Ian Jarvie
Executive Director|Head of School
ijarvie@bccaschool.ca
I have had the privilege of serving in the educational field since 1986. My wife and I first started our teaching careers in Tokyo. Our plan was to teach there for one year but God had other plans for us and we ended teaching in Japan for 5 years. Upon returning to the Vancouver lower mainland area (my birthplace) in the early 1990s, God led me to this small, upstart school called British Columbia Academy in September 1993. It was the school’s second year of operation and I had the privilege of teaching biblical truths to a grade 4-7 class (yes, one class with 4 grades in it!). Over my years at BCCA, I have taught multiple grades and courses from grades 4-12. In 1995-96, I was honoured to have been asked to be the interim principal of the school, and the following year, principal. It has been an amazing journey, where God has allowed me to be part of a wonderful Christian staff that has been able to impact the lives of our students and families for the sake of Christ. A highlight in my career took place when BC Christian Academy was finally able to purchase a school property of their own (the 1019 Fernwood Campus, PoCo) in June 2020. After 28 years, God has given us the opportunity to provide an excellent education for many generations to come. I cannot think of a more rewarding career where we can open the eyes of our students to God’s amazing creation!
Miguel Zhou
High School Principal
mzhou@bccaschool.ca
My name is Miguel Zhou and I am the high school Principal since 2018. I have taught all over the province at other independent Christian schools and am fortunate that God has led my family and me back home to the Lower Mainland, and to BC Christian Academy. My wife and I have been happily married for almost ten years and have recently welcomed our third child into our family. What excites me about my job is working with staff and students to continue growing in their biblical world views. My goal is to see our whole community flourish and love God greater with all their hearts, souls, strengths, and minds. Again, I thank God that He has brought me and all the staff of BCCA together to disciple, teach, and encourage our students from Creation to the New Creation.
Anthony Bylenga
Middle School Principal
tbylenga@bccaschool.ca
Where He leads, I will follow equipping children for life. For me, Christian education is all about the students: educating the head, heart, and hands with excellent academics and engaged student-centered learning and service opportunities. My goal as a Christian educator is to share the gospel and nurture students to be our Savior’s witness in every area of life and to follow Christ as his disciples in all areas of creation and culture. I have been involved in Christian Schooling as a teacher and an administrator for 39 years in both Canada and the United States.
Beth Peters
Elementary School Principal
bpeters@bccaschool.ca
My journey into education was an accidental one, at least from a human perspective. While pursuing an unfulfilling career in corporate banking, God nudged me to respond to a 3-week long plea in the church bulletin for Sunday School teachers. After training and beginning to teach my little class of 8 & 9-year-olds, it became immediately evident that working with children was a perfect fit for me and would become my life calling. After a 180 degree about-face back to university to earn my teacher certification, God planted me in the independent Christian school sector where training young disciples have become both a privilege and a passion. In 2007, BCCA welcomed me on staff to teach in the Primary Department with a leap into Administration 7 years later where I am presently serving a faithful and multi-talented staff in providing the solid, Christ-centered education for which our families are asking. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in You. – Psalm 33:22
Peck Lim
Administrative Assistant
admin@bccaschool.ca
Alan Chiang
Office Assistant
alchiang@bccaschool.ca
Rosie Shen
Business Administrator
rshen@bccaschool.ca
Susan Gates
Bookkeeper
payables@bccaschool.ca
Jennie Merrison
Accounting Assistant
jmerrison@bccaschool.ca
Meina Low
HR Coordinator
mnlow@bccaschool.ca
Elizabeth Fonacier
Office Secretary
admissions@bccaschool.ca
Mandy Cato
Office Assistant
mcato@bccaschool.ca
Geoffrey Ko (Click on the image to read the bio.)
Education Consultant
gko@bccaschool.ca
As the grateful uncle of two well-bred BCCA graduates, Gabriel and Nathan, Geoffrey Ko has been a keen supporter of the British Columbia Christian Academy since 2004. A trained musician and lifelong learner, Geoffrey has, by God’s grace, taught a great variety of subjects and served as the Music Director, Educational Administrator, and Head of Experiential Learning in several schools in Hong Kong and Canada as well as a university guest lecturer in conducting, music education and music administration. He further extended his vocational horizon by serving as the Assistant General Manager with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and Marketing Manager and Director of Training with Outward Bound. An alumnus of Regent College, he is an honorary Bible teacher and preacher at the Pentecostal Tabernacle Vancouver. Passionate about experiential learning, Geoffrey continues to devote himself whole-heartedly to human development and character-building as a voluntary educational consultant with conviction and zeal.
