Mrs. Zick
Mrs. Zick is one of the 4th grade teachers here at WCA. This is her first-year teaching at WCA, but her 20th year teaching overall. Before WCA, she taught in Freedom, Green Bay, and Madison, Wisconsin, as well as a year in Houston, Texas. She has taught Kindergarten through 8th Grade, bilingual, English as a Second Language, and team taught the regular education classes with her colleagues. Ms. Zick is married and they have one daughter, who is also a student at WCA. Her family has three dogs, a 2 year old teenager, and two adults who are 7 and 14 years old, which they rescued. They are huge animal lovers and would have a house full of dogs if they could! When Ms. Zick isn't teaching, she loves playing with her dogs, watching movies, reading, playing board games, coloring, and spending time with her friends and family!
Mrs. Dikeman
Mrs. Dikeman teaches the high school math classes of Geometry, Algebra 2, Precalculus, and Consumer Math. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her husband and two teenage children. They like to foster kittens, play board games and do Escape Rooms, and travel. Mrs. Dikeman also enjoys relaxing in her flower garden and watching her three cats run on their cat wheel.
Mrs. Carolyn Paine (Carrie) is the Wisconsin Connections Academy Technology Teacher and has been teaching for Eighteen years. She is an Appleton native and loves the Fox Valley. Mrs. Paine has been married for 29 years to her husband Chris. Together they have two sons, Bryan and Bryce. She is also a loving mother to her fur babies who were all rescue animals, Nimbus (black lab), Cheddar (yellow tabby), Izzy (golden tabby). Mrs. Paine loves crafting, photography, and spending time with her family. She greets all she meets with a smile and if you call her you can even hear her smile in her voice.
Hi, my name is Mr. Doden. I teach high school and middle school math at WCA. This is my 10th year teaching at WCA. I can’t believe it! I truly enjoy working with our students, learning coaches and staff. I live in Appleton with my wife and two daughters. My oldest daughter is Lola and she is now nine years old. She just started 4th grade. Lola loves to read! She also enjoys playing video games on her Nintendo Switch. My younger daughter is Ana. Yes, like the princess from the movie Frozen. She is now six years old and will be in 1st grade this school year. Ana loves to draw and color. She also enjoys swimming and running around outside. Some things you should probably know about me are the following: spending time with family is a huge part of my life, I’m a sports fanatic and I officiate football. I’m also a huge Wisconsin Badger fan. I can’t believe there won’t be any Wisconsin football this fall. I went to UW-Madison for college and I graduated in 2004. On Wisconsin! I want everyone to know you can contact me anytime during the school day if you have a question or a concern. I am always willing to help in order to make WCA the best experience possible for each family. Good luck to all students and learning coaches the first couple of days of school. Just remember, I’m only a webmail or phone call away!
Mrs. Hrban
Hello students and families! My name is Mrs. Hraban and I will be teaching 5th grade this year. I am in my seventh year teaching and really enjoy being part of WCA. A little bit about me:
My schooling includes a bachelors in business administration and associates in architecture
I have two children and have been married for 25 years
I am from Wisconsin and love cheese and the Packers
Besides teaching I enjoy traveling, baking and spending time with family
On my bucket list is visiting interesting architectural buildings and going to New Zealand, someday
Interesting travel facts about me: I lived in Scotland for 4 months and have traveled through Europe
I look forward to getting to know everyone a little more and making this a great year!
Mrs. Dikeman
