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.
Neil AnanthanHorning
Neil has done a variety of education-related experiences for the last 6 years, including Outdoor Education, Let's Talk Science, the Learning Disabilities Association, tutoring, camps, elementary teaching, and creating a workshop for University students called "Using Improvisational Techniques in Science Communication". He has worked at John F Ross over the past 2 years, for a variety of departments. Neil enjoys leading John F Ross's Improv Club, in addition to helping out with a variety of other initiatives at the school in the past, including Youth Alpha, Choir, and being a lead singer for the FROSTY Teacher Band. While he enjoys Drama-related initiatives at the school, he also has a passion for Music and integrates it wherever possible in his teaching, even in his Math classes. Professionally, Neil has been awarded the D. Carlton Williams Gold Medal in Education and the F.C. Biehl Memorial Award for Excellence within Western University. He hopes to continue to contribute to John F Ross's vibrant arts program wherever possible, especially when it comes to their improv club and team.
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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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