French with Madame Dyck

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Bonjour!  Je m'appelle Madame Dyck.

My name is Susie Dyck, and I teach French I and French II at Northview.  I grew up on a farm in Iowa. I graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School and then Iowa State University.  In college I studied speech communication and French.  I was able to live, study and travel for a summer in France.  After graduating in 2003, I spent two years as the head horse wrangler at a camp, where I taught people to ride horses and lead horseback rides into the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado.  In Colorado, I met and married my husband, Jon, and we moved to Georgia due to his military service.  We spent two years there, where I taught French at a middle school and continued my riding as a freelance rider for a polo player.  In 2007 my husband returned from six months in Iraq, and we returned to Iowa.  I thoroughly enjoy being back in the Midwest, and I love teaching at Northview! 

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When I'm not at school, I'm:

  • Running, marathons and ultramarathons (anything longer than 26.2 miles)
  • Riding horses
  • Cooking healthy and unique foods
  • Spending time with family and friends
  • Helping at the Global Café at church
  • Traveling (this summer: Brazil!)
     

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Contact info:
Phone Number: 515.965.9700
Best time to call: 7:35-8:05am

E-mail address:

susie.dyck@ankenyschools.org

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My husband, Jon, and me in Colorado

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My Pet Paraketes: Ciel (Sky, in French) and Terre (Earth, in French)

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Riding, no saddle, no bridle, no problem.

Favorite French...
Movie:
   "La Grand Vadrouille" 
Color: 
   Burgundy
Famous Person:
   Joan of Arc
Word:  
   Dressage
Food: 
   Pain au chocolat
Region:
   Normandie