ART

Mrs. Skophammer currently teaches K-6 grade art. She also teaches one sixth (6th) grade guided reading class. She is certified to teach K-12 art and photography and is authorized to teach 7-12 subjects in all areas. Mrs. Skophammer has been a teacher since l977, starting her career in Kansas. She has taught all levels of students from K-12th grade.

Mrs. Skophammer's art program explores two and three-dimensional art. The art standards that are followed are these:

• Students understand and apply media, techniques and processes related to the visual arts.
  
• Students know how to use the structures ( eg. sensory, qualities, organizational principles, expressive features) and functions of art.
  
• Students know a range of subject matter, symbols, and potential ideas in the visual arts.
  
• Students understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
  
• Students understand the characteristics and merits of one's own artwork and the artwork of others.
  
• Students understand the connections among the various art forms and other disciplines