I grew up in Monroe, New York, located about an hour north of New York City. I graduated from Monroe Woodbury Highschool in 2016 and began working for Burton Snowboards. My boss at the time asked if I wanted to move to Vermont to work in Burlington, so I packed my bags and never looked back. Once settling in Vermont, I began working in restaurants and attending college at Northern Vermont University to pursue a career in education. For the past year, I have been working as a long term substitute and paraprofessional at Peoples Academy Middle Level in Morrisville. As the challenging 2020-2021 school year came to an end my colleague and friend informed me of a job opening at Orange Center School and immediately did everything to secure the position. I am incredibly excited to be a member of the Orange community and the 7-8 Humanities teacher for the 2021-2022 school year.
Looking forward to working with you all,
-Ryan VanDyk