Meet Your Teacher!
Ms. Dreyer hiking in Door County, Wisconsin.
I am so excited to be your fourth grade teacher! This will be an adventurous school year full of new friendships and memorable discoveries. I care very much for all of my students' strengths, unique gifts, and ideas. I feel very lucky to teach at Northridge. We have a school full of passionate educators and diverse learners. In addition to teaching, I am very proud to be a part of our PBIS Committee, the Gifted and Talented Committee, and to co-facilitate Student Council.
Before moving to the beautiful state of Colorado, I taught fourth grade for ten years in a wonderful school in Illinois. It was there that I first developed my dream of teaching in a self-contained gifted and talented classroom. I began taking classes and participating in seminars to soak up as much knowledge as possible related to gifted education. I became certified in gifted education, joined the GT committee in my school, and was fortunate to teach and learn with many gifted students throughout my ten years there. After moving to Colorado, I again attained my Gifted and Talented Teaching Certificate. I taught second grade for one year and third grade for two years before moving to the 4th Grade Discovery classroom. This will be my fifteenth year of teaching, and my second year in a Discovery classroom!
My parents live in Illinois and my brother recently moved to Colorado. When we're all together, our favorite thing to do is spend a week in Door County, Wisconsin. They grow cherries there, so we eat a lot of food with cherries. We eat ribs with cherry BBQ sauce, cherry salsa, cherry pancakes, cherry pie, cherry donuts, and even cherry flavored honey!
Two of my favorite things in the world are dachshunds and travel!
I love all dogs, but hope to always have dachshunds as part of my family. My first dachshund was named Booger. He was quite a character! He stole chapstick from people's purses, tried to eat the shovel as we shoveled snow off the driveway, and climbed into cabinets to steal food from our garbage can! Next came Harley. He is a sweet boy who loves nothing more than tummy rubs, chasing soccer balls, and licking people as much as possible! In February of 2017 I added a third dachshund to our pack. Her name is Summit and she is such a special and funny puppy. She loves to cuddle, sleep in late, chew apart her toys, and (try to) eat insects!
Traveling is a very big part of who I am. Any chance I get I try to sneak into the mountains or go on a new adventure. Since I moved to Colorado a little over two years ago I have explored most of the state. I am working toward visiting all of our country's National Parks. So far I have been to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Arches, Badlands, Mt. Rainier, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Everglades, Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Rocky Mountain National Park!
Two of my favorite things in the world are dachshunds and travel!
I love all dogs, but hope to always have dachshunds as part of my family. My first dachshund was named Booger. He was quite a character! He stole chapstick from people's purses, tried to eat the shovel as we shoveled snow off the driveway, and climbed into cabinets to steal food from our garbage can! Next came Harley. He is a sweet boy who loves nothing more than tummy rubs, chasing soccer balls, and licking people as much as possible! In February of 2017 I added a third dachshund to our pack. Her name is Summit and she is such a special and funny puppy. She loves to cuddle, sleep in late, chew apart her toys, and (try to) eat insects!
Traveling is a very big part of who I am. Any chance I get I try to sneak into the mountains or go on a new adventure. Since I moved to Colorado a little over two years ago I have explored most of the state. I am working toward visiting all of our country's National Parks. So far I have been to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Arches, Badlands, Mt. Rainier, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Everglades, Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Rocky Mountain National Park!
"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."
Roald Dahl's The Twits
Roald Dahl's The Twits