Hello! I’m Erika Sterkel, your sixth-grade Mathematics Teacher! I am starting my tenth year teaching at Deer Creek. It is truly a special place with wonderful students, teachers, and administration. I am so happy to be a part of it!

I never doubted what I wanted to be when I grew up. In fact,I announced to my parents that I wanted to be a teacher when I was in kindergarten! I met my husband in high school, and we married in 2017. We live not far from where I grew up, with our children, Conner and Lilly, and our two calico cats, Nefertari and Cleopatra.

In my spare time, I love to cook and bake. My specialties are soups and breads. I am an avid reader and a student of anything Ancient Egypt. I am also a Stitch fan, you will see many hints of Stitch in our classroom! We love our family time. Among other fun adventures, we try to visit as many zoos as we can throughout the country.

I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in Early Adolescent-Middle Childhood Education Grades 1-8 with minors in Mathematics and Social Studies Summa Cum Laude from UW-Milwaukee in 2014. I also earned my Master’s Degree in Educational Design and Technology at Concordia University in 2020.  I am always looking for opportunities to learn and improve myself.

I look forward to meeting all of our new 6th graders and  guardians and getting to know everyone.  Letś all work together to create a wonderful year for all of us at Deer Creek!

“We all use math every day.” This is a motto that I use often

in my classroom since math is a big part of all of our lives,

whether we realize it or not. If I can help my students build

their confidence in math, and realize that they can indeed do

it, and do it well, then we will all have succeeded.