About Me

Current Classes

English 1, English 2, English 3, College English, College Speech, Taking Charge

Previous Classes Taught

English 4, One-Act, Journalism, Yearbook, Creative Writing, Contemporary Literature, & Holocaust Literature

Education

  • Graduated from Cedar Rapids High School, Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, in 2004.

  • Graduated from Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska, in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with a Language Arts Field Endorsement.

  • Graduated from the University of Nebraska-Kearney in Kearney, Nebraska, in 2015 with a Master of Arts Degree in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in Secondary English.

  • Additional 18 graduate hours in Communication Arts from WSC, CSC, & HC, which allows me to offer Speech as a dual-credit college course

Experience

  • 2016-present Language Arts teacher at Riverside Public High School in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska

  • 2015-present Adjunct Professor for Nebraska Wesleyan's Honors Academy

    • Courses offered: ENG1010, ENG1020, COMM1000

  • 2014-2016 Language Arts teacher at Boone Central High School in Albion, Nebraska

  • 2008-2014 Language Arts teacher at Cedar Rapids Public School in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska

Bio

I am married to Cole VanDeWalle. We have three daughters: Taya, Hailey, and Quinn. We also have a son, Gage. Our pets include two dogs (Zip & Shiloh), a fish (Prince), one rabbit (Cocoa), several cats (most notably our house cat, Smokey), and five horses (Nemo, Tuff, Lily, Splash, & Ben). My parents are Paul & Carol Haschke of Cedar Rapids, Nebraska.

I enjoy anything outdoors, including hunting, fishing, gardening, horseback riding, playing tennis, and camping. I also LOVE to read and play pool. Cooking, however, is not my forte. I leave that domain to Cole.