Staff 2025-'26
David Cazier
Principal
Email: dacazier@lcsd2.org
Phone: (307) 885-7154
Text: (307) 264-2076
In his fourth year as principal of Swift Creek High School, David Cazier has been in education for fifteen years. Dave has previously taught at Afton Elementary School (IEP Compliance Facilitator, 2nd Grade Resource Teacher), Star Valley High School (Broadcast Journalism), Madison Jr. High School (Resource Mathematics), and Sky View High School (Resource Mathematics). David received his B.A. degree from Utah State University in Special Education and Rehabilitation and his M.A. degree from Gonzaga University in Educational Leadership and Special Education Leadership from University of Northern Colorado. David believes in alternative education and loves the environment that is Swift Creek High School. He is married to Emily and has two children, Emilia and Oskar.
Cheri Saltzman
Administrative Assistant/Registrar
Email: cheri.saltzman@lcsd2.org
Cheri Saltzman is the secretary at Swift Creek High School. After subbing in the district for several years, she loved everything about SCHS. When the secretary position opened up, she jumped at the opportunity to become a “Creeker”. When she’s not at school, she enjoys camping and boating with her family, baking, and traveling. Cheri is married with three kids who have an axolotl, a tree frog and a leopard gecko, which keeps life interesting.
Robbie Everett
School Counselor/Night School
Email: robert.everett@lcsd2.org
Drew Hathaway
Discovery/Science
Email: drew.hathaway@lcsd2.org
Drew Hathaway teaches science classes as well as the Discovery classes at SCHS, which provide an introduction to the culture of our school and life skills that students can apply at school, work, and home. Drew chose to work at Swift Creek High because the alternative high school setting makes it possible to focus on helping individual students achieve their goals and build lasting relationships with students and their families as they work together to build a better future. This is his 5th year at SCHS. Before coming to Swift Creek, Drew worked full time running his own professional tile installation business for a year and a half upon moving to Star Valley from Dubois, Wyoming. In Dubois, he taught 5th-12th grade science for 3 years. Drew received a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education/Biology and a bachelor's degree in Spanish from the University of Wyoming in 2016. He recently completed a master's degree in Secondary Education/Earth Science from Western Governors University. When he's not at school, Drew can be found spending time with his wife, Shay, and son, Dane (7), and 2 daughters, Brynn (4) and Kay (1) riding bikes, fishing (a lot), hiking, camping, hunting, skiing, skating, or playing sports.
Mark Van Slyke
English
Email: mark.vanslyke@lcsd2.org
Mark's teaching practice manifests a deep belief that when instructors consistently work to love students, inspire confidence, establish high expectations, and adapt their teaching methods to meet students' needs, their pupils will flourish academically, psychologically, and socially. Moreover, he believes that by taking a practical approach to teaching English that students will refine both their cognitive processes and personal ethical philosophies and consequently exert a prosocial influence on the societies they participate in. Mark is in his fourth year as an English teacher for Swift Creek High School, and he previously taught for two years at Boise State University. He holds a Masters of Arts degree in English, Rhetoric & Composition from Boise State University and a Bachelors of Science degree in Philosophy from Utah State University.
Olivia Hathaway
English/Social Studies
Email: olivia.hathaway@lcsd2.org
Olivia is in her third year at Swift Creek High School teaching English and Social Studies. Prior to that she taught at Mountain View High School and spent time at home starting and raising a family before returning to education at Swift Creek. She received her Bachelors of Art degree in Social Studies Education from the University of Wyoming. Olivia and her husband have four children, Paisley, Yukon, Davis, and Nolan. Despite being very indoorsy, Olivia likes to camp, fish, and adventure with her family. She also likes to cook, bake, craft, and play volleyball. Olivia loves teaching at Swift Creek and connecting with students to help them grow and develop as human beings and in their academics.
