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 of Schools: (807) 625-5100
Emergency Closures: (807) 625-1661
Sports Cancellations: (807) 625-5144
Sports Scores: (807) 625-5268
Transportation Dept: (807) 625-1660

Questions?  Concerns?

Westgate, Hammarskjold and Superior Family of Schools*

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

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
  • Alisha Burke – Accounts Receivable/School Cash Clerk – 625-5211
  • Sandra Giannone – Accounts Payable Clerk – 625-5123
  • Paula Williscroft – Accounts Payable Clerk – 625-5227
    .
• Computer/Tech Services – 625-5129
  • David Covello – Manager of IT and Corporate Planning – 625-5230
  • John Loovere – Computer Services Supervisor – 625-5112
    .
• 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 and Payroll – 625-5171
  • Desiree Zambon – Human Resources Officer – 625-5136
  • Jessica Murphy – Human Resources Officer – 625-5174
  • Jenny Fenton – Human Resources Officer – 625-5140
  • John Bakich – Disability Management Officer – 625-5179
  • Rob Agostino – Disability Management Officer – 625-5139
  • Kyle Ulvang – Health & Safety Officer – 625-5177
  • Jessica Curtis – Human Resources Admin Assistant – 625-5125
  • Lucy Izzo – Absence Clerk – 625-5150
    .
• Instructional Materials Centre (IMC)
  • Gwen Gamble – IMC Library Technician – 625-6006
  • Jill Knorr – IMC/Central Cataloguing Library Tech – 625-6007.

• Payroll
  • Andrea Middleton – Supervisor of Payroll and Benefits – 625-5120
  • Tarja Pohjolainen – Payroll/HRIS Officer – 625-5152
  • Cheryl Ward – Payroll/Pension – 625-5154
  • Jennifer DeCorte– Payroll/Pension – 625-5134
  • Judy Watts – Payroll/Pension – 625-5166
    .
• Program
  • Kathleen Andrews – Secondary Resource Teacher – 625-5141
  • Inga Anderson-Foster – Elementary Resource Teacher – 625-5103
  • Lori Carson – Special Education Officer – 625-5170
  • Linda Grassia – French Resource Teacher – 625-5178
  • Program Department Secretary – 625-5159
  • AJ Keene– Supervising Principal – Early Years Lead – 625-5114
  • Jane Lower – Student Success Lead – 625-5104
  • Ruth-Anne Faye– Learning Supports Resource Teacher – 625-5148
  • Kim Pineau – ABA / ASD Learning Support Resource Teacher – 632-4645
  • Roger Drcar – SHSM / OYAP / COOP Student Success Resource Teacher – 625-5167
  • Carly Hubbard – Special Education Secretary – 625-5132
  • Gino Russo – Information Technology Resources Teacher – 625-5115
  • Dana Sawiak – Elementary Math Resource Teacher – 625-5135
  • Jasmine Sgambelluri – Indigenous Student Success Resource Teacher – 625-5102
  • Fred Van Elburg – Program Co-ordinator – 625-5121
  • Brenda O’Neill – Secondary Math Resource Teacher
  • Noel Jones – Experiential Education Resource Teacher – 625-5106
  • Anika Guthrie – First Nations, Metis and Inuit Education Coordinator – 625-5102
    .
• Property Services
  • Jim Desaulniers – Manager of Property Services and Transportation – 625-5127
  • Maintenance Shop – 344-4681
    • Don Porter – Operations Supervisor – Ext 232
      .
• Purchasing
  • Gerrie Tennant – Supervisor of Purchasing – 625-5275
  • Julie Langen – Buyer – 625-5111
  • Dave Stewart – Buyer – 625-5235.

• Senior Administration
  • Ian MacRae – Director of Education – 625-5131
  • Michelle Probizanski – Superintendent of Education – 625-5126
  • Sherri-Lynne Pharand – Superintendent of Education – 625-5158
  • David Wright – Superintendent of Business – 625-5126
• School Contacts