Geoffrey is the Consultant to the BCCA Experiential Learning Program.
Phil Hills
ACSI Consultant
Doug Dowell
Athletics Director
ddowell@bccaschool.ca
John Suan
Facilities Development Manager
jsuan@bccaschool.ca
Paul Lukianiuk
Facilities, Maintenance, & Transportation Manager
facilities@bccaschool.ca
Ana Enduma
Marketing Coordinator
anaenduma@bccaschool.ca
Natasha Stobbe
Marketing Assistant
nstobbe@bccaschool.ca
Ivan Boh
Marketing and Development Assistant
iboh@bccaschool.ca
Leticia Funes
International Program Coordinator
lfunes@bccaschool.ca
Camelia Vijulie
Bus Driver
cvijulie@bccaschool.ca
Mariam Barnes
Kindergarten – B
mbarnes@bccaschool.ca
Silviya Angelova
Kindergarten – A
sangelova@bccaschool.ca
Melody Bell
Grade 1 – B Teacher (Maternity Leave)
mbell@bccaschool.ca
Michelle Hamm
Grade 1 – H Teacher
mhamm@bccaschool.ca
Gigi Louie
Grade 1 - LP Teacher
glouie@bccaschool.ca
Mira Patel
Grade 1 – LP Teacher & Music Teacher
mpatel@bccaschool.ca
Doris Granados
Grade 2 - G Teacher
dgranados@bccaschool.ca
Shannon Hincks
Grade 2 – R/H Teacher
shincks@bccaschool.ca
Laura Remy
Grade 2 – R/H Teacher
lremy@bccaschool.ca
Karen Harris
Grade 3 – H/F Teacher
kharris@bccaschool.ca
Jessica Fenske
Grade 3 – H/F Teacher
jfenske@bccaschool.ca
Heather Balzer
Grade 3 – B Teacher
hbalzer@bccaschool.ca
Karen Mende
Grade 4 - M Teacher
kmende@bccaschool.ca
Lissa Jones (Maternity Leave)
Grade 4 - J Teacher
ljones@bccaschool.ca
Haley-Kate Peters
Grade 4 P
hpeters@bccaschool.ca
Darryl Penner
Music Teacher
dpenner@bccaschool.ca
Odette Lombard
Grade 5 - L Teacher
olombard@bccaschool.ca
Mfon John
Grade 5 - J Teacher
mjohn@bccaschool.ca
Anne-Marie Chamberlain
Grade 6 Teacher
achamberlain@bccaschool.ca
Yeon Mi Yun
Grade 6/7 - Y Teacher
yyun@bccaschool.ca
Joe Brandsma
Grade 7 Teacher
jbrandsma@bccaschool.ca
Michael Potopaev
Grade 8 - P Teacher
mpotopaev@bccaschool.ca
Andrew Westerveld
Grade 8 - W Teacher
awesterveld@bccaschool.ca
Elizabeth Dol
French Teacher
edol@bccaschool.ca
Michaela Mulder
Art Teacher
mmulder@bccaschool.ca
Rosa Hosseini
MS/HS Math Teacher
rhosseini@bccaschool.ca
Moses Myung
MS Music Teacher
mmyung@bccaschool.ca
Cornel Rosu
Flex Teacher
crosu@bccaschool.ca
Olga Levouchkina
Librarian
olevouchkina@bccaschool.ca
Blair Kuzyk
HS Science/Career Counseling & Head Teacher
bkuzyk@bccaschool.ca
Carmen Johns
Art Teacher
cjohns@bccaschool.ca
Daniel Kim
HS Math/Science Teacher
dkim@bccaschool.ca
David Wright
HS English/Humanities Teacher
dwright@bccaschool.ca
Ganesan Nagayah
HS Humanities/Career Life Teacher
gnagayah@bccaschool.ca
Gery Speck
HS System & Network Admin/Photography Teacher
gspeck@bccaschool.ca
James McLachlan
MS/HS PE/Wood Teacher
jmclachlan@bccaschool.ca
Lesley Wieler
ELL Teacher
lwieler@bccaschool.ca
Nathan Paul
CP Teacher
npaul@bccaschool.ca
