Our Staff
John Oliver Staff 2024/2025
Administration:
| Schofield, Andrew | aschofield@vsb.bc.ca | Principal Grade 12 |
| Blake, Karen | kblake@vsb.bc.ca | Vice-Principal Grade 9 & 11 ELL and International Students |
| Mark, Jason | jmark@vsb.bc.ca | Vice-Principal Grade 8 & 10 TAH and Exceptional Students |
Counselling:
| Alvares, Anne | aalvares@vsb.bc.ca | Grade 8 (last name A - C) Grade 9 |
| Martel, Carleigh | cmartel@vsb.bc.ca | Grade 8 (last name D - J) Grade 10 |
| Wolfe, Michael | mwolfe@vsb.bc.ca | Grade 8 (last name K - Q) Grade 11 Take A Hike |
| Ghani, Nassim | nghani@vsb.bc.ca | Grade 8 (last name R - Z) Grade 12 International & Trades |
Safe and Caring School Liaison:
| English, David | denglish@vsb.bc.ca |
Community School #604-862-7078
| Eberding, Marleen | meberding@vsb.bc.ca | Community School Coordinator (John Oliver Family of Schools) |
| Baker, Richard | rbaker@vsb.bc.ca | Community School Youth and Family Worker |
Indigenous Support Teachers:
| Curr, Candace | ccurr@vsb.bc.ca |
Multicultural Workers:
| Garcia, Divine | Filipino | dggarcia@vsb.bc.ca |
| Rattan, Bob | South Asian | brattan@vsb.bc.ca |
| Sandoval, Claudia | Spanish | csandoval@vsb.bc.ca |
Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS):
Settlement Worker:
| Chan, Elisabeth | Cantonese/Mandarin | 778-227-5452 | echan@vsb.bc.ca |
| Hope, J-Anne | Filipino | 778-772-2748 | jnhope@vsb.bc.ca |
| Joshi, Sunita | Punjabi/Hindi | 778-772-2543 | sjoshi@vsb.bc.ca |
| Shafaeizadeh, Niloofar | Farsi | 604-868-6244 | nshafaeizadeh@vsb.bc.ca |
Settlement Youth Workers:
| Joshi, Shelika | Hindi/Punjabi | 604-789-8570 | ssjoshi@vsb.bc.ca |
SACY - Supporting and Connecting Youth:
| Rai, Sandie | SACY Prevention Worker (Mon and Wed) #604-816-4854 | skrai@vsb.bc.ca |
Office Staff:
| Coles, Laurie | Student Records | lcoles@vsb.bc.ca |
| Loconte, Laura | Office Admin Assistant | llloconte@vsb.bc.ca |
| Nguyen, Kim | Accounting | knguyen@vsb.bc.ca |
| Papoutsis, Katerina | Reception | kpapoutsis@vsb.bc.ca |
Teachers:
| NAME | COURSES | |
| Aprim, Ben | PE & Social Studies | baprim@vsb.bc.ca |
| Bassi, Bal | Social Studies | bbassi@vsb.bc.ca |
| Campbell, Melissa | Life Skills 1 | mtcampbell@vsb.bc.ca |
| Chan, Brendan | Math & Science | bmchan@vsb.bc.ca |
| Chow, Gordon | Social Studies | gchow@vsb.bc.ca |
| Elfarse, Mustapha | French | melfarse@vsb.bc.ca |
| Emanouilidis,Thomas | English & Skills | temanouilidis@vsb.bc.ca |
| Eng, Christopher | CLE, DigCom, Mark Ent | cjeng@vsb.bc.ca |
| Enthoven, Anjuli | Dance & Art | aenthoven@vsb.bc.ca |
| Frenks, Meaghan | Take A Hike (Wed/Thu/Fri) | mfrenks@vsb.bc.ca |
| Gabelman, Nicola | Home Economics | ngabelman@vsb.bc.ca |
| Hamar, Dave | LALS | dhamar@vsb.bc.ca |
| Haysom, Theresa | PE (Semester 2) | thaysom@vsb.bc.ca |
| Itakura, Katherine | Life Skills 2 | kitakura@vsb.bc.ca |
| Jabillo, Don | PE | djabillo@vsb.bc.ca |
| Johnson, Nathan | PE & CLC | njohnson@vsb.bc.ca |
