KnoxNews-Dec2021

for us to grow is insurmountable. It’s
phenomenal.
Lindsay Tafazzoli, Elementary
ESS Coordinator (Educational
Support Services)
I don’t know what I would do without
Lindsay. Lindsay is a person who is the
consummate professional of knowing
her field. Every detail that could
possibly be related to ESS, she either
knows or makes sure she knows who
she needs to know in order to know it.
Lindsay is profoundly sensitive. She is
sensitive to the needs of her team and
defends her team, which is wonderful.
Jacob Rogers, Vice Principal and
Elementary Site Administrator
In all my experiences of working in
schools all over the United States and
Canada, I have not yet met a person
like Jacob who has been able to step in
and learn the skills of administration
so quickly and so well. And who then
is willing to take on more. Here is a
person who understands elementary
school from Kindergarten through
Grade 6 at a profound level. He has a
deep faith that he expresses daily. He
is able to relate quickly to all staff and
students of all ages. Jacob is relied on
and greatly valued at the high school.
He goes over several times a month
where he meets with secondary staff
and administrators and he connects
with students. He has a heart for the
Grade 6 students that he hands over
to the secondary campus. He wants
to make sure that they are succeeding
and that they’re doing well. He’s
helping us develop new systems
that will make that an even better
experience for the incoming Grade 7’s.
Wendy Perttula, K-12 Director
of Curriculum
Wendy’s key role is to shepherd the
overall delivery of the K to 12 BC
Ministry of Education curriculum, but
also the Christian curriculum. It is an
enormous job. Curricula are never
static. And if it’s not changing here for
a year or two, it’s changing in the US
or it’s changing in Britain. You need a
curriculum director who knows what
the universities are doing, who has a
good sense of what we do, who knows
what our kindergarten students need to
know so that by Grade 12, they’re able
to step into what they need to step into
next. She has to look for areas that need
strengthening. Wendy is methodical and
she is a researcher and has an expansive
knowledge of K-12.
Adam Wasik, Secondary Principal
What Adam brings is integrity to the
professional role. Whatever emergency
is rising, which could be everything from
a fentanyl overdose outside on the street
to a teacher who has broken down in
tears due to stress, Adam is up for that
task. Not only is he capable of stepping
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