Mrs. Lindau's

Classroom

Welcome!

As your teacher, I am excited to learn with you and help you acquire new skills and strengthen old ones. You can expect to be challenged and to have fun!

A Little About Me

I come from a small community, a close-knit family, and a strong work ethic; add a healthy dose of concern for others, and the combination had me predestined to be a teacher.

I began my journey in the world of education at UW Eau Claire and finished my degree at UW Stevens Point. While working in Gilman for the first four years of my career, I earned a Masters degree in Educational Technology from Marian University.

With over a decade of teaching under my belt, I'm still learning. I am a student every day as my students teach me how to be better at my career and better at communicating. I teach in the school district I grew up in, where every day is a balancing act between the philosophical ideals of teaching America's newest generations and the down-to-earth and hard-working ideals of North Central Wisconsin.

Living, working, and growing in my hometown has brought so many wonderful blessings. I enjoy spending time with family and being in town has made this something we can easily do whenever we want.

I have two young children. If I described myself as a student in the past, it is only more true now that I am a parent. My son (8) and daughter (5) have taught me the depth and breadth of unconditional love. They also continue to surprise me as they grow and learn more each day. I am thankful to see the world anew through the eyes of my children and continue to marvel at the wonderful world we are all a part of.

We're blessed to share our homes with a dog. Unfortunately, we had to put down Sadie, my husband's college pup; she was a 14 year old springer spaniel who was a wonderful lap dog despite her size. Her patience knew no bounds and her gentle soul only grew more accommodating in her advanced years. I wish both my children could have spent all their years with her by their side. We also have 11 year old Kirby "Chirbs," a designer mutt everyone would want if we could only determine his genetic makeup. We adopted Kirby from Clark County Humane Society my first year working in Medford, so he is the physical representation of my time in the Medford school district and there is no better ambassador. Kirby is incredibly smart, energetic, and sensitive.

Good Reads

As ever changing as the Wisconsin seasons, at this moment my list of favorite books includes:

T. Kingfisher's

Nettle and Bone

This isn't the kind of fairy tale where the princess marries a prince.

It's the one where she kills him.

Jane Austen's

Pride and Prejudice

Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever.

Fredrik Backman's

A Man Called Ove

Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell.” But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?

Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove’s mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents’ association to their very foundations.

Kim Liggett's

The Grace Year

Survive the year.

In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive.

Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life―a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. It’s not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other.

Sharon Lynn Fisher's

Salt & Broom

Trunks packed with potions and cures, Jane Aire sets out on a crisp, clear morning in October to face the greatest challenge of her sheltered girls’-school existence. A shadow lies over Thornfield Hall and its reclusive master, Edward Rochester. And he’s hired her only as a last resort.

Jane stumbles again and again as she tries to establish a rapport with her prickly new employer, but he becomes the least of her worries as a mysterious force seems to work against her. The threats mount around both Jane and Rochester—who’s becoming more intriguing and appealing to her by the day. Jane begins to fear her herb healing and protective charms may not be enough to save the man she’s growing to love from a threat darker and more dangerous than either of them imagined.

As a fan of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Salt & Broom was a book I could resist picking up and it didn't disappoint.

Sarah J. Maas's

A Court of Thorns and Roses

If Game of Thrones and Beauty and the Beast had a baby - this would be it!

A retelling of the classic fairy tale with enough twists and action to keep your attention throughout.

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