2nd Grade Teachers

Casey Wilson, Lead Teacher

My big question: What tools do we need to hone to create lifelong learners, activists and empaths?

I’m pinching myself for having the opportunity to be amongst such dedicated, compassionate and fired up educators here at The New School. I moved from Washington D.C. to pursue my Masters in Education at USF and worked at John Muir Elementary teaching Kinder and 4th grade.

Recently, I took a sabbatical from teaching to work with unhoused folks in North Beach and to become a contractor’s apprentice.

I loved the satisfaction of building from the ground up but the itch came back to be around what I missed most– little humans. By the end of the year, I’m hoping the students will love bagels, reading and SF Parks as much as I do!


Emily Voreas, Lead Teacher, Interventionist

My big question: How do we create a learning space with low floors, high ceilings and wide walls for our students to grow and discover within?

I spent the first 20 years of my life in Virginia, before making my way westward. I first moved to Nashville, TN where I completed graduate school at Vanderbilt University and got my feet wet as an elementary teacher. I then settled down in San Francisco where I have spent the past few years teaching a wide range of elementary students. This year marks my 7th year as an elementary teacher! 

I am deeply passionate about inquiry and discovery-based learning. In particular, I hope to spread a deep sense of curiosity and wonder to my students. Through inquiry, I hope to create a classroom full of change makers on a quest to improve their worlds.

When I’m not in the classroom, you can usually find me deep in the woods, hiking a mountain, or playing on the beach. I love all things outdoors and could not be happier camping in a tent with my partner, Christoph, and my handsome dog Oscar.


Molly Peters, Lead Teacher

My big question: How can we best support our youngest learners to be leaders of change in our community? 

I was born and raised in Olympia, Washington and the Pacific Northwest will always feel like home! For college, I ventured to the Southeast where I received a BA in Psychology at the University of Mississippi.  After college I came back to the West Coast where I earned my M.Ed. in elementary education and teaching credential through a University of the Pacific partnership with the KIPP Northern California Residency program. I have been a second grade teacher at a charter school in East Palo Alto for the past 3 years. As a newish San Francisco resident I have loved exploring city hikes and finding new staircases/yummy food. Additionally, I am a big musical theatre, football (Go Hawks!), and reality competition TV fan. 


Oscar Dietes, Teaching Associate