Board of Education

Devona lives in the town of Moosomin and represents subdivision one.  Devona retired from teaching in 2014 and has been a substitute in the South East Cornerstone Public School Division up until becoming a school board trustee.  During her teaching career, Devona has been a classroom teacher, school-based administrator, and has experiences from early years to high school.  She was able to teach in Mongolia and India through the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation and Canadian Teachers’ Federation.  In retirement, temporary contract work has given her an opportunity to teach within every school in subdivision 1. 
 

In her spare time Devona is a baker, gardens, golfs, volunteers, cheers for the Riders, and spends time with family.  She is originally from Churchbridge, and still substitute teaches in the Good Spirit School Division.  Devona is a member of the provincial board of the Superannuated Teachers of Saskatchewan, is chairperson of Age Friendly - Moosomin, and is a former facilitator for a grief support group. She looks forward to working with the Senior Leadership Team and the other members of the school board to ensure success and achievement for every child in every school.

 

Velda lives in the Village of Kenosee Lake and represents subdivision 2. Velda brings a wealth of experience and passion for education to her role as trustee, having dedicated 35 years to education as a teacher, school-based administrator, and superintendent. She holds a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Education in Educational Administration from the University of Saskatchewan.

 

Throughout her career, Velda took on numerous leadership roles, including serving as president of the teachers’ association and convention, leading local bargaining initiatives, and representing her school division in the Saskatchewan League of Educational Administrators, Directors, and Superintendents. Her contributions to education were recognized with the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.

 

In retirement, Velda continued to share her love for learning as a substitute teacher and tutor. She also served her community as a village councillor for eight years and remains active as a board member with the Bear Claw Community Development Corporation.

 

Velda has been married for 44 years to her childhood sweetheart, Mark, who continues to farm near Wawota. They are proud parents of two children and grandparents to four grandchildren, cherishing every opportunity to support their grandchildren’s activities.

In her spare time, Velda enjoys staying active with CrossFit, golf, boating, reading, sewing, and traveling.

 

Driven by a lifelong commitment to education, Velda ran for the school board to ensure that students remain at the heart of every decision. She is dedicated to advocating for board autonomy and securing sufficient funding to meet the diverse needs of all students in the division. With her extensive leadership experience and collaborative spirit, Velda looks forward to making a positive impact as a trustee

Jim represents Subdivision 3.  He lives on a farm near Gainsborough with his wife Marilyn where they have retired from farming.  Jim has three grown children and seven grandchildren.  Jim was a member of the school board in the Oxbow Division when his girls were in school.

Jim now takes an avid interest in all the sports and activities his grandchildren participate in.  Each summer Jim likes to spend time at the cabin at White Bear.  He also enjoys doing small carpentry projects.

Tami Scott is running in sub-division 4 for her second term on the SECPSD Board of Education.  She lives in the community of Oxbow with her husband Ian.  Her daughter Ali is in human resources/management in La Ronge, and her son Mason currently works on the family farm south of Glen Ewen.  Both children graduated from OPHS and both attended University of Saskatchewan, where Tami also attained her Bachelor of Commerce.  Her career has taken her from the Royal Bank, to the Federal Government, and then to Spectra / Affinity Credit Union where she was VP of Marketing and Human Resources for 24 years.  She semi-retired in 2015 and held the role of Community Development Officer for the Town of Oxbow and the RM of Enniskillen until 2021.
 

Tami's community involvement started long before taking on that paid role.  While her children were home, she and Ian were actively involved in the boards for their activities and facilities including the Rink, Swimming Pool and Recreation Board.  She has held local, provincial and international roles while involved in a fraternal organization.  She chaired the New School Fundraising Committee that was successful in raising $1.2 million for add-ons to the construction of OPHS in 2011.  Tami was both Secretary and Chairperson during her term on the Board of Envision Counselling and Support Centre.  Outside of the School Board, Tami is still involved with the local dog park committee as well as the museum board.

 

During the past four years, Tami has served as member and Chairperson of the Governance and Human Resources Committee. She is looking forward to continuing her work with the School Board, the School Community Councils and supporting the Senior Leadership Team to ensure a quality and equitable education for the students within the division.

Audrey was born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan and raised in the Clashmoor district (Audrey Stevenson). She attended Girwood School to Grade 9 and received her High School education in Tisdale. Audrey married Mel Trombley and they have two sons and one daughter. They moved to the Weyburn area in 1966. In 1981, Audrey entered municipal work. She graduated from the Local Government Administration program in 1983, and worked as Assistant Administrator in the RM of Estevan where she completed her training in rural government. She obtained her Rural C Certificate in 1984 and remained in Estevan until she moved to the RM of Griffin as Administrator in 1985. She obtained a Rural Class A in 1987 and a Superior Certificate and a Certificate of Business Administration in 1993. In 2002, she completed the Trustee Development Program (TDP) through Humber College in Toronto, Ontario. Audrey served as Director of RMAA from May 1994 to May 1998. She held the position of Administrator for the Rural Municipality of Griffin from 1985 until retirement in December 2011.  Since then she has provided training to administrators in the R.M.'s of Cambria No. 6 and Souris Valley No. 7.  In addition, Audrey was appointed to the Sun Country Health Board in May of 2012 and served as a board member until July of 2016.

 

Throughout her career, Audrey has been a member of several boards and committees - local, provincial and federal. Audrey was elected to the South Central School Division Board in 2003 and served as Chair of that board. She was elected to the South East Cornerstone School Division Board in June of 2005 and served as board chair until November of 2009. Audrey was re-elected in Sub-Division 5 in 2012 and served as Vice-Chair until November of 2014 when she was re-elected Chair. Audrey was re-elected by acclamation in October 2016.

 

Audrey is committed to the success of students, and has great respect for those who serve the students of our schools.

