The students of Erudite School will greatly benefit from instructors who are specialized in their particular fields. Our teachers will have the chance to showcase their expertise and passion for their chosen subject. Let us introduce ourselves!
Erudite Elementary Private School and Full Day Kindergarten
Ms. Olga Orlova
Principal
Visual Art Programme
Education: Honours MS in Visual Art and Technical Design State Teacher's University of Moscow, Russia.
Ms. Kelly Toyama
Vice-Principal
English Programme
Education: Honours BA, University of Toronto
Bachelor of Education, University of Toronto
Ontario Teaching Certificate
Special Education, Parts I and II (Learning disabled and Gifted), York University
ESL, Parts I and II, York University
Ms. Andrea Soscia
English Programme
Education: Master’s Degree Diploma in Teaching English Language, University of Presov, Slovakia
TESL Post-Diploma Certificate Seneca College, Toronto, ON
An accredited member of Teachers of English as a Second Language Association of Ontario
Mr. Karlo Ghokasian
English Programme, Art Programme
Education: OCAD University (Canada) Bachelor of Illustration, St. Lawrence College, Canada
Early Childhood Education diploma
TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) certificate, Oxford Seminars
Ms. Inna Chesnokova
Mathematics Programme
Education: Honours BEd, Teacher of Computer Science, Teacher of English, Viatka State University of Humanities, Russia
Mme. Bérengère Santiard
French Programme (JK to Grade 3)
Education: Bachelor of Nursing, IFSI Vesoul, France.
Diploma of Aptitude for Teaching French as a Foreign Language (D.A.E.F.L.E.), Alliance Française Paris, France.
Mlle. Veronika Anissimova
French Programme (grades 4-8); Music Programme (grades 4-8).
Education: Master of Music in Historical Voice Performance (2018);
Bachelor of Music in Comprehensive Piano, minor: Italian Studies (Honours, 2016), University of Toronto.
Multilingual, Mlle. Veronika is fluent in French, Russian, English, and Italian.
Ms. Marina Grevtseva
Russian Programme
Education: Teacher of Foreign Languages, Issyk-Kul State University, Karakol, Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Faculty of Linguistics.
Ms. Natali Yakeemovich
Science Programme (Grades 1 - 8), Geography Programme (Grades 1 - 8)
Ms. Svetlana Metrokhina
Music Programme. Afterschool and Camps Programmes
Ms. Irena Hiljak
English Programme (Grade 6), Social Studies and History Programme (Grades 1 - 8),
Drama Programme (all Grades), Physical Education Programme (JK - Grade 2)