<p>Subject Head: Zachary Teitel (zachary.teitel@yrdsb.ca)</p>

<p>For a complete staff list, please click the ‘Staff” tab under “School Information.”​</p>

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<h1 class="text-align-center">Words have&nbsp;power. Language IS&nbsp;power.</h1>

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<p>Welcome to Unionville High School English; your&nbsp;stop (or your teen's stop...Hello Parents and Guardians!)&nbsp;on the road to becoming a powerful, mindful, and intentional&nbsp;English language communicator.</p>

<p>The Ontario English curriculum is based on the belief that language learning is critical to responsible&nbsp;and productive citizenship, and that all students can become successful language learners.&nbsp;The curriculum is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills that they&nbsp;need to achieve this goal.</p>

<p>Successful language learners:</p>

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	<li>understand that language learning is a necessary, life-enhancing, reflective process;&nbsp;</li>
	<li>communicate – that is, read, listen, view, speak, write, and represent – effectively&nbsp;and with confidence;</li>
	<li>make meaningful connections between themselves, what they encounter in&nbsp;texts,and&nbsp;the world around them;</li>
	<li>think critically;</li>
	<li>understand that all texts advance a particular point of view that must be recognized,&nbsp;questioned, assessed, and evaluated;</li>
	<li>appreciate the cultural impact and aesthetic power of texts;</li>
	<li>use language to interact and connect with individuals and communities, for personal&nbsp;growth, and for active participation as world citizens</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>English Department Staff</strong></p>

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			<th class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-default" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width:238px;text-align:left">Zack Teitel</th>
			<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-default" style="width:352px;text-align:left">720</td>
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			<th class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-default" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width:238px;text-align:left">​Niloufar Barazesh ​</th>
			<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-default" style="width:352px;text-align:left">​​​581</td>
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			<th class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-default" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width:238px;text-align:left">​Natalie Dumont</th>
			<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-default" style="width:352px;text-align:left">​​​630</td>
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			<th class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-default" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width:238px;text-align:left">Jasbir Mitharu</th>
			<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-default" style="width:352px;text-align:left">500</td>
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			<th class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-default" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width:238px;text-align:left">Kat Paunovic</th>
			<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-default" style="width:352px;text-align:left">​462</td>
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			<th class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-default" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width:238px;text-align:left"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(54, 54, 54);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;float:none;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent;display:inline !important">Brenda Pugh</span></th>
			<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-default" style="width:352px">​​​542</td>
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			<th class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-default" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width:238px;text-align:left"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(54, 54, 54);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;float:none;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent;display:inline !important">Shiraz Rafik</span></th>
			<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-default" style="width:352px;text-align:left"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(54, 54, 54);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;float:none;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent;display:inline !important">530</span></td>
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			<th class="ms-rteTableFirstCol-default" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width:238px;text-align:left"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(54, 54, 54);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;float:none;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent;display:inline !important">Lindsay Smith</span></th>
			<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-default" style="width:352px;text-align:left"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(54, 54, 54);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;float:none;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent;display:inline !important">671</span></td>
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<p>​​​​​Tamara Vanderveen</p>
