October Art Blog 2017
Marin County Teacher of the Year and California Teacher of the Year Finalist In October 2017, I was named by State Superintendent Tom Torlakson one of the California Teacher of the Year Finalists. I placed 8th out of the top 12 teachers in all of California. It gets even better, I am the only finalist in Norther California! On Feb. 12, 2018 I am invited to Sacramento as an ambassador for the arts and to represent the 1,858 teachers in Marin County. - Can you hear me cheering!! Like a real celebrity I had a "Teacher or the Year" photos shoot: Kindergarten: Leaf Prints Kindergarten students were introduction to watercolor and printing. Students were taught the wet-on-wet watercolor technique - using a water wash on the paper, on which a color is applied while the paper is still wet. The myriad patterns and textures found on fall leaves, which were collected around campus were transferred by placing wet leaves...