Staff Directory
You can always find detailed teacher information, phone numbers, email, etc. in our app! Search "The School Board of Highlands County" and choose Highlands Virtual School as one of your sites. Click on the "Staff Directory" button.
Teacher Hours:
Teacher Hours: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday. Thursday, teachers are available 10:00 am -6:00 pm.
Office Staff Hours: 7:45am-3:30pm
As a Highlands County School, we also follow the district calendar for holidays, teacher work days, etc.
IMPORTANT - our courseware is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, however the teachers are not. If you contact an HVS teacher after hours, it may be 24 -48 hours before you receive a response.
Tip:
Create Teacher Contact In Your Phone
You can save a direct line contact with your teacher in your iPhone or Android. This will call our automated switchboard and transfer the call to your teacher automatically.
iPhone:
Create or Edit Contact
Enter Number: 863-471-5442
HOLD * for 3 seconds it will become a ,
Enter Extension Number for Teacher: Found below under each teachers name
Save Contact
Number should look like: 863-471-5442,1234
Android:
Create or Edit Contact
Enter Number: 863-471-5442,
Enter Extension Number for Teacher: Found below under each teachers name
Save Contact
Number should look like: 863-471-5442,1234
Administration
Elementary K-5 Faculty
Mrs. Dawn Ziegler
Office: 863-471-5442 ext. 10395
Mrs. Rita Graham
Office: 863-471-5442 ext. 10392
Secondary 6-12 Faculty
Language Arts
Karen Garcia-Herreros
Office: 863-471-5442 ext. 10428
Mrs. Susie Henson-Smith
Office: 863-471-5442 ext. 10394
Office: 863-471-5442 ext. 10417
Mr. Widen Aguilera
Math
Office: 863-471-5442, etc 10416
Guidance & Resource Teachers
Guidance Counselor
Mrs. Jennifer Langston
Office: 863-471-5442 ext. 10415
Literacy/Curriculum Resource Teacher (LCRT)
Mrs. Daniele Sutton Brown
Office: 863-471-5442 ext. 10393
Testing Coordinator
Mr. Randy Farless
Office: 863-471-5442 ext. 10411
Office Staff
IDEA Guidance Clerk
Ms. Acacia Boother
Office 863-471-5679 ext. 10405
Guidance Secretary
Mrs. Carol Francis
Office 863-471-5442 ext. 10413
Fax 863-471-5568
Administrative Secretary
Ms. Quintana Neely
863-471-5442 ext. 10280
Fax 863-471-5568
Registration & Data Clerk
Mrs. Laurie Stoll
Office 863-471-5442 ext. 26516
Fax 863-471-5568
