William Smith High School

Scott Alverson: Science

Scott Alverson is a Colorado educator, coach, and community leader with a passion for science, outdoor education, and working with young people. He currently teaches high school science and brings years of experience in STEM education, project-based learning, and hands-on instruction. Outside the classroom, Scott is a co-founder and Coach of the Denver Tritons Swim Team. He has spent many years coaching swimmers of all ages and training lifeguards as an American Red Cross instructor. A lifelong Coloradan, Scott enjoys hiking, camping, skiing, traveling, live music, spending time with his family and dogs, and finding just about any excuse to be outside.

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Cassandra Hayter: Science

Cassie was born in Toronto, Canada and has lived in Colorado since she was 5 years old. She graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology at the University of Colorado Denver. She worked all sorts of jobs like being a research assistant in a Neuroscience lab working with rats, a phlebotomist for a blood donation center, a medical billing accountant and decided to move to Portlant, Oregon to pursue her Master's degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Oregon Health and Science University. While she was there, she volunteered for Girl's Inc. working with middle school girls after school on computer science. She decided she would finally pursue a long time goal of becoming a teacher, and attended MSU for her teaching license; she loves teaching Chem at William Smith and her roles as the D&D sponsor and Unified coach with Crossroads. Cassie loves reading, paddle boarding, and watching / talking about scary movies. She is passionate about traveling and trying new types of food (and is honored when her students bring her treats). She is trying to learn to crochet, speak Spanish, and become more fluent again in her first language, Italian. She is a mom to a lovely old dog named Stevie.

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Cassandra Hayter

Haeyoung Littich

Haeyoung Littich: Science

Haeyoung was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea until she immigrated to the U.S. with her parents at age of 18. She attended Tunxis Community College, CT, majored in General Studies. After getting her associate's degree, she attended the University of Connecticut for her undergraduate and graduate school, obtaining B.S. in Biology and M.A. in Curriculum Design and Instruction. After graduating, she moved to Colorado and started her first teaching position in North Middle School, where she has taught Science and STEM for the past 5 years. She is excited to join the William Smith community and to be immersed in project-based learning to make sense of the natural world we live in. In her free time, she enjoys embracing what her culture has to offer; watching k-drama, listening to k-pop, cooking Korean food with her family, teaching her baby how to speak Korean..etc

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Julia Lopez: Science

Julia was born and raised in West Michigan and graduated with my Bachelors in Science from Ferris State University in 2018. She then attended University of Illinois in Chicago to pursue her master's degree and graduated in May 2021! She recently moved to Denver, CO in June to start her first teaching job at William Smith High School in the fall! Julia recently got engaged in Breckenridge in March 2021 to her boyfriend. They have 2 Australian Cattle-dogs. 1 male that is 3 years old, his name is Robert, and 1 female that is 1 year old, her name is Ruth. Hobbies include hiking, kayaking, going to the beach, watching Netflix/Hulu, and of course shopping!

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Julia Lopez