Mrs. Dionne Caines is a proud graduate of Florida State University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Administration. Mrs. Caines, a National Board-Certified Teacher, has worked as an educator in Leon County Schools for 25 years with a passion to impact student learning, as well as mentoring and providing support to teachers. She and her husband, Jeff, have been happily married for 24 years and have three beautiful girls. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, singing, spending time with family and friends, and watching FSU football.

Mrs. Shannon Davis is a native of Tallahassee and is a graduate of The Florida State University earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education in 1993 and a Masters in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in 2009. She will graduate with her Doctor of Philosophy this spring in Educational Leadership and Counseling from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. After teaching for 18 years at Fort Braden and Gilchrist Elementary, she began administration in 2010 at FSUS and later served 4 other elementary schools before coming to Hawks Rise. She has been married to her high school sweetheart for 36 years and has two grown children, a son and a daughter. In her spare time, she enjoys the beach, reading, and spending time with her family.