Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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EW STAFF MR. CORKE is teaching Senior Mathematics after gaining full-time teaching experience with the Ottawa Board, Algonquin College and Carleton University. He has a B.A. in Economics from Western Ontario H9669 and a B. Math from Waterloo tl977Jg an M.A. in Economics from Carleton 119785, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Carleton in Econometrics and Public Financing. He has coached football, soccer and wrestl- ing - competing in the latter sport for Western. He is also fond of Rugby, having played for the Ottawa Irish as well as other teams at various times. Finally, he enjoys the hobbies of flying, photography and auto mechanics. MR. MERRITT is teaching Junior School music and junior Band while continuing his fourth year in Music at Ottawa University - where he is Principal Trumpet with the University Orchestra as well as the recipient of the Tex Pomeroy Scholarship. He has also been a freelance musician for ll years and involved in private teaching for 10 years. MR. DYSON has just completed his 'A' levels in Music, English and History at Felsted School in Essex. He is now assisting in the Ashbury music programme where his considerable skills the has his Associateship with the Royal College of Organistsj receive some scope playing the organ for morning chapel three days a week. He has also assumed assistant Housemaster duties among the senior boarders. Next year Mr. Dyson in- tends to begin conducting studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. MR. GRAINGER '82 graduated from Western in May '86 with a B.A. in Economics and is currently tak- ing courses at Ottawa University with the intention of entering the Faculty of Education. He has undertaken some Housemasterly chores in the Senior School as well as coaching duties with the Junior Soccer Team funder l6'sJ. Mr. Grainger also teaches grade 9 and 10 Geography. He was head of Connaught House in his last year at Ashbury while also being a stalwart member of both the schools' soccer and hockey teams. We are hap- py to have a novice of his calibre gaining practical ex- perience with us. MS. JEREMIAS R.N. is taking over nursing duties two days a week. She comes most recently from the Glebe Centre and before that from the Rideau Veterans Nursing Home and the National Defence Medical Cen- tre. She is active in the continuous Education Programs of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Ms. Jeremias grew up in Cape Breton and has a wide range of interests such as photography, fishing, oil painting and various church functions. We wish her a wami welcome to the Ashbury community. MR. MOUSSEAU is teaching Junior School French and Physical Education. He attended Ecole Secondaire Charlebois before going to Ottawa University where he gained a B.Sc. fHonoursJ in Kinanthropology in May 1985. He is currently working towards a National Level IV certification in volleyball and was formerly Head Coach of the Ottawa University Badminton Team. Mr. Mousseau also has his Royal Conservatory of Music CU of TD Grade VII level for Classical Guitar with ex- perience in public concert on this instrument. MRS. PRITCHARD is the new Matron in the Junior School. She is the mother of four children, the youngest now 19, and has worked as a nurse in residential and daycare centres in Britain as well as in Ontario and has also taught elementary school. Her hobbies involve her in camping and crafts of many kinds but she enjoys such things as reading, chess and crossword puzzles when she can find the time. We are fortunate, indeed, to have her as part of the boarding family. MISS SPECKERT has taken over residential duties supervising girls in the new wing and is also teaching Physical Education and Art fgrades 7-105. She has a B.Sc. from St. Francois Xavier University f 19813 where she was also nominated for Senior Class Speaker. More recently, Miss Speckert had the distinction of being nominated for Volunteer of the Year in the City of Grande Prairie. She particularly enjoys skating, skiing and swimming. Among her various sports activities tranging from archery to scubaj the one thing not men- tioned is soccer - which she was promptly put into this fall when she was asked to assist Mr. Lister with Senior Recreational Soccer. She had no difficulty being ac- cepted by the boys, however, - especially when, as goalie, she stopped pointblank shots with no apparent fear.

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