Address:
926 South Carolina Avenue
Henderson, NC 27536
P: (252) 572-2514 F: (252) 572-4399
Founded: Fall 2016
Current Grades Served: Kindergarten
Current Number of Students: 102
At Full Capacity (’19-’20 school year): 400 students in grades K-3
School Leadership
Principal: Ashley Johnson
Ashley joined Henderson Collegiate in 2011 as a Teach For America corps member teaching 5th grade English/Language Arts. In 2013, she transitioned into leadership as the 4th and 5th Grade Level Chair and then in 2014 became an Instructional Coach. This school year she is serving as the Founding Principal at Henderson Collegiate Elementary School. In addition, Ashley has served as a Curriculum Specialist at Teach For America’s Mississippi Summer Training Institute. She earned her B.A. from James Madison University in Media Arts and Design with Minors in Humanitarian Affairs and Spanish and earned a Masters of School Administration from N.C. State University.
Director of Operations: Caitlin Terranova
Caitlin earned her B.S. in Elementary Education from the Pennsylvania State University. In 2009, she began her teaching career as a Teach For America corps member. Caitlin taught 8th Grade Science at Northampton County High School in Gaston, NC. She joined the team at Henderson Collegiate in 2012 as the Development Director and served in that role for four years before transitioning to her current role as Director of Operations at Henderson Collegiate Elementary School. Caitlin is a member of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee and the Department of Public Instruction’s Committee of Practitioners.