MEET THE TEAM
At MHA our culture focuses both on our vibrant local community while also drawing inspiration and models from our global network. Our learning culture allows us to extend resources and inspiration to our educators and families from curated advisors, mentors and leadership from both our local Huntsville community and global network. We believe that by having high levels of diversity in input, combined with open dialogue, we are able to rapidly accelerate our innovation in an inclusive, supportive, and growth-oriented environment.
For our children to thrive, learn and grow, the grown ups in their orbit also need a rich environment to thrive, learn and grow. Both feed off each other.
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Sheena Repath
CEO
Mom of 2 boys, Jacob & Oscar, and serial entrepreneur. Sheena has spent the last 12 years launching and building companies that solve problems while connecting communities in meaningful ways. She is relentlessly committed to co-creating business models for sustainable, economic growth.
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Brian Ward
PRINCIPAL
30+ Years in education with multiple terms as Principal in the public system. Brian has an incredible gift, inspiring teams to achieve remarkable results.
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Jill Ward
FAMILY SUCCESS & STUDENT SUPPORT
21 Years as a passionate educator driven to create a safe space for children to connect and thrive - inspiring them to fall in love with learning.
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Alberta Robinet
JK TEACHER & ART LEAD
Since 2016 Alberta Robinet has passionately learned alongside children as they explore the natural world around them. She believes strongly that teaching children outdoors helps them develop resilience, self-confidence, and provides opportunities for rich learning experiences each day. Spending her days immersed in the wonder, curiosity, creativity and intelligence of her kindergarten students is something that brings Ms. Robinet so much joy. She is also deeply passionate about the arts, making her role as Art Lead at MHA another exciting opportunity.
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Erika Nelson
GRADE SK/1 TEACHER
A high energy teacher with 11+ years teaching experience in the public school board. Mrs Nelson brings passion and academics together in a powerful way to inspire young leaders.
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Kate Pilon
GRADE 2/3
Mom, animal lover and teacher for 20+ years. Mrs. Pilon intertwines learning and fun seamlessly. She believes in mindfulness and the power of helping students build their confidence and thrive in the outdoors.
Let’s get this adventure started!
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Jeff Laughton
GRADE 4/5 TEACHER & FRENCH LEAD
25+ Years in education with a passion for numbers, the outdoors and sports. Unleashing the potential within all of our children.
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Blake Dietrich
GRADE 6-8
Public Teacher for 14 years; 2 years in Saskatchewan, 6 years in Ottawa, and most recently, 6 years in Huntsville. I began my career as a secondary school physical education teacher, although I have spent the majority of my career teaching grades 6-8. I am excited to share my love of learning, reading, numbers and spending time exploring outdoors with all of our students.
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Lea Jorgensen
OUTDOOR EDUCATION LEADER
25+ Years leading children in nature. Exposing her students to new and wild opportunities to engage with nature and open their minds and their learning.
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Jessi Priestley
FOOD CULTIVATION CULTURE ED
Jessi has graduated with a teaching and ECE degree from the Concurrent Education Program at the University of Windsor, teaching play-based learning in different parts of the world, now settling in the abundant nature of Northeastern Ontario
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David Grant
Program and Marketing Coordinator
Dave is an avid outdoorsman. When he’s not teaching our wilderness program students Archery or Stone tool making he heads up our marketing strategy.