Arts Newsletter
Special Edition 2013
New Faces and New Spaces for the Arts in 2013 Christine Hoffman - Lower School