| Keller, Dustin https://blogs.vsb.bc.ca/dkeller/ | Fine Arts & Library | dkeller@vsb.bc.ca |
| Kumar, C.J. | Music | ckumar@vsb.bc.ca |
| Kwon, Paulina | Social Studies | pkwon@vsb.bc.ca |
| Lau, Irving | Math & Science | ilau@vsb.bc.ca |
| Laumen, Teresa https://blogs.vsb.bc.ca/tlaumen | Math | tlaumen@vsb.bc.ca |
| Lee, Chris | Applied Skills | cwlee@vsb.bc.ca |
| Lee, Grace | Math | jglee@vsb.bc.ca |
| Lee, Jo-Ann | Home Economics & Cafeteria | jjlee@vsb.bc.ca |
| Lee, Pat https://blogs.vsb.bc.ca/ptlee/ | Social Studies | ptlee@vsb.bc.ca |
| Li, Cloris | Art/Photography | ccli@vsb.bc.ca |
| Littlechilds, Ryan | Take A Hike (Mon/Tues) | rlittlechilds@vsb.bc.ca |
| MacPhee, Dimitra | English | dmacphee@vsb.bc.ca |
| Martin, Joanne | Science | jsmartin@vsb.bc.ca |
| Matheson, Kendall http://blogs.vsb.bc.ca/kmatheson/ | PE (Semester 1) | kmatheson@vsb.bc.ca |
| Murthi, Jason | PE & Social Studies | jmurthi@vsb.bc.ca |
| Ng, Sarah | English | sdng@vsb.bc.ca |
| Nielsen, Ellen | English | enielsen@vsb.bc.ca |
| Palejko, Nancy | French & Spanish | npalejko@vsb.bc.ca |
| Palmer, Abby | LSP, New Media | apalmer@vsb.bc.ca |
| Phillips, Cameron | French | acphillips@vsb.bc.ca |
| Shandro, Bailey | PE & CLC | bshandro@vsb.bc.ca |
| Shieh, Brian | Math (Semester 1) | bshieh@vsb.bc.ca |
| Siddeeq, Sharween https://blogs.vsb.bc.ca/ssiddeeq/ | Science | ssiddeeq@vsb.bc.ca |
| Sommerfeld, Carl https://blogs.vsb.bc.ca/csommerfel/ | Science | csommerfel@vsb.bc.ca |
| Stewart, Shaun https://blogs.vsb.bc.ca/sstewart | Math | sstewart@vsb.bc.ca |
| Symons, Heather | Science | hsymons@vsb.bc.ca |
| Thevarge, Dustin | Applied Skills | dthevarge@vsb.bc.ca |
| Walks, Kathryn | Library | kwalks@vsb.bc.ca |
| Wilson, Joan | CLE & Fine Arts | jwwilson@vsb.bc.ca |
| Wong, Ailin | Applied Skills | aiwong@vsb.bc.ca |
| Wong, Michelle | English | mywong@vsb.bc.ca |
| Wood, Andrea | Resource & Skills | awood@vsb.bc.ca |
| Zhang, Amy | ELL | mazhang@vsb.bc.ca |
| Kool, Cathy | LAC 1 | ckool@vsb.bc.ca |
| Petrak, John | LAC 2 | jpetrak@vsb.bc.ca |
| Ritchie, Margaret | English (Semester 2) | mritchie@vsb.bc.ca |
SSA Support Staff:
| Benigno, Nathan |
| Brandon, Kerrie-Anne |
| Brangert, Andre |
| Chan, Viviane |
| Currie, Steven |
| Dendle, Alexandra |
| Dolan, Matt |
| Grant, Matt |
| Hajdu, Csilla |
| Kapatais, Helena |
| Koning, Joy |
| Le bas de Plumetot, V |
| Li, Li |
| Locket, Vandana |
| Loconte, Leni |
| Lustria, Rose |
| Ma, Maxine |
| MacIsaac, Bruce |
| Sadler, Geniene |
| Sandhu, Judy |
| Taylor, Gordon |
| Tentes, Glynda |
| Watson, Eric (TAH) |
| Department Head 2024-2025 | |
| Dept. | Name |
| Applied Skills | Joann Lee |
| Arts/Language | Dustin Keller |
| Counselling | Michael Wolfe |
| English/ELL | Ellen Nielsen |
| Library | Kathryn Walks |
| Math | Shaun Stewart |
| Mini | Irving Lau |
| PE | Ben Aprim |
| Science | Joanne Martin |
| Social Studies | Pat Lee |
| Special Ed | Dave Hamar |