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November 6th, 2024

Staff Directory

Joseph Howe Elementary

2557 Maynard Street
Halifax, NS
B3K 3V6
(902) 421-6785
Fax: (902) 421-8744
SafeArrival: 1-833-582-6940
jhowe@hrce.ca

Administration
Name Role / Department Phone Email
Bahliss, Tina Office Administrator 902-421-6785 Tina.Bahliss@hrce.ca
MacDonald, Michael Principal 902-421-6785 michaelmacdonald@hrce.ca
Thomas, Phill Vice Principal (Acting) 902-421-6785 pthomas@hrce.ca
Teaching Staff
Name Role / Department Phone Email
Bing, Karen Grade Primary KBing@hrce.ca
Buffett, Ainsley Grade 4/5 ainsley.june@hrce.ca
Buis, Jacob Grade 5 jacob.buis@hrce.ca
Caines, Jillian Core French 4-5 jillian.caines@hrce.ca
Conrad, Cora-Lee Grade 2/3 coralee.leblanc@hrce.ca
Dahr, Raelynn Grade 1 raelynn.dahr@hrce.ca
Doucet, Amanda Grade 3/4 amanda.doucet@hrce.ca
Dupres, Brianna Grade 1/2 brianna.dupres@hrce.ca
Egan-Leach, Joel Physical Education JEgan-Leach@hrce.ca
Gemeda, Keya ECE Pre Primary Lead keya.gemeda@hrce.ca
Glencross, Gregory Primary/One greg.glencross@hrce.ca
Hall, Kesha Resource kesha.hall@hrce.ca
Jennex, Sara Early Literacy Support Teacher Sara.Jennex@hrce.ca
Josey, Nicole Grade 3 nicole.josey@hrce.ca
Kemp, Karen Early Literacy Support Teacher KKemp@hrce.ca
Kennedy, Katherine Pre Primary Lead Katherine.Kennedy@hrce.ca
Lance, Charlotte EAL Teacher charlotte.lance@hrce.ca
Lyons, Wendy Resource WLyons@hrce.ca
Morrissey, Nicole School Counsellor nicole.morrissey@hrce.ca
Murrin, Erin Learning Support Teacher emurrin@hrce.ca
Nartiss, Sarah Grade 4 sarah.nartiss@hrce.ca
Newton, Celeste Grade 1 celeste.newton@hrce.ca
Patenaude, Jonathan Learning Support Teacher jpatenaude@hrce.ca
Perez, Sharon Grade 1/2 (on leave) sharon.perez@hrce.ca
Samsom, Melissa EAL melissa.sansom@hrce.ca
Sernoskie, Ben Grade 2 benjamin.sernoskie@hrce.ca
Stevens, Shirley Learning Support Teacher Shirley.Stevens@hrce.ca
Sun, Yanan Pre Primary Lead yanan.sun@hrce.ca
Tannous, Julie Grade Primary JTannous@hrce.ca
Teixeira, Gail Strings Teacher gteixeira@hrce.ca
Wilson, Caitlin Music Caitlin.Wilson@hrce.ca
Support Staff
Name Role / Department Phone Email
Alnajjar, Naima YMCA Support Worker 902-283-0704 naima.alnajjar@halifax.ymca.ca
Antony, Ashwini EPA aantony@hrce.a
Assal, Suzie EPA SAssal@hrce.ca
Atkinson, Emily School Psychologist eatkinson@hrce.ca
Bedenikovic, Matthew EPA matthew.bedenikovic@hrce.ca
Bell, Bryan Schools Plus Facilitator (902) 943-1774 bryan.bell@hrce.ca
Cain, Dalton EPA darnell.cain@hrce.ca
Campbell, Joan EPA joan.campbell@hrce.ca
Chandra, Nivedita EPA cnivedita@hrce.ca
Chen, Jie (Rosie) ECE Pre Primary Support Jie.chen@hrce.ca
Chittimalla, Shilpa EPA schittimalla@hrce.ca
Colley, Eddie African Nova Scotian Student Support Worker ecolly@hrce.ca
Collins, Tiffany Pre Primary Support Tiffany.Collins@hrce.ca
Collins, HC Head Caretaker hccollins@hrce.ca
Collins, Jackie EPA jacqueline.collins@hrce.ca
Crosby, Joanne LSS (Librarian) jcrosby@hrce.ca
Dayandante, Blanchie EPA bdayandante@hrce.ca
Derry, Kanosha EPA KDerry@hrce.ca
Downey, Samson Night Caretaker DowneyS@hrce.ca
Durant, Sharon EPA DurantS@hrce.ca
Fall, Ed EPA efall@hrce.ca
Fazal, Arooj ECE Support Pre-Primary arooj.fazal@hrce.ca
Gomathi Perumal Ooikkattudoss, Suseela EPA perumalooikkattudoss@hrce.ca
Gray, Sarah Child and Youth Care Practitioner sgray@hrce.ca
Grogan, Allison Speech Language Pathologist Allison.Grogan@hrce.ca
Heckbert, Shawna EPA shawna.heckbert@hrce.ca
Heddington, Janelle EPA jheddington@hrce.ca
Hutt, Laura Community Outreach Worker 902-456-5972 Lhutt@hrce.ca
Kummita, Sonia EPA sonia.kummita@hrce.ca
MacKenzie, Alanna School Social Worker 902-221-6037 alanna.mackenzie@hrce.ca
Mohan, Nalini EPA nalini.mohan@hrce.ca
Nagaratnam, Subani EPA snagaratnam@hrce.ca
Phillips, Robyn EPA robyn.phillips@hrce.ca
Sadeghi, Mehra EPA msadeghi@hrce.ca
Siva, Prianka EPA prianka.siva@hrce.ca
tbd, tbd EPA
Thompson, Jennifer Pre Primary Support Jennifer.Thompson@hrce.ca
Yasmeen, Salma EPA salma.yasmeen@hrce.ca