About The Teacher

NAME: Mrs. Kristine Dick

SCHOOL: Naquag Elementary

CLASS: Grade Five

SCHOOL PHONE: 508-886-2901, ext. 226


About The Teacher

     Education is very important to me. I have always viewed it as a vehicle 
to better ourselves and enrich our quality of life. Education does not just 
occur in the formal school/institutional settings; we learn things 
everywhere. I am humble enough to know I am still learning - and loving and 
appreciating the growth that comes with it.
     In formal educational terms, I earned my undergraduate degree in 
Elementary Education at Fitchburg State College in 1998. I decided to go back 
to school in 2000 part-time while I was teaching and obtained a MEd from 
Worcester State College in 2004. This is my tenth year at Wachusett Regional 
School District. 
      I am an active member of the community I live in, Northbridge. I serve 
as my church's Sunday school superintendant. We also run a monthly Grass 
Roots Coffee House, featuring folk artists from the Central MA area.   
     In 2004 I was invited to become a member of the Beta Chapter of Alpha 
Delta Kappa, an International Honorary Organization for Women Educators.
I keep going to conferences and conventions during the summer months to meet 
with educators from all over the world to share, learn, and teach each other 
new things.
     For fun I love gardening, camping, reading, hiking, and singing - but 
most of all I love teaching. I feel like I am lucky because I have the best 
job in the world!


FAVORITE QUOTES:  
"Never have ideas about children and never have ideas for them." - George 
Orwell

"Whatever you are be a good one." - Abraham Lincoln

"Tell people what has to be done; not how to do it; let them surprise you 
with their ingenuity". - Gen. George Patton

5D CARES! We are:

C ooperative

A ssertive

R espectful

E mpathetic

S uccessful