Michelle and her husband Blake are full-time grain farmers north of Pangman.  They have three young children who all attend Pangman School.

 

Michelle has her Early Childhood Education Certificate, which she uses at Pangman Daycare where she helps with the Preschool Program and holds the temporary role as the Daycare Administrator.

 

Michelle enjoys being active in the community and involved in her kids' education and sports, including coaching ball teams, sitting on the Pangman Dance Club Board, and being a full-time hockey mom.  In her spare time, she enjoys being outside with her horses, in her garden, playing ladies fastball, or working on her jewelry making hobby.

Michelle is looking forward to representing subdivision 6 and working with everyone at SECPSD to ensure the success and achievement for every student in every school.

Megan Schick has called Weyburn home for the past seven years. She is raising two young daughters with her husband, Mason. She was born and raised in Estevan and pursued her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan. 

 

Megan graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and a Bachelor of Education. Megan worked in the Saskatoon Public School system for the first two years of her teaching career, before having children. Megan is currently a home educator and an active member of the Weyburn Homeschool Community. Megan plans large group activities for the Homeschool community such as writing workshops, project fair, physical education classes, and STEM workshops. The homeschool population is consistently growing and is an important umbrella of public education. Megan brings working knowledge of both the public school classroom and home education.

 

Megan has volunteered in the Weyburn community in a variety of capacities. She served three years as treasurer for the local Ducks Unlimited Chapter. She coaches community league water polo for Weyburn Hurricanes Water polo Club. Megan is active in the Free Methodist Church serving on the Children's Ministry team and the Media/AV team.  

 

Beyond her teaching and volunteer roles, Megan enjoys quilting, crafting and reading. She loves being active outside with her family and her two English Springer Spaniels. You can find Megan out and about in every season –canoeing, biking, rollerblading, fishing, hunting, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.

 

Norma Hewitt-Lendrum is one of the two representatives for the City of Weyburn.  Raised on a farm in the Saskatoon Area, Norma attended the University of Saskatchewan obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and an Advanced Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration.

 

Moving to the Weyburn area in 1987, she has worked at the federal government as a Labour Market Information Analyst, an Employer Services Counsellor and an Employment Counsellor.   During this time, she received extensive training in human resources, employment counselling and in facilitating a course in working as a team.  Norma then went into the computer sales and services business with her husband.  During this time, she taught classes in several areas of computers and software to classes and one-on-one.   They also owned and operated a business mall.

 

 Since 2012, Norma has been employed by the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency as an appraiser and has obtained a Certificate in Real Property Appraisal from the University of British Columbia, become a licensed appraiser and obtained a high-level industry accreditation.  Her interest in education has been evident throughout her work career.

 

Norma, her teacher husband, Wilfrid Lendrum, and two adult sons all live in Weyburn.  Over the years, she has been involved with the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce, Quota Club, Rotary Club and organizing committee of the off-leash dog park.   Her personal interests include researching her family ancestry, reading and growing gourmet mushrooms.

Kevin represents the City of Estevan. Kevin has worked as a maintenance supervisor for South East Cornerstone Public School Division and the City of Estevan for the majority of his career. AS the maintenance supervisor for SECPSD Kevin worked out of Arcola, Oxbow and Estevan offices, therefore working in the majority of the schools in the division. Kevin with his wife Brenda also owned and operated T.K. Trailer sales in Manor. The business was sold in 2014 and Kevin and Brenda are now retired. Kevin was also the previous owner of Aqua Soft Water Softeners in Estevan. Kevin has completed his Professional Directors Certificate (Pro Dir) as well as maintaining his power engineer and refrigeration papers.

 

Kevin has been married to his wife Brenda (Kuntz) for 52 years and has two grown children as well as five grandchildren. Michelle works as a continuing care assistant as well as office admin in health care. Michael works at Power Dodge as a sales/finance consultant. Both Mike and Michelle reside in Estevan. Kevin and Brenda also reside in Estevan having moved in from Manor.

 

For hobbies Kevin paints water colors as well has his other passion stained glass. Kevin and Brenda's favorite pastime is camping, playing cards and spending lots of time with family and friends. Kevin is active in sports such as golf, curling, swimming and cheering on those Riders, Flames, and Blue Jays.  Driving the old 1955 Lincoln is another great pastime of his.

Craig represents the City of Estevan.  Craig was born in Edmonton, AB and came to Estevan in 1965 to work in the  oilpatch. After working for other service companies for years, in 1977, he became a 25% partner in Rocket Sales.  In 1987, he sold his interest in Rocket Sales and formed C. MacDonald Industries as sole owner.  In 1997, he sold his business and started oilfield consulting until 1999, when he retired from the oilpatch after 34 years.  In 1999, Craig did consulting work for CMI 99, specializing in turbine overhauls at all power stations around Saskatchewan.

 

Craig retired in 2007.  That lasted 9 months until the opportunity came to become a caretaker at ECS. He could work with his daughter, Maryann who was also a caretaker at ECS.

 

In 2012, Craig became Head caretaker at ECS and in 2015, became the Assistant Caretaking Supervisor for SECPSD, looking after all the public schools in Estevan.  Eventually he was looking after all the caretakers in the SE schools.  Craig retired in 2021.

 

Craig married Brenda (Brorby) in 1967 and have 3 grown children.  Maryann works in healthcare, Troy has been self-employed in the construction industry and Michelle works in the oilpatch as a sandblaster/painter.

 

In retirement, Craig has become a caregiver for his wife, as she has lost most of her sight with limited vision. Craig also enjoyed baking goodies for party trays and other goodies. He also enjoys playing Texas holdem. 

 

Craig is hoping his years working in the SECPSD system will help the board make the best decisions to benefit the teachers and students in the school division.