Student Services

Phone: 604.792.1321    *    Fax: 604.703.1774

Administration

Provides assistance in all areas of Student Services

• Susan Edgcombe (Local 1757) - District Principal, Student Services

Co-ordinators

Provides assistance for Student Services

• Brenda Frisse (Local 1740) - High incidence
• Glenda Gaudette (Local 1771) - Low incidence
• Versha Oza (Local 1743) - ESL & ESD

School Psychologists

Provide psycho-educational assessments for student programming and placement. Referrals are through School Based Teams.

• Jane Ullyot (Local 1715) - Greendale, McCammon, Tyson, Unsworth, Vedder, GWG, VMS, FG Leary
• Jo Friesen (Local 1719) - Bernard, Cultus Lake, Evans, Little Mountain, Mt. Slesse, Sardis, Watson
• Bonnie Fulford (Local 1751) – Central, Cheam, East Chilliwack, FG Leary, Robertson, Rosedale, Strathcona, ADR, CMS, CSS, RMS, CHANCE, Sto:lo, Yarrow
• Laura Beatty (on leave)

Teacher of the Gifted and Talented

• Wendy Nelson (Local 1729) - All schools

Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Provide the necessary support services to meet the needs of the hard of hearing students within their school setting.

• Wendy Johnson-Bird (Local 1768) - All Schools

Teacher of the Visually Impaired

Assist teachers in developing programs for students who have major visual impairments.

• Gail Gilchrist (Local 1772) - All Schools

Hospital/Homebound

Works with students who are confined to the hospital or home for an extended period of time.

• Wendy Nelson (Local 1729) - All Schools

District Child & Youth Workers

Assigned to designated elementary behaviour students and elementary schools based upon consultation with District Counsellors and School Based Teams. 

Speech and Language Pathologists

Provide service to children with speech and language difficulties as well as consultative support to classroom and learning assistant teachers.

• Inga Mah - Central, Promontory, Watson
• Kelly Purves – McCammon, Robertson, Tyson
• Carolyn Vogt - East Chilliwack, Rosedale
• Audrey Cheney – Cultus Lake, Evans, Sardis
• Katherine Mindess - FG Leary, Strathcona
• Stephanie Bertrand-Nicoll - Bernard, Greendale, Unsworth, Yarrow
• Jennifer Matheson - Cheam, Little Mountain, Vedder

Occupational Therapy

Assists in meeting the needs of students with motor and sensory challenges.

• CDC - Occupational Therapist(s) (824-8760) - CMS, CSS, RMS, Central, Cheam, East Chwk, FG Leary, Little Mountain, Rosedale, Strathcona

• Kate Onos-Gilbert -  Occupational Therapist (Local 1770) – GWG, MSMS, SSS, Cultus, Greendale, Promontory, Unsworth, Vedder, Watson
• Cheryl Vinchoff -  Occupational Therapist (Local 1726) – A.D. Rundle, Robertson, McCammon, Bernard, Tyson, Yarrow, Evans, Vedder Middle, Sardis
• Nina Heins - Occupational Therapist (Local 1716) - Chance, Sto:lo, Ed Centre

Physiotherapy 

• CDC - Various Schools

English Language Learners(ELL)

Provides itinerant service to ELL students, supports ELL site schools and conducts initial intake of ELL students in the district.

• Versha Oza  (Local 1753) - ELL Coordinator
• Rae-Dawn Ajabu (Local 1766) - Rosedale, Strathcona, Vedder
• Michelle Tisza (Local 1728) - FG Leary, Greendale, McCammon
• Sherry Liptak (Local 1739) - Cultus Lake, East Chilliwack, Little Mountain, Promontory
• James Baird - (Local 1739) - on leave
• Cheryl Lacey - (Local 1770) - Evans, Robertson, Tyson, Unsworth
• Corinne Barber - (Local 1769) - Mt. Slesse, Sto:lo
• Julie-Anne Taylor - (Local 1734) - Education Centre, A.D. Rundle

Tier 3 Intervention Support Teacher

•   Hillary Devries- (Local 1753) - Various Schools 

Early Success Teachers

• Lisa Geary - Bernard Elementary: 604-795-7840
• Jaime Chadwick - Little Mountain Elementary: 604-792-0681
• Deb McFadden - McCammon Traditional Elementary:  604-795-7000
• Jennifer Sackley - Watson Elementary: 604-858-9477

Administrative Support

• Lisa Ball - (Local 1741) 
• Heidi Schmidt - (Local 1745)
• Kari McCandless - (Local 1780)