Spotlight
High Prairie School Division has appointed new administrators in Slave Lake with a principal at C.J. Schurter School, vice-principal at E.G. Wahlstrom School, and principal at Roland Michener Secondary School.
Robyn Ord-Boisvert returns to C.J. Schurter School as Pprincipal after a secondment to the position of CAP Facilitator for the past three years.
She was the principal of CJS for nine years prior to her secondment.
Ord-Boisvert has a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Education, both from the University of Alberta.
Lisa Palko, becomes the new principal at Roland Michener Secondary School, after serving that role at C.J. Schurter School.
She has more than 26 years of teaching experience, the majority of which is with HPSD, more than 14 years at RMSS as both a teacher and an assistant principal. Palko has a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Lethbridge and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Saskatchewan.
Kristoffer Herbert has been appointed as vice-principal of E.G. Wahlstrom School after serving as learning support teacher at EGW since September 2015.
He has more than six years of teaching experience, the majority with HPSD at Schurter and Wahlstrom schools.
Herbert has Bachelor of Education from Lakehead University and is in the process of completing his Master of Education from the University of New Brunswick.
Wahlstrom school vice-principal Brian Carleton will retire after 36 years with HPSD.
He started as a physical education teacher at HPSD and later became vice-principal of Roland Michener Secondary School and then vice-principal of E.G. Wahlstrom School.
His classes are described as engaging, motivating, and enthusiastic; he is someone who is always well prepared with clear expectations, well-established routines, and the knowledge to provide students with quality fitness instruction.
Carleton’s extra contributions through coaching, organizing international trips, teaching First Aid and CPR to fellow HPSD employees, and participating in Alberta Education curriculum projects are just a few of the ways he enriched the school atmosphere and enhanced the educational experience for the countless students he has taught in his career.
HPSD trustees and staff thank Carleton for his dedication to the division and its staff and students.
