Meet the Administration Team
Ms. Vanessa Moon
School Principal
sa Moon is a graduate of the State University of New York at Brockport. Prior to becoming the Assistant Principal at Gulf High School, Ms. Moon was a math teacher in both the City of Rochester and Pasco. In May 2018, Ms. Moon was proudly named Principal of Anclote High School. Her wishes for the students of Anclote are a world class high school experience and for students to graduate ready to move on to the next chapter of their lives. While at school, she enjoys daily interactions with the incredible staff and students. At home, Ms. Moon is the mother to Orca, her little Chihuahua rescue. Her beautiful human daughter, Holly, who is the mother to her pride-and-joy twin grandbabies, Wesley and Robin. In her seldom free time, Ms. Moon enjoys reading, watching cooking shows, doing crafts and loves thrift shopping.Ms. Suzanne Stacey
12th Grade Assistant Principal
Ms. Stacey is an Assistant Principal and has served at Anclote High School for the past 2 years! Ms. Stacey didn’t start out in education – first she earned a BS degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Florida, followed by a Masters Degree in Dietetics and Nutrition from Florida International University. This gave her the opportunity to work in Food Science and was a Registered Dietitian for the county’s WIC Program. In 2006, she made a career change over to education where she became a middle school Science teacher at Paul R. Smith Middle School and found her passion in teaching. Ms. Stacey moved to Sunlake High School the following year and was there for 9 years. In 2016, she moved to Gulf High School where she would eventually become the Learning Design Coach to help coach teachers. Within this time frame, she was working on earning her Master’s in Education which lead her to become an Anclote Assistant Principal in 2022. Ms. Stacey says, “my main goal as an educator is to build relationships with students and staff that lead to a positive school culture with high student achievement.” Ms. Stacey is a big craft enthusiast and the owner of Camping Girl Designs Tumblers and More, where she creates custom tumblers, t-shirts, jewelry, pens and other gifts. She also loves to go camping, travel, read but her favorite time spent is with her husband and children.
Mr. Yan Li-Wong
11th Grade Assistant Principal
Mr. Li-Wong is the 11th grade Assistant Principal at AHS. He started working for Pasco County Schools in 2012 as a substitute teacher and realized, teaching was a passion of his! Two short years later, he became a language teacher at a middle school, which opened up an opportunity to teach Mandarin Chinese at Seven Springs Middle School. Within the 8 year tenor at SSMS, Mr. Li-Wong was named Pasco County School’s Teacher of the Year for 2020! Still reaching for the stars, in 2023, Mr. Li-Wong joined Anclote High School as an assistant principal and this is what he has to say, “I loved teaching and I love being an assistant principal. Nothing makes me happier than seeing my students become successful in school, career and life.”
Mr. James Smith
10th Grade Assistant Principal
Mr. Smith is the 10th grade administrator and has served at Anclote High School for 5 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history education with an emphasis in economics (7-12) from Lee University. He also has a master’s degree from Saint Leo university in educational leadership. He began his career in Pasco County at River Ridge Middle School teaching 7th grade Civics. He also served in an administrative internship role at both Fivay High School and Bayonet Point Middle School. His wife is also a Pasco educator. Mr. Smith cares deeply about students, faculty, and staff. His goal is to see all students experience success at Anclote High and walk across the graduation stage. Currently he supervises Math, CTE, Athletics, and Facilities. He is an avid outdoorsman, Packer fan, and loves spending time with family. Ms. Deanna Lipa
9th Grade Assistant Principal
