Our Staff
Foundation is pleased to present our staff for the 2009-2010 school year:
Victoria Body
Core JK-SK; Christian Education 3-4, 7-8; Split Grade Support
This will be Victoria's eighth year teaching JK/SK and her third year teaching Christian Education. Victoria enjoys experiencing God's children and the beauty of His world by traveling as a missionary to Central America. She enjoys playing sports and watching them live. She thanks the Lord for calling her to be a teacher which she states is the best job! The children bring life, innocence and a smile to each day that she is with them.
Doreen Lachance
Core Grades 1-2; Split Grade Support; Christian Education 1-2
This is Doreen's third full year at Foundation. Doreen was born and raised in Elmira but has spent the previous fifteen years in overseas missions. She, along with her husband and her three daughters served in Fiji and, most recently, in Nepal. They have also done short-term assignments in Haiti and Brazil. Most of their service has been in the area of discipleship training; however, during the time in Nepal Doreen was serving in an international mission school as a teacher and a principal. The year before they left Nepal she set up the primary section of the Kathmandu International Study Centre. Most of her teaching experience, both overseas and in Ontario, has been in multi-grade classrooms. She has also worked as a temporary secretary and as the "fry-girl" at McDonalds! She likes to sing and play piano. Her other interests include trekking or hiking, travelling, and reading. She's looking forward to the colours of fall.
Kimberly Kerr-Bott
Core Grades 3-4; Art Grades 3-8; Senior Teacher
This will be Kimberly's seventh year joyfully teaching in a Christian environment. She has had the privilege of teaching core subjects for Grades 3-4 as well as visual arts for Grades 1-12. In the past, she was also involved in teaching high school students various business courses which included accounting, law, and co operative education. She has never been able to determine a favourite age group, since all ages have very special qualities. She has a serious commitment to her students and looks forward, with excitement, to every new school year
Elise Pierre
Core Grades 5-6; Christian Education
This is Elise's first full year at Foundation, and she is very happy to be back. She feels blessed to have the opportunity to teach in a place where they are encouraged to develop a love and relationship with Jesus, on a daily basis. She teaches the core subjects for grade 5 and 6 as well as Christian education. She is personally interested in expanding her knowledge in special education and Language. She finished her B.Ed at the University of Ottawa in 2008, and before that received an honours degree in Religion and Culture and a general degree in English. She has a strong passion for hockey and believes that any year will be the year the Leafs bring the cup back to Canada.
Catherine Dietz
Core Grades 7-8; Physical Education Grades JK-8
Catherine is beginning her seventh year of teaching. This year along with grade 7 and 8 math and science, she will be teaching physical education to the entire school, including JK and SK. In her spare time she enjoys playing sports, especially basketball and ringette. She played varsity basketball in university and is still playing ringette in a women's league. During her holidays you will usually find her on the mission field. She has done mission trips to Honduras, Nicaragua and Uganda.
Sheri Leeder
Special Resource Grades JK-8; History/Geography Grades 7-8; Language Arts Grades 7-8
Sheri Leeder, mother of two and step mother of two, is returning for her ninth year of teaching and as she grows along with the community of Foundation Christian School. Her youngest son, Aaron will also be back, now in grade 5. This year Sheri has been called to teach Grades 7-8 History, Geography, and Language. Also, with the completion of an additional qualifications course in Special Education, and the blessing of new opportunity at the school, Sheri is excited to be able to work with the teachers to provide individualized support. Sheri's special interests include enjoying the outdoors, and reading.
Justyna Kubicki
French Grades JK-8; ESL - English as a Second Language Grades 1-8
This is Justyna's first year at Foundation Christian School. She has recently moved back to her hometown of Kitchener after having completed her studies in Toronto. Justyna is passionate about languages and literature and is very excited to be teaching French and ESL this year. Her interests include traveling, camping, film, and cooking.
Lauren Gray
Music Grades 1-8
This is Lauren's second year teaching music and her fourth year offering private lessons at Foundation. As always, this year is gearing up to be exciting, with the Christmas program, Kiwanis, and a new event: a spring play!
Victoria Timmer
Office Administrator
Victoria has been working for the Lord and Foundation since opening, with over twenty years of experience in business and school administration. She is the wife of Leo and mom of three teens. Victoria loves to sing, and sings with her church's worship band. A verse she wishes to share is, "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down... will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Luke 6:38
Laurie Gray
Financial Manager:
Laurie has been with Foundation since opening and prior to that another Christian School in the same capacity for seven years. Together she and her husband own a hobby store for which she does the bookkeeping and accounting. Through her business she has travelled to many countries and enjoyed the cultures and people they have met. She has three children, two in-law children and two granddaughters. She is looking forward to another exciting year at Foundation!
Pastor Doug Kranz
Headmaster; Business Grades 7-8
Born in Pembroke, Ontario the son of a Lutheran pastor, Doug moved with his family around to many places throughout Ontario and Newfoundland, until meeting Liz, his wife, in high school while living in Unionville, Ontario. Once married and graduated from Teacher's College, they moved to Moosonee at the tip of James Bay to teach at Moosonee Public School. From there they moved to Waterloo where he entered seminary. Having finished a year of internship just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he became a Lutheran pastor serving parishes just outside Kitchener, Pembroke and finally Waterloo. He chose to leave the church in 2004 after twenty two years in the ministry, and became Headmaster at Christ Lutheran School, then, when it opened, at Foundation. He has a lovely wife who has her black belt in Judo and teaches the same. Doug and Liz have five grown children. Doug's hobbies are guitar, piano and astronomy, and the occasional game of scrabble which he invariably loses to his wife.