David Casasanto is originally from Massachusetts. He graduated from Fitchburg State University with a Degree in Elementary Education and a minor in History. He moved to North Carolina in 1996 and raised three children in Winterville NC ages 29, 27 and 20 years old. He has four beautiful grandkids ages 1, 2, 3, and 4. He has been teaching here for 21 years and loves North Carolina. His youngest just graduated from Wake Tech and is headed to Western Carolina this fall. His wife, Nicole, works at Duke University as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist.

Kim Collins is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and relocated to Raleigh in 2003 after she graduated from Slippery Rock University with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education. Mrs. Collins taught at Rolesville Elementary and Brier Creek Elementary in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades before! In 2014, she graduated from Gardner Webb University with her Master's Degree in Elementary Education.

Her and her husband, Ray, have one son, Danny who will be in First Grade! She is very passionate about equity in education, taking risks, try new things, giving her students a voice and choice in the classroom, using technology and having fun in the classroom. She is looking forward to a great 2018-2019 school year!

Raven Gilmer moved to the Raleigh area this summer. She is excited to be a Hawk! This will be her first year teaching 4th grade at Hortons Creek Elementary School. In 2008, She moved from Maryland to attend Fayetteville State University in North Carolina (BRONCO PRIDE)! She has a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education K-6. She has taught third grade in Eastover, NC for four years. Ms. Gilmer will continue to help children realize their full potential both inside AND outside of the classroom.

Fun Fact:

Ms. Gilmer loves all sports (especially basketball)! She has been playing since middle school.

Deanna Liebscher is returning to North Carolina after living and teaching in El Paso, Texas for the past three years.  She earned her undergraduate degree from UNC Greensboro and earned her masters from UNC Charlotte. This year will be her fifth year teaching but her first at Hortons Creek.  She is so excited for the new school year and is passionate about helping your child become academically and socially successful!

This is Jenna Stilwell’s 11th year teaching, all in Wake County Public Schools.  Over the years, she has taught 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a second academic concentration in Spanish.  Mrs. Stilwell is passionate about equity, curriculum connections, purposeful technology, and facilitating open ended critical thinking. When not at school, she enjoys cooking and spending time with her husband, daughter, and dog.

Supriya Vasudevan taught third grade last year at Hortons Creek and is now moving up to fourth! Her educational background is in Chemistry and Toxicology. She holds teaching licenses in elementary education and reading. Ms. Vasudevan has lived in this area for almost 15 years now with her husband and middle school child. Her extended family is in India.

As an educator it is her goal to inculcate the love of lifelong learning in students by making learning experiences relevant to them. Ms. Vasudevan is passionate about equity in education and strives to create a safe, warm, inclusive learning environment for her students.\

She is looking forward to SOAR high with her fourth grade hawklings!