Sati has been an educator for seventeen years. He taught chemistry, biology and physics, was an activities director, technology coordinator and school principal. Currently, Sati is the MSHS Principal and Associate Superintendent in the Siskiyou Union High School District overseeing curriculum and instruction and technology. Sati is looking forward to a year of building strong relationships among all members of our school community and supporting growth in our students so that they can achieve their academic and personal goals.

Sati attended the University of California at Berkeley where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Integrative Biology with emphasis in Plant Molecular Biology and Ecology. After a number of years employed as a Research Associate at a plant genetics firm, Sati returned to university studies at San Francisco State University where he earned a State of California teaching credential with authorizations to teach life science, chemistry and math as well as a Master of Education degree in Instructional Technologies. Sati Also holds a California professional clear administrative services credential.

Mrs. Porteous has worked at Mt. Shasta High School for the last 15 years, the last four of which have been as counselor. She graduated Cum Laude from Chico State University with her bachelor degree in Social Science. At Mt. Shasta High School she has taught in the business, foreign language, and social science departments. After nine years in the classroom she returned to school, earning her Masters in School Counseling though the University of LaVerne.

Hilary Wilson grew up in Sebago, Maine and graduated from Lake Region High School in 2001. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Spanish from the University of New Hampshire in 2005 after studying abroad for a semester in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. After graduating from UNH she moved from Maine to Chico, CA to attend their teaching credential program from which she graduated in 2008. Hilary was first hired at Mt. Shasta High School the following school year, a position she found and applied for via internet cafes during a month long backpacking trip around South America. Hilary had the pleasure of working with Mr. Abbott for that school year and in 2009 she moved to Pennsylvania for a year and, upon her return to California, was a substitute teacher in the Redding area until thankfully the Spanish teacher position became available at MSHS in 2013.

Hilary has been fortunate enough to have traveled all over Central America, South America and Europe and someday hopes to travel with her students. She is also a professional seamstress and the costume designer and theater lab teacher for Shasta College in Redding. Hilary is thrilled to be back in Mt. Shasta and to be working full time at MSHS. She is honored and excited to be taking on the Activities Director position.