Steven Tree
Social Studies
Email: steven.tree@lcsd2.org
Steve is in his 4th year of teaching at Swift Creek High School after a number of years working across the district as a substitute teacher. Prior to teaching, he served 23 years in the military, where he got to experience many cultures and countries around the world. It was from those experiences in countries across the globe that he discovered his love of history and human societal development. This made teaching social studies a natural next step after retiring from the military. He received his Bachelors in German from Brigham Young University and his Masters of Secondary Education from Grand Canyon University. He currently teaches American History, World History, U.S. Government, and Economics. He is married to the love of his life, Denise, and together they have four children.
Dan Scherbel
Mathematics
Email: daniel.scherbel@lcsd2.org
Dan is in his 13th year of teaching math and 3rd at Swift Creek High School. He took a job with a therapeutic wilderness program out in the west desert of Utah that showed him an incredible world of working with adolescents, and he knew that he wanted to work with teenagers from then on and went back to school to earn a degree in education. He graduated from BYU-Idaho with a B.S in Mathematic Education and started teaching in Southern Utah for two years after which his family moved to Rexburg Idaho where he taught for 8 more years at the middle and high school levels before taking this job at Swift Creek. Dan is married to his wife Kyli and they have 5 children together: Brooklyn, Rhett, Mac, Beau and Finn.
Molly Bagley
Science
Email: molly.bagley@lcsd2.org
Amber Johnson
Special Services
Email: amjohnson@lcsd2.org
Amber Johnson is our special education teacher here at Swift Creek. She received her B.S. in Special Education from Weber State in 2015, and taught a high needs elementary school class for one year before moving to Star Valley. Amber is now in her tenth year teaching in our district. For eight of those years, she was the teacher of the Bridges to Independence Academy, which focuses on 18-21 year old students with high needs. This year her focus in on supporting Swift Creek students who are working towards graduation. Amber is passionate about helping students reach their goals. She is happily married to Luke Johnson. They have three children together - Kaiden, Logan, and Taylee.
Jordan Madsen
Vocational/Career
Email: jomadsen@lcsd2.org
Jordan Madsen is new to Swift Creek, but has been with the district for over 10 years. She has taught parent education courses with her husband and favorite human, Jeff, who is a school psychologist at Afton Elementary, and has been teaching Child Development and Early Childhood Education courses at Star Valley High School for 8 years. Jordan has 4 children, Caleb, Owen, Kendyl, and Spencer. She loves spending time with her family playing board games, camping, skiing, kayaking, and backpacking. She also loves to read historical fiction and regency romance. She is excited to be at Swift Creek as she teaches Career Exploration and Child Development in the afternoons.
Kim Turner
Support Staff
Email: kim.turner@lcsd2.org
Born and raised in Star Valley, Kim Turner loves the outdoors and spending time with her family. She is married with 4 children and 2 grandchildren. She is the aide at SCHS and loves helping the students achieve their academic goals. She started at Swift Creek serving breakfast and quickly felt at home making connections with students and the staff. Once there was an opportunity to join the “Creek” she jumped right in and hasn't looked back.
Angie Muir
Special Services Support Staff
Email: angela.muir@lcsd2.org
Sheila Hunsaker
IEP Facilitator
Email: shhunsaker@lcsd2.org
Kelli Scherbel
Nurse
Email: kelli.scherbel@lcsd2.org
Kelli Scherbel is our school nurse. With a history of being a home health nurse, an urgent care nurse, a teacher and a military family assistance specialist, Kelli considers herself lucky to have found her dream job where she can blend her knowledge of healthcare with her passion for helping people, especially kids and teens. This is her third year working at LCSD#2, with SCHS and Bridges to Independence Academy being among the schools she covers. Kelli obtained her bachelor's degree in Sociology from Brigham Young University and her RN degree from Western Wyoming Community College. Kelli loves to spend time in the outdoors, to travel, and in her spare time she is a competitive powerlifter. She and her husband Mike have 7 kids, 5 dogs, 2 cats and too many chickens to count.
Bradie Rees
Custodian
Email: bradie.rees@lcsd2.org