Mrs. Julie Lee

Mrs. Lee received her Bachelor of Education degree and her Master of Education degree in Educational Leadership and Inquiry-Based Learning from the University of British Columbia. She has been an educator for over 25 years in the CISVA. Her experience ranges from teaching Kindergarten to Grade 5, Learning Support, high school French and Administration. Mrs. Lee is looking forward to joining the St. James & St. Ann’s community.

Mrs. Marilyn Dlugan

Mrs. Dlugan has her diploma as a Professional Administrative Assistant, graduating in 1993. Mrs. Dlugan has over 19 years professional experience in office management, clerical, and customer service roles. Mrs. Dlugan is a product of our Catholic school system and a proud parent of a child enrolled in the CISVA school system. She has been a member of the St. James & St. Ann’s School staff since August of 2013.

Mrs. Brigette Wimmer

Mrs. Wimmer received her certificate in Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation in 2002.  She has over 25 years of experience in accounting and in the financial industry.  Mrs. Wimmer has been involved with St. James & St. Ann’s School since its inception in 1985.  She first was a volunteer for many years, became a parent at the school in 2011 when her oldest child entered Kindergarten, and now as a member of the staff since August 2018.

Mrs. Brenda Di Palma

Mrs. Di Palma received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University with a major in English and a minor in Kinesiology before going into Education. Mrs. Di Palma has over 5 years of experience in the CISVA with a variety of assignments and most recently Kindergarten. Mrs. Di Palma has completed the Google For Education Fundamentals Training and is an OG Classroom Educator.

Mrs. Rita Wakely

Mrs. Wakely received her Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia. Mrs. Wakely has taught a variety of grades from Kindergarten to Grade 10 in such locations as Prince Rupert, Nanaimo and Abbotsford. Mrs. Wakely has gained a wealth of experience in her more than 25 years of teaching. Mrs. Wakely has completed the Google For Education Fundamentals Training.

Mrs. Nathalie Magel

Mrs. Magel graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics, and later on pursued her Bachelor of Education from Simon Fraser University. After several years of teaching, she received her Masters of Educational Leadership from St. Mark’s College with a mixture of Education, Theology and Special Education coursework. Mrs. Magel has experience teaching Grades 1, 5 and 7, as well as in the role of Learning Resource Coordinator. She is excited to join the St. James & St. Ann’s community, teaching Grade 2.

Mrs. Marie Doyle

Mrs. Doyle received her Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia. She has taught for 25 years at St. James & St. Ann’s School. As an experienced teacher, Mrs. Doyle has taught a variety of grades from Kindergarten to Grade 3. Mrs. Doyle has completed the Google For Education Fundamentals Training and is an OG Classroom Educator.

Mrs. Laura Hunger

Mrs. Hunger received both her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees from the University of British Columbia. Mrs. Hunger has been teaching at St. James & St. Ann’s School since 1998, and during that time she has taught Grades 2, 3 and 4, as well as Grade 1 French. Mrs. Hunger has completed the Google For Education Fundamentals Training and is an OG Classroom Educator.

Mrs. Zuzana Lavrikova

Mrs. Lavrikova received her Master’s degree in Education from John Amos Comenius University in Slovakia. She also studied in Sheffield, England. She has been teaching a variety of grades from Grade 1 to Grade 10 for more than 20 years. Within CISVA she started at St. John Brebeuf and she is very excited to be part of our team as the Grade Five teacher. Mrs. Lavrikova has completed the Google For Education Fundamentals Training.

Mrs. Christy Dos Santos

Mrs. Dos Santos received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Fraser Valley and her Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of British Columbia. She has taught at both the elementary and high school levels within the CISVA with teaching assignments at St. John Brebeuf and St. Mary’s, Vancouver. Mrs. Dos Santos also worked at St. James & St. Ann’s School as an Educational Assistant for four years before becoming a teacher. She has experience teaching Music and Learning Resource. She is excited to be teaching Grade Six this year. Mrs. Dos Santos has completed the Google For Education Fundamentals Training.

Mr. Michael Sorley

Mr. Sorley received his Bachelor of Education from Simon Fraser University and a Bachelor of Arts from Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California. Prior to teaching, Mr. Sorley worked for 11 years as an Educational Assistant in the CISVA. He is excited to be teaching Grade Seven at St. James Elementary and to be a part of the school community.

Mrs. Brid Ni Lorcain

Mrs. Ni Lorcain received her Bachelor of Arts Degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the National University of Ireland, Galway. She began teaching secondary school students back home in Ireland. Within the CISVA, Mrs. Ni Lorcain substituted in a couple of local high schools before attaining a full-time teaching position at Cloverdale Catholic School. After five wonderful years there, she is excited to teach P.E. at St. James & St. Ann’s School.

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Mrs. Trish Stobbe

Mrs. Stobbe received her Bachelor of Education degree from the University of New Brunswick. She has over 25 years of teaching experience in both Alberta and British Columbia, and has been teaching at St. James & St. Ann’s School for over 20 years. Mrs. Stobbe has taught a variety of grades at the elementary level, as well as French as a Second Language to students in Grades 1 – 9. Mrs. Stobbe has completed the Google For Education Fundamentals Training.

Miss Sheena Lewis

Miss Lewis received her Bachelor of Arts degree at Simon Fraser University and her Bachelor of Education degree at UBC. In addition, Miss Lewis has received specific training in a number of areas including early intervention, assessment, autism, behaviour, learning disabilities, multiple intelligences, and multi-sensory teaching. Miss Lewis has worked both as a classroom teacher and a learning resource specialist first at Brighouse School and then at Queen of All Saints Elementary. For the next 10 years, she worked as an Educational Consultant at the Superintendent’s Office of the CISVA, with a special focus on learning resource, literacy and early intervention. Miss Lewis is a long-term member of the BC Council for Exceptional Children, and has served on the Executive Board for the last 10 years. She joined the staff of St. James & St. Ann’s School in September 2017.

Mrs. Larissa Cobo

Mrs. Cobo received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Latin American Studies, before moving on to receive her Bachelor of Education at UBC.  She then went on to complete an integrated Diploma at UBC with a focus on teaching Learning Resource and English Language Learning (ELL).  Mrs. Cobo has taught both Learning Resource and ELL in elementary, as well as high school settings while in the Burnaby School District for several years.  She is very excited to be part of the educational team at St. James & St. Ann’s School, after deciding to join the CISVA.

Sr. Elizabeth de Guzman

St. James and St. Ann’s Elementary School is blessed to have Sr. Elizabeth working in our Kindergarten class as a Teacher Assistant. Sr. Elizabeth belongs to the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus Order. Sr. Elizabeth is a model of faith for our young children and she is a constant model of compassion for our staff.