Jim McCuaig Education Centre
2135 Sills Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7E 5T2
Phone: (807) 625-5100
Toll Free: 1-888-565-1406
Hours:  8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Twitter: @LakeheadSchools
Facebook: “Lakehead Public Schools”

Important Phone Numbers

Absence Reporting: 1-844-288-7624
Communications Officer: (807) 625-5214
Community Use: (807) 625-5217
Emergency Closures: (807) 625-1661
Sports Cancellations: (807) 625-5144
Sports Scores: (807) 625-5268
Transportation Dept: (807) 625-1660

Questions?  Concerns?

Westgate and Superior Family of Schools*

• Education Officer – Jeff Upton
  jupton@lakeheadschools.ca
  (807) 625-5128

Churchill and Hammarskjold Family of Schools*

• Education Officer – Leslie Hynnes
  leslie_hynnes@lakeheadschools.ca
  (807) 625-5169

*Not sure which Family of Schools you belong to?  Click HERE.

School Contacts

Departments

• Accounting
• Computer/Tech Services
• Director’s Office
• Human Resources
• Instructional Materials Centre (IMC)
• Payroll
• Program
• Property Services
• Purchasing
• Senior Admin
• School Contacts

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• Accounting
  • Kirsti Alaksa – Manager of Financial Services – 625-5226
  • Angela Lee Wiwcharyk – Supervisor of Financial Services – 625-5130
  • Michele Smykalski – Senior Accounting Clerk – 625-5168
  • Melissa Turner – Senior Accounts Payable Clerk – 625-5155
  • Sandra Giannone – Accounts Payable Clerk – 625-5123
  • Paula Williscroft – Accounts Payable Clerk – 625-5227
  • Linda Shaen – Business Administration Clerk – 625-5153
  • Margaret Stajkowski – Accounts Receivable Clerk – 625-5211
    .
• Computer/Tech Services – 625-5217
  • David Covello – Manager of IT and Corporate Planning – 625-5230
  • Duncan Ruxton – Computer Services Supervisor – 625-5156
  • John Loovere – Trillium Project Supervisor – 625-5133
    .
• Director’s Office
  • Judy Hill – Executive Assistant – 625-5131
  • Michelle Tavares – Executive Secretary – 625-5213
  • Bruce Nugent – Communications Officer – 625-5214
    .
• Human Resources
  • Helen Valnycki – Manager of Human Resources – 625-5171
  • Trish Glena – Coordinator of Org. Development – 625-5149
  • Ian Kral – Human Resources Officer – 625-5136
  • Wendy Doran – Human Resources Officer – 625-5140
  • Desiree Zambon – Human Resources Officer – 625-5174
  • John Bakich – Disability Management Officer – 625-5179
  • Kyle Ulvang – Health & Safety Officer – 625-5177
  • Sharon McMahon – Human Resources Admin Assistant – 625-5125
  • Lucy Izzo – Absence Clerk – 625-5150
    .
• Instructional Materials Centre (IMC)
  • Julie Smith – Head of Circulation/Acquisitions – 625-5112
  • Gwen Gamble – IMC/Central Cataloguing Library Tech – 625-5146
  • Heather Houston – Desktop & Graphics Technician – 625-5285
    .
• Payroll
  • Holly Placken – Supervisor of Payroll and Benefits – 625-5120
  • Tarja Pohjolainen – Payroll/HRIS Officer – 625-5152
  • Alisha Burke – Benefits Remittances & Payroll – 625-5143
  • Jennie Halley – Payroll/Pension – 625-5166
  • Jessica Kemp – Payroll/Pension – 625-5154
  • Shirley Arella-Crough – Payroll/Pension – 625-5134
    .
• Program
  • Inga Anderson-Foster – Elementary Resource Teacher – 625-5103
  • Lori Carson – Special Education Officer – 625-5170
  • Amy Farrell-Morneau – Aboriginal Community Liason Officer – 622-4344
  • Melissa Nordstrom – Special Education Secretary – 625-5272
  • Anika Guthrie – Elementary Resource Teacher – 625-5102
  • Julie Gayoski-Luke – Secondary Math Coach – 625-5141
  • Linda Grassia – French Resource Teacher – 625-5178
  • Donica LeBlanc – Supervising Principal – Early Years Lead – 625-5114
  • Jane Lower – Student Success Lead – 625-5104
  • Theresa Mayer – Elementary Resource Teacher (SPED) – 625-5148
  • Jeremy Noel – Student Success Resource Teacher – 625-5167
  • Melissa Ramage – FNMI Student Success Re-Engagement – 625-5110
  • Corinne Russell-Pritoula – Elementary Resource Teacher – 625-5113
  • Gino Russo – E-Learning and Math Resources Teacher – 625-5115
  • Dana Sawiak – Elementary Math Resource Teacher – 625-5135
  • Nicole Walter Rowan – Program Co-ordinator – 625-5121
  • Neil Workman – FNMI Student Success Re-Engagement – 625-5110
  • Suzanne Byerley – Program Secretary – 625-5165
  • Kaylee Langen – Program Secretary – 625-5159
    .
• Property Services
  • Rod Bessel – Manager of Property Services and Transportation – 625-5288
  • Maintenance Shop – 344-4681
    • Dave Dunn – Maintenance Supervisor – Ext 229
    • David Klassen – Operations Supervisor – Ext 233
    • Don Porter – Operations Supervisor – Ext 232
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• Purchasing
  • Gerrie Tennant – Supervisor of Purchasing – 625-5275
  • Julie Langen – Buyer – 625-5111
  • Dave Stewart – Buyer – 625-5235
  • Tara Heerema – Buyer – 625-5105
    .
• Senior Administration
  • Ian MacRae – Director of Education – 625-5131
  • Colleen Kappel – Superintendent of Education – 625-5126
  • Sherri-Lynne Pharand – Superintendent of Education – 625-5158
  • David Wright – Superintendent of Business – 625-5126
• School Contacts