List of 7 members.

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  Ms. Susan Scott 

  Deputy Head of School, Director of Student Services

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  Bio

  Susan Scott earned her Concurrent Education degree from Queen’s University and went on to complete her master's degree in Educational Counselling from the University of Ottawa. She also holds Special Education, Guidance and Primary Additional Qualifications, as well as her CAIS diploma in Independent School Leadership. Ms. Scott spent the first 10 years of her career in the public system teaching French to JK-OAC students as well as English and Physical Education at the high school level. She also worked as a Special Education teacher and gradually made her way into the area of Guidance where she found her true passion. When she arrived at CDS in September 1999, the Student Services department consisted of one and a half members. The Department now has five full-time members, and includes the Learning Resource Centre. As Director of Student Services, Ms. Scott oversees the teacher-counsellors in the Middle and Senior Schools who provide emotional and academic support to all students. As Assistant Head, Ms. Scott works collaboratively with the Head of School to ensure the smooth operation of the School by supporting the various directors and offering general support and direction to all faculty. This role also includes leading the Senior School Management Team, as well as the Divisional Directors. Over the years at CDS, Ms. Scott has been actively involved in community service, yearbook and the charity fashion show and is a positive, supportive presence throughout the School. Her approach to her work with students is to actively listen to and engage them, to understand and empathize with their situation or issue, and then to offer them the support they need to stand back up again and move forward.
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  Mrs. Catie Ferguson 

  Student Services, Head of Middle/Senior Learning Support

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  Bio

  Catie Ferguson joined the CDS community in 2009, serving in the Student Services and Physical Education Departments. Currently she teaches Middle School Guidance and works in the Learning Resource Centre. Ms. Ferguson graduated from Brock University with a degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies with a minor in Physical Education and later graduated from York University with her B.Ed. Degree. Prior to working in the classroom at CDS, she coached U13 Boys’ Soccer and U14 Boys’ Basketball, Coed Tennis, the Varsity Ski and Snowboard team, Senior Girls Basketball and Track & Field. Ms. Ferguson is also the Director of CDS Summer Camp so keeps herself busy in the summer months as well. She completed her Special Education Specialist in 2011. Ms. Ferguson has felt the instinct to teach children since she was 12-years-old, and so it was easy for her to conclude that she wanted to work with children in some way when she grew up. Throughout her life, Ms. Ferguson has always had a natural way of incorporating fun with learning, and she thoroughly enjoys translating this into her teaching career. Ms. Ferguson snowboarded competitively, provincially and nationally during her four years of high school and held the snowboarding Gold medal title for OFSAA each year. Her best result was fourth in the Canadian Nationals in Stoneham, Quebec. Outside of school, Ms. Ferguson has coached skiing and snowboarding for five years and is certified in both disciplines.
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  Mme. Leslie Colucci 

  Student Services

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  Mr. David Drake 

  Science Faculty, Student Services

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  Ms. Alanna Houston 

  Science, Student Services: Interim Head of Middle/Senior Learning Support

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  McGill University
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  Mrs. Maria Huckvale 

  Assistant to the Deputy Head/Director of Student Services and the Student Services Team

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  Mrs. Courtney (Kroen) Taylor 

  Student Services Teacher

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  Bio

  Courtney Kroen joined The Country Day School in 2011 as a supply teacher and now works full-time in Student Services for Grades 7 and 10. She earned her B.A.H. from Queen’s University in Health Sciences and did her graduate degree in International Development: Disaster Relief at Humber College. Ms. Kroen received her B.Ed. from Trent University (Physical Education and Biology with specialists in Special Education & Guidance) and claims her passion for teaching stems from a desire to share opportunity, experience and empowerment with others. A firm believer in the benefits of exercise, she runs a women’s Boot Camp every night of the week when she is not teaching at CDS.