Student Services Centre

Phone: 604.792.1321, Fax: 604.703.1774

Chilliwack School District has a number of programs and services that meet the diverse needs of students.

Administration

Provides assistance in all areas of Student Services

  • Susan Edgcombe (Local 1757) – District Principal, Student Services
  • Brenda Frisse (Local 1740) - Student Services Co-ordinator
  • Versha Oza (Local 1743) - ESL Coordinator, Student Services

Counsellors

Provide services to all schools in the areas of counselling, coordinating, consulting and education.

  • Glen Preston (Local 1765): FG Leary, Greendale, Promontory, Vedder
  • Bernard Klop (Local 1756) - Central, Cheam, East Chilliwack, Little Mountain, Strathcona
  • Alyson King (Local 1760) - All Middle and Secondary Schools, Chance, Sto:lo, Education Centre
  • Trish Lewis (Local 1759) – Bernard, McCammon, Robertson, Tyson, Yarrow
  • Liz MacKenzie (Local 1719) – Cultus Lake, Evans, Sardis, Unsworth, Watson, Rosedale

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, MSMS, VMS, FG Leary
  • Laura Beatty - (Local 1752) - Cultus Lake, Evans, Little Mountain, Promontory, Sardis, Watson, SSS, Ed Centre, Bernard
  • Bonnie Fulford (Local 1751) – Central, Cheam, East Chilliwack, FG Leary, Robertson, Rosedale, Strathcona, ADR, CMS, CSS, RMS, CHANCE, Sto:lo, Yarrow

Teacher of the Gifted and Talented

Teachers 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.

Teacher of the Visually Impaired

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

Hospital / Homebound

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

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 (Local 1747) - Central, Promontory, Unsworth, Watson
  • Janet Pelser (Local 1744) – Bernard, FG Leary, Robertson, Tyson
  • Jacquie Rowe (Local 1754) – Greendale, Vedder
  • Carolyn Vogt (Local 1746) - Cheam, East Chilliwack, Rosedale
  • Audrey Cheney (Local 1748) – Cultus Lake, Evans, Little Mountain, Sardis, Yarrow
  • Katherine Mindess (Local 1748) – FG Leary, Strathcona

Occupational Therapy

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

  • CDC, Physio/Occupational Therapist(s) (824-8760) - Central, Cheam, East Chilliwack, FG Leary, Little Mountain Rosedale, Strathcona, CMS, CSS, RMS
  • Marilyn Cram, Physio/Occupational Therapist (Local 1770) – Cultus, Greendale, Promontory, Unsworth, Vedder, Watson, GWG, MSMS, SSS
  • Cheryl Vinchoff, Occupational Therapist (Local 1726) – Bernard, Evans, McCammon, Robertson, Sardis, Tyson, Yarrow, ADR, VMS
  • Nina Heins, Occupational Therapist (Local 1716) - Chance, Sto:lo, Ed Centre

Physiotherapy

  • Marilyn Cram (Local 1770) – GW Graham, Promontory, Vedder Elementary, Sardis Secondary, Chance
  • Anne Walker CDC - Various Schools

English as a Second Language (ESL)

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

Early Success Teachers

Administrative Support