Gillian Levene, Assistant Head, Student Life and Community, Year 8

Joe Smith, Assistant Head, Student Life and Programming, Years 9–10

Damion Walker, Assistant Head, Student Life and Leadership, Years 11–12

Emma Kanga, Director of Boarding

Lorraine Fernandez, Assistant to the Head of the Upper School

Sandra Fulford, Assistant to the Head of Upper Administration, Assistant Head, Student Life and Programming

Laura White, Reception 

Maggie Xu, Attendance Administration

Aramark Food Services 

Help Desk IT Support

SchoolPass Attendance Login

Edward Moon, Bremner’s

Robert Scatozza, Howard’s

Brendon Allen, Jackson’s

Anne Kaye, Martland’s

Jeff Hill, McHugh’s

Ian Cole, Mowbray’s

Geoff Mohtadi, Orr’s

Mario Celebre, Scadding’s

Andrew McCubbin, Seaton’s

Anna Blagona, Wedd’s

Tina Jagdeo, Director of Wellbeing and Pluralism

Alvin Jugoon, Pluralism Coordinator 

Geoff Mohtadi and Anthony De Giorgio, Wellbeing Coordinator

Katherine Maloney, Sustainability Coordinator

John Sweetman, Director of Community, CAS, Clubs

Jyoti Sehgal, Director of Horizons

Dave Brown, Athletic Director

David Hanna, Director

Stephanie Rose, University Counsellor 

Nili Isaacs, University Counsellor

Andrew Turner, University Counsellor

Alison Champ, University Counsellor

Elia Lopez, Administrative Assistant

Liz Kennedy, Executive Director

Autumn Wouda, Seaton’s, Wedd’s

Jennifer Ferguson, Martland’s, Mowbray’s, McHugh’s

Kendra Hutton, Jackson’s, Orr’s, Scadding’s

Josh Willford , Bremner’s, Howard’s

Autumn Wouda, Boarding Learning Strategist

Michael Netto, Administrative Assistant

Alvin Jugoon, Year 8 

Katherine Maloney, Year 9

Sarah Khalanski, Year 10

Maria Gauthier, Year 11

Neil Anderson, Year 12