Our Staff
Westboro’s Camp is led by bilingual, dynamic camp leaders and counselors.
Caitlin loves to play sports, especially hockey and soccer. She also loves music and plays the violin. She can’t wait to have tons of fun at camp again this summer!
Cheryl is the Physical Education teacher at Westboro Academy. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education from York University in Toronto. Cheryl has been working at Westboro Academy since 1999. In her role, she teaches Physical Education and Health, organizes many special events like the CHEO Skate-a-thon, Interschool Skating Meet, the Lunch-Time Sport Program and the annual Play Day Sport festivals. Cheryl is also responsible for coordinating a variety of sport competitions such as the Pumpkin Run, Relay Meet and Soccer Events that are hosted by other private schools in Ottawa. In Cheryl’s spare time, she does fitness and conditioning for some local elite female ringette players and has spent the last 13 years volunteering on the Nepean Ringette Executive. Before coming to Westboro, Cheryl ran competitively for 20 years and now enjoys running for health and fitness.
Dérik has completed grade 11 at St. Michael’s Catholic High School in Kemptville. He will continue his studies to become a police officer, by completing a co-op next year, and then by attending Algonquin College to obtain a Diploma in Police Foundations. Dérik plays competitive hockey, he is perfectly bilingual and will be returning to Westboro’s summer camp again this year!
Jamal is a former student of Westboro Academy. He is bilingual and is in grade 10 at St. Peter High School in the French immersion program. He loves to work with kids and has previous experience at the Westboro summer camp last year as well as an assistant councillor at Ray Friel and Ottawa University. In his free time, Jamal enjoys music, sports and reading.
Kathleen is a former student of Westboro Academy and has been involved with the summer camp for the past few years. She loves working with children; interacting with them, and helping them learn new things. She enjoys many different sports, and activities such as arts and crafts. Kathleen is looking forward to another fun-filled summer at our camp.
Marie-Louise has worked with children for the last 10 years. In addition to working in several summer camps, and a nursery school; she has recently taught at Westboro Academy and at Stittsville Public School. Marie-Louise will teach French at the camp and will work also as supervisor in the afternoon.
Sarah has just completed her second year in the Concurrent Education program at Queen’s University. Although she plans to be a math/French teacher at the high school level when she graduates, she enjoys working with children of all ages. She worked as an after school program counselor at the Glebe Community Centre and completed teaching placements at the grade 1 and 7 level. This will be Sarah’s second year returning to the Westboro summer camp.
Stephanie graduated in 2010 from Trent University with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology. She then attended the University of Ottawa where she completed her Bachelor of Education in the Primary/Junior Division in May 2011. During her teacher education program she spent five weeks at Westboro Academy as a student-teacher in the Grade 1 class and the Grade 4 class. Stephanie is from Ottawa, and is fluently bilingual as a result of having attended French elementary school and high school in the area. She looks forward to working at Westboro Summer Camp!
