LOUISA CASSOLATO
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Louisa brings 23 years of teaching French Immersion students to the Drama department at John F Ross and its new French Immersion Drama course. She taught French Immersion Drama at Erin District High School for a number of years before finally “coming home” to teach at John F Ross. Over the years, Louisa has enjoyed helping students orchestrate full musicals and all sorts of drama and dance performances and events. In the future, she hopes to be a part of more full scale dramatic art projects at John F Ross. Louisa’s art background is in Dance, having earned the RAD Advanced Ballet Certification parts one and two. She teaches the occasional ballet class locally when she is needed and enjoys dance class when she is able. Professionally, Louisa was recently selected as a recipient of the Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award in 2021, of which she is humbly proud and uncharacteristically shy.
FERRIS HOWE
Ferris began teaching at John F. Ross CVI in September 2007 and joined the Arts Department in 2008 teaching ESL Drama. Ferris teaches the Grade 9 and 10 Dramatic Arts classes and is a staff advisor for Arts’ Council. She was Yearbook Advisor from 2010 to 2012 and enjoys being actively involved in the school community. Ferris also helps coordinate the annual FROSTY Assembly. She attended the University of Toronto where she holds degrees in History, English and German. She completed her Education degree at Trent University and has a specialist in Dramatic Arts. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family and cooking up a storm in her kitchen.
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JENNIFER HUTCHINSON
Jennifer Hutchinson is a John F. Ross graduate and took every drama class available. Jennifer (known as Hutch) went on to pursue a post-secondary degree with a double major in Theatre Arts and History at the University of Guelph. Jennifer started her teaching career at an IB International School in South Korea and fell in love with travelling and seeing performances abroad. She has been teaching Dramatic Arts with UGDSB since 2010 and was chair of the drama department at Westside Secondary School in Orangeville for 8 years. Jennifer has a passion for designing costumes and directing plays and has been involved in multiple NTS (formally Sears) shows. She has directed Theatre Orangeville’s production of “Three Musketeers” with their Young Company. Jennifer has two children who are by far her best designs.
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MEAGHAN LUGSDIN