Moses Myung
HS Music Teacher
mmyung@bccaschool.ca
Oksana Bieliaieva
French/Online Languages
obieliaieva@bccaschool.ca
Shirley Eu, RPC-C
HS ELL/Counsellor
seu@bccaschool.ca
Lalainia Strelau
Theatre
lstrelau@bccaschool.ca
Evangeline Torres
LSS Director
lss@bccaschool.ca
Josephine Seow
LSS Coordinator-ES
jseow@bccaschool.ca
Sharon Cheung
SEA
scheung@bccaschool.ca
Brooke Du Merton
SEA
bmerton@bccaschool.ca
Daria Gumeniuk
SEA
dgumeniuk@bccaschool.ca
Claudia Libotean
SEA
clibotean@bccaschool.ca
Ezinne Obioha
SEA
eobioha@bccaschool.ca
Alma Pastrana
SEA
apastrana@bccaschool.ca
Sherri Van de Poll
SEA
svdepoll@bccaschool.ca
Tabita Kennedy
SEA
tdkennedy@bccaschool.ca
Anna Chan
LRC Assistant
crc@bccaschool.ca
Narin Cheng
LSS Coordinator-MS
ncheng@bccaschool.ca
Keith Daley
SEA
kdaley@bccaschool.ca
Shannon Hinks
LAT
shincks@bccaschool.ca
Otanuwan Kadiri
SEA
okadiri@bccaschool.ca
Ladan Shajareh
SEA
lshajareh@bccaschool.ca
Charmaine Aguilar
LSS Coordinator
caguilar@bccaschool.ca
Melanie Cortner
SEA
mcortner@bccaschool.ca
Yeawool Seo
SEA
yseo@bccaschool.ca
Tina Tso
SEA
ttso@bcaschool.ca
Theresa Lee
Kids Club Director
kidsclub@bccaschool.ca
Candice Lee-Willemsen
Assistant Director
candice@bccaschool.ca
Anna Liza Tayao Manila
Administrative Assistant
kcadminassistant@bccaschool.ca
Elly Park
Supervisor
elly@bccaschool.ca
Elisha Shaba
Supervisor
elisha@bccaschool.ca
Angela Jin
Office Assistant
kcadmissions@bccaschool.ca
Su Vericherla
Office Assistant
kcoffcasst@bccaschool.ca
Ann Frenal
ann@bccaschool.ca
Ati Sharafzadeh
ati@bccaschool.ca
Azi Ranaei
azi@bccaschool.ca
Bana Bassiri
bana@bccaschool.ca
Beulah Smith
beulah@bccaschool.ca
Danielle Lim
danielle@bccaschool.ca
Emily Xu
emily@bccaschool.ca
Eunice Jang
eunice@bccaschool.ca
Fatemeh Norouzianfar
fatemeh@bccaschool.ca
Feri Kazemian
feri@bccaschool.ca
Golnaz Taghavi
golnaz@bccaschool.ca
Grace Villar
grace@bccaschool.ca
Hamideh Barghbani
hamideh@bccaschool.ca
Jungsuk Han
han@bccaschool.ca
Jaehee Lee
jaehee@bccaschool.ca
Jina Bak
jina@bccaschool.ca
Julia Valny
julia@bccaschool.ca
Juliet Motol
juliet@bccaschool.ca
Kirsten Virus
kirsten@bccaschool.ca
Lorie Leonem
lorie@bccaschool.ca
Martha Torres
martha@bccaschool.ca
Martina Ma
martina@bccaschool.ca
Maryam Momeni
maryam@bccaschool.ca
Minji Kwon
minji@bccaschool.ca
Mona Roozban
mona@bccaschool.ca
Niloo Barazandeh
niloo@bccaschool.ca
Nina Kim
nina@bccaschool.ca
Noushin Salehi
noushin@bccaschool.ca
Oksana Konopka
oksana@bccaschool.ca
Paula Diaz
paula@bccaschool.ca
Selina Kim
selina@bccaschool.ca
Sukja Kim
sukja@bccaschool.ca
Berenice Fernandez
berenice@bccaschool.ca
Claudia Libotean
clibotean@bccaschool.ca
Alma Pastrana
apastrana@bccaschool.ca
Breena Pastrana
breena@bccaschool.ca
Oksana Bieliaieva
obieliaieva@bccaschool.ca
Richard Lee
Driver
Tony Cheng
Driver