Mrs. Kim Schellenberg has made the difficult decision of taking a full time leave of absence for the remainder of the school year. Her leave will begin on February 1, 2023.
In order to fill Mrs. Schellenberg roles here at Harry Balfour, Ms. Chandler, a recent Masters in Counseling graduate, will add significant time to her schedule for counseling and will take over teaching Health 8F. Mr. Groff will also have some counseling time added to his schedule and will take over teaching Health 8M.
Starting on Wednesday, February 1, Mrs. Juliea Deleeuw will take over Grade 7C and 7D Social from Ms. Chandler, as well as Grade 8M English and 8M Social from Mr. Groff. Mrs. Deleeuw will also teach Mrs. Schellenberg’s Option class, Life 101. Mrs. Deleeuw has experience teaching junior high Language Arts, Social Studies, and options classes at Sexsmith Secondary School and Whispering Ridge Community School. We are excited she is joining our Harry Balfour family.
We understand change can be difficult, and if students need to talk with an adult at school about these changes to help them process and adjust, we have several teachers and staff who are available to listen and help.
We hope that this will be a positive change for everyone involved.
Thank you for your flexibility.