Leader staff

Starting next fall, both Kinuso School and EG Wahlstrom School, in Slave Lake, will have new vice-principals.

EGW

EGW teacher Jennifer Taylor will be the new EGW vice-principal. She will be taking over from Audrey Ghostkeeper, who will become the principal.

A news release from High Prairie School Division says that Taylor started teaching EGW in 2007. From 2007 to 2018, she taught Grade 4. In 2019, she was promoted to Learning Support Teacher (LST). She has worked in education for 23 years.

Taylor has a bachelor of education and bachelor of physical education from the University of New Brunswick.

As a volunteer with Alberta Teachers’ Association, Taylor was the local president and chair of the Teacher Welfare Committee.

Kinuso

Chris King will be the new vice-principal at Kinuso School.

King has worked in education for over 14 years, says an HPSD news release. Some of this was as an administrator with the Northland School Division. He has taught in rural Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He also taught English as a Second Language at Metropolitan College in Ontario.

King has a bachelor of education from Queen’s University in Ontario, where he was nominated for a Queen’s Student Teaching Excellence award. He also has a bachelor of arts in social sciences with honours from McMaster University. 

King will be taking over from vice-principal Kevin Crosby, who is moving to a different role.