It is September! I can't wait to see all of your faces in this years socially distanced Meet the Teacher on the 3rd. The first day of remote learning for this school year will be on the 8th. Our District of Innovation Day is on the 21st. I missed you all so much!
News From The Sunset Valley Art Studio
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Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome to The Art Studio! My name is Kim Moncus and this will be my fourteenth year as an art teacher with Austin ISD. I hold a BFA degree from Texas State University. I truly love my Sunset Valley Family.
The art studio will be a safe and nurturing environment for our Cheetah artists to feel free to create and explore their artistic side through the use of a TAB art studio. TAB or Teaching for Artistic Behavior is a learning environment where the student is the artist and has a voice and a choice of how they will go about creating the concepts we are learning district wide. I will encourage collaborative and integrated learning through the arts along with choice based instruction. The arts enhance cognitive skills, team building, critical and creative thinking and promote learning. In the art studio we discover people, places, cultures, histories, and geographies of where diverse forms of art come from. The students are also introduced to many global, historical, and local artists through PowerPoint presentations, videos, prints, posters, and books. The artists and art lessons we will study will enhance and compliment the students academic lessons. Our Cheetah artists will keep an art journal throughout the year to plan projects, create a pool of ideas, and reflect on completed projects.
I feel that communication and teamwork between parents and teachers is vital. I will do my best to keep you informed and involved in your child’s art education. I am very interested in introducing SEL to our Cheetah families so they can continue the wonderful nurturing learning environment at home as well. If you need resources on this I have a lot so just ask! I will be more than happy to share with you what I have. We use a campus wide set of rules at Sunset Valley Elementary. Look for students to return home with rewards in art such as stickers, Cheetah PRIDE awards, and art certificates. This is one of the many ways I can communicate with parents. Also clicking on the more button at the top right of this page will give you the most current art events happening here at Sunset Valley like: art field trips, art fundraisers, art at our school and in our community. Students will be in charge of creating their own ePortfolio on either SeeSaw or Artsonia (we will keep you posted on this very exciting addition to online student learning and progress).
If you would like to contact me for any reason, please don't hesitate to call the art studio at 512-841-3416 or email me at [email protected] and I will return your calls and emails promptly. You can also help with adding pictures and finding information about what we are doing in the art studio by checking out our twitter page at: Art_Studio_Lady or our facebook page at: Sunset Valley Art Studio. I am looking forward to another successful and colorful year with our amazing Cheetah artists!
Artfully,
Kim Moncus
Welcome to The Art Studio! My name is Kim Moncus and this will be my fourteenth year as an art teacher with Austin ISD. I hold a BFA degree from Texas State University. I truly love my Sunset Valley Family.
The art studio will be a safe and nurturing environment for our Cheetah artists to feel free to create and explore their artistic side through the use of a TAB art studio. TAB or Teaching for Artistic Behavior is a learning environment where the student is the artist and has a voice and a choice of how they will go about creating the concepts we are learning district wide. I will encourage collaborative and integrated learning through the arts along with choice based instruction. The arts enhance cognitive skills, team building, critical and creative thinking and promote learning. In the art studio we discover people, places, cultures, histories, and geographies of where diverse forms of art come from. The students are also introduced to many global, historical, and local artists through PowerPoint presentations, videos, prints, posters, and books. The artists and art lessons we will study will enhance and compliment the students academic lessons. Our Cheetah artists will keep an art journal throughout the year to plan projects, create a pool of ideas, and reflect on completed projects.
I feel that communication and teamwork between parents and teachers is vital. I will do my best to keep you informed and involved in your child’s art education. I am very interested in introducing SEL to our Cheetah families so they can continue the wonderful nurturing learning environment at home as well. If you need resources on this I have a lot so just ask! I will be more than happy to share with you what I have. We use a campus wide set of rules at Sunset Valley Elementary. Look for students to return home with rewards in art such as stickers, Cheetah PRIDE awards, and art certificates. This is one of the many ways I can communicate with parents. Also clicking on the more button at the top right of this page will give you the most current art events happening here at Sunset Valley like: art field trips, art fundraisers, art at our school and in our community. Students will be in charge of creating their own ePortfolio on either SeeSaw or Artsonia (we will keep you posted on this very exciting addition to online student learning and progress).
If you would like to contact me for any reason, please don't hesitate to call the art studio at 512-841-3416 or email me at [email protected] and I will return your calls and emails promptly. You can also help with adding pictures and finding information about what we are doing in the art studio by checking out our twitter page at: Art_Studio_Lady or our facebook page at: Sunset Valley Art Studio. I am looking forward to another successful and colorful year with our amazing Cheetah artists!
Artfully,
Kim Moncus