Our Team

John Acree – Ph.D

English Teacher

  • 20+ years of teaching in English in US, Canada and China
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
  • Doctor of Jurisprudence (Law)
  • Master’s Degree in SacredTheology
  • Ph.D. in Sacred Theology
  • A professional journalist with Law Degree 
  • Strong Teachable: Creative Writing, Reading, English Literature, Public Speaking, Journalism, Law, and Religion

Asryan Ani – Ph.D

AP English, TOEFL and IELTS Teacher

  • A Bachelor’s degree in teaching English
  • A Master’s degree in Higher Education
  • A PhD in Education Management  
  • A Professor of the university of UFAR 
  • A TESOL Certified Educator
  • 8+ years of teaching General English, Business English, Tech English, Legal English, and  TOEFL and IELTS Exam preparation. Also AP English, AP Psychology, and AP History.

Christina Pavlos

English Teacher

  • Bachelor of Education in University of Toronto, Intermediate-Senior – History and Geography 
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Trent University, Double Major History and Geography
  • TELL Specialist, Junior ABQ, Trent University
  • ESL University of Toronto 
  • 5+years teaching experience for Elementary level
  • Learning Skills and Work Habits Seminar – how to incorporate these into the formative and summative assessment process
  • Participated in the ‘Integrating Technology in the Curriculum – Mini-Conference’

Amber Surette

French and English Teacher

  • Certified Teacher (OCT) with major teachable in French
  • Bachelor of Education (BEd) with a specialization in Teaching French Language from The University of Western Ontario
  • Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in French and English from Wilfrid Laurier University
  • 6+ years of teaching and tutoring experience from Grade K-12

Yaming Bao – Ph.D & OCT

Mathematics, Physics Teacher

  • Bachelor of Electrical Engineering & Information Science in China
  • Master of Engineering at Waterloo University
  • Master of Mathematics at Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Ph.D at Western University
  • 12+ years teaching at Canadian universities and secondary-schools, with Teaching Awards at Western University

Sze-Wan Fu – Master of Education on IB

IB, AP, OSSD Teacher in Math, Physics and Chemistry Elementary English and MathTeacher

  • Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of Toronto 
  • Master of Art degree in Linguistics at Trinity Western University
  • TEFL Certified Teacher 
  • 10+ years teaching experience from grade K- 12
  • High School Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics with Ontario Curriculum, IB and AP program
  • Elementary Mathematics and English with Ontario and Singapore Math curriculums

Yang Yang – Master of Science

AP Math, Physics, Chemistry Teacher

  • Double Master’s Degrees in Molecular Biology at Lowa State University (USA) and Data Science at Université de Montréal, Quebec
  • Bachelor of Science in USA, majoring in Biochemistry and minor in Mathematics
  • 6+ years teaching and tutoring in high school, university and college

Sarah Ajami – OCT

Math, Chemistry Teacher

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Honour Co-operative Chemistry from the University of Waterloo 
  • Bachelor of Education degree in the teachables of I/S General Science and Chemistry from University of Western 
  • High school teaching experience from Grade 9 to Grade 12 Science, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics

Sunny Ye – OCT

Math Teacher

  • Ontario Certified Teacher, major teachable is Mathematics 
  • Bachelor of Science, major in Psychology
  • 2 years teaching math and functions from Grade K-12 levels with various school boards, including Thames Valley, Peel, and the Toronto District School Board
  • Science and social science teaching and helping with Asian Students Association as extracurricular

Ferrous So – Master of Biology

Biology Teacher

  • 26+ years High School Biology and Science teacher 
  • Postgraduate Diploma of Education (Biology)
  • Bachelor of Science (Honor) in Applied Biology
  • Master of Art in Christian Studies
  • Master of Art in Liberal Studies and Ethics
  • Master in Christian Studies

Steve Demmery NM – Master of Chess

Chess Coach

  • Master title in 2012 by the Chess Federation of Canada
  • 12+ years of President of the London City Chess Club
  • 25 years teaching Chess in London
  • 4 times joined London City Standard Chess Champion 4 times,
  • 10 times joined London Active Chess Champion
  • 6 times joined London Speed Chess Champion
  • Taught chess at UWO, Fanshawe College, and over 30 high school and elementary schools
  • Organized and Directed many Chesses Tournaments
  • Trained kids who have qualified to represent Canada at the world youth Chess Championships
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