Bonjour! I'm Stephanie Beattie, your French teacher at Wydown Middle School. This is my 19th year teaching and my 15th year at Wydown. My husband Orel and I have a kindergartner and a German Shepherd. They keep us very busy! 

I learned Spanish when I was your age, but I started to study French in college at the University of Illinois, after I fell in love with France on a high school trip to Europe. During college, I spent a summer studying at the Institute for American Universities in Aix-en-Provence, France, and after graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, I returned to the south of France to work as an English teacher in Marseille. I have a Master's Degree in Human Resources and Labor Relations from U of I (I just love it there!), and I have taken over 30 graduate level hours of classes focusing on k-12 French education. (Can you tell I love school?! My parents were also middle school math teachers, so maybe that has something to do with it!)

I look forward to meeting you and working with you this year. Please email me with any questions or concerns as soon as they arise. I like to discuss problems and find solutions as soon as possible so that we can have a great relationship and have fun learning French together! 

Joined the District
2010

Teaching History


Current Position
French Teacher at Wydown Middle School