My name is Dawn Wood and I have been teaching 8th grade Core at Pioneer Middle School since 2002. I was born and raised right here in Wenatchee. I went to grade school at Lincoln Elementary, attended Pioneer Junior High, Sterling Middle School, and Eastmont Junior High, and graduated from Wenatchee High School. For years, I wanted to leave Wenatchee, until I grew up and realized that this was my home and I truly do love it here.

I have been married to my husband, Christian, since 1990. I wouldn't know what to do without him--he does all of the cooking & laundry, so without him our family would starve and wear wrinkly clothes all the time!!! We have three children, Alec, Ashlee, and Eythen (he's a Leap Day Baby). Of course, they are the BEST children in all of the world (and kinda cute too). In 2015, we added a new member to our family, Alec's wife, Ellen; in 2016, we added Ashlee's husband, Jonathan; and in June of 2020, we added Eythen's wife, Elizabeth. We have 5 grandchildren with #6 on the way in Spring 2022.

On days that I am not in school, you can usually find me hanging out at home in my pajamas (I LOVE my pajamas). My favorite activities are sleeping and binge watching tv shows and movies on Netflix & Hulu. We also have 3 dogs that keep us busy every day!!!

Position: 

• 8th Grade Language Arts/U.S. History

Education:

• 1989: Wenatchee HS graduate (GO PANTHERS!!!)

• 1998: Central Washington University  

  • • BA in Elementary Education

    • BA in History: Teaching

    • Minor in Anthropology

    • WA State Endorsements in Anthropology, K-8 Elementary Education, History, Social Studies

• 2005: Walden University

  • • MS in Education: Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction

• 2010 & 2020: National Board Teacher Certification

  • • Social Studies - History: Early Adolescence

• 2023: American College of Education

  • • Ed.S Curriculum & Instruction

COLORS: 

• Purple & Orange

FOOD: 

• Meatloaf & baked potatoes with green beans

TV SHOWS: 

• Happy Days, Gilligan's Island, Little House on the Prairie, Criminal Minds and CSI: Las Vegas --just to name a few (Mrs. Wood is a t.v. junkie :)

MOVIES: 

• City of Angels, The Patriot, Paint Your Wagon, 1776, and any other musical with really corny music

WORDS: 

• Na-noo, Na-noo (Mork from Ork); Farphegnugen (Volkswagon slogan); Shazbot (Mork from Ork); Humdinger(unknown); Illogical (Spock from Star Trek); Pathetisad (Rachel on Friends)

T.V. SLOGAN: 

• "Like sands through the hourglass...so are the Days of our lives."

POET: 

• Robert Frost 

POEM: 

• Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost

CHILDREN’S BOOK: 

• Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

AUTHOR: 

• Edgar Allen Poe

NOVEL: 

• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

MUSIC: 

• Anything EXCEPT rap or country--And yes, I am into punk and other types of alternative music...two of my favorite bands are Jane's Addiction and the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS!!! My husband is Kurt Cobain's cousin, so I also love Nirvana. I also love to listen to classic rock and roll and I especially enjoy torturing my classes by listening to show tunes!!!

SONGS: 

• On the Good Ship Lollipop (Shirley Temple). Okay, seriously, Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce), Hotel California (The Eagles), or Blackbird (The Beatles)

ACTRESSES: 

• I actually have 2...Katharine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn. They are not related...

ACTOR: 

• Jimmy Stewart--he reminds me of my grandpa!