Faculty & Staff – St. James Vernon

Faculty and Staff – St. James School 2022- 2023

Pastor/Parochial Administrator: Fr. Peter Nguyen

Parochial Vicar: Fr. Thomas Arackal

Deacon: Deacon Paul Murphy

Superintendent: Mr. Christopher Yuen

Principal (interim): Mrs. Melanie Inzunza

Office Manager: Ms. Karen Heaven-Whieldon

Office Assistant: Ms. Mary Bowcock

Custodian/Maintenance: Mr. Andrew Pfannschmidt

Kindergarten: Mrs. Heidi Routley/Mrs. Marley Wournell

Grade 1/2: Ms. Sian Haack

Grade 2/3: Mr. Mark McLaughlin

Grade 4: Mrs. Tara Moore & Mr. David Schriek

Grade 4/5: Mrs. Kilarski & Mrs. Petrucci

Grade 6: Mrs. Erica Witteman

Grade 7: Mr. Andrew Foster

Integration Support Teacher: Mrs. Amie Jamin

Literacy/Numeracy Specialist:: Mrs. Angela Durfeld

Library Clerk: Mrs. Anne Kelly

Art/ELL and Literacy Specialist: Mrs. Deborah Bouchard

Music Specialist: Mr. David Schriek

Educational Assistant: Mrs. Colleen Trepanier

Educational Assistant: Ms. Steffi Anderson

Educational Assistant: Mrs. Jen Allen

Educational Assistant: Ms. Amanda Martin (White)

Educational Assistant: Mrs. Jordi Romanovitch

Educational Assistant: Ms. Colleen Sircelj

Educational Assistant: Ms. Jillian Catlin

Educational Assistant: Mrs. Pam Chipchase

School Chef: Mr. Peter Duriga

Kitchen Assistant: Miss Audrey-Anne Stephenson

SJELC – St. James Early Learning Centre:

ECE Manager: Alana MacKinnon

ECE: Robyn Bisset

ECE: Sabrina Weddel

ECEA: Tina Birban

ECEA: Dana Hauck

RA: Miss Audrey-Anne Stephenson

September 29 2023

On Wednesday we recognized National Truth and Reconciliation Day. We wore orange shirts to honor the survivors of residential schools. Thanks to Ms. Witteman for taking on the role of Indigenous Education coordinator and providing us with some high quality lessons to share with our students and families. School families are also invited to a special Truth and Reconciliation Mass on Saturday September 30 at 11am at St. Benedict’s Church.

Volleyball season officially got underway for the girls this week (boys had a BYE) and you might notice our St. James Knights are looking extra flashy in their new jerseys! We have to thank Darris Routley for designing these stunning jerseys. Now both the girls and boys teams are properly equipped for years to come!

We also want to thank Ashley Irving for designing new apparel for the staff! We will enjoy representing our school at the staff retreat in our new sweaters!

September 15 2023

We are so blessed to still be enjoying such beautiful and balmy September weather. We gathered as a school community on Wednesday and celebrated our first school Mass. Even our 24 brand new kindergarten students were in attendance! We had a great turnout at Meet the Teacher night and we must thank our parents for participating.

Next Tuesday September 19, St. James School celebrates 67 years in operation! We will celebrate our anniversary with school picture day! Ordering information will be sent home shortly.

We are celebrating NATIONAL CEA day! Thank you to Mrs. Trepanier, Mrs. Romanovitch, Miss Anderson, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. White, Ms. Sircelj, Ms. Catlin and Mrs. Chipchase for everything you do for the students of SJS!

June 23 2023

Thank you for an absolutely wonderful school year!
See you in September! Blessings for a safe and joyful summer! 󰚤
We want to thank Chef JP for his 7 years of providing
wonderful meals for the students and staff at St. James
School through his full time hot lunch program! We will
miss him so much but we look forward to staying in touch
and wish him all the best in his future endeavors.
We would like to welcome Chef Peter Duriga to our school
as our new chef! Peter comes to us with an incredible array
of experience in Canada and in Europe! Peter will be
working along with our new kitchen assistant Audrey Anne
Stephenson! We wish our new kitchen team great success
in the new school year!
We are also sad to say goodbye to Mr. Royal as he plans to
relocate to Alberta. We all have fond memories of Mr. Royal
and we wish him all the best in his new community! We
look forward to his return visits to St. James School!

June 16 2023

On Wednesday June 21 from 7-9pm the Grade 7 Award night (Grad) will happen in the gym. Light refreshments will be served. We look forward to celebrating the learning journey these Grade 7 students have been on since Kindergarten. We do wish them all the best in their new high schools!

June 9 2023

The excitement amongst the students has increased this week with the anticipation of their end of the year field trip.

On Monday our grade 7 class headed to Victoria for the week. Their Monday morning started rather early, yet their excitement was vibrant.

Today, Friday our grade 3 & 4 classes headed to KingFisher Interpretive Centre to release fry.

The grade 4 class nurtured the fry from receiving the fish eggs in September to the fry that they have become. The fish release ceremony will see each student release their own salmon into the Shuswap River. This unique program “Stream to Sea” has been an annual field trip for SJS students for well over 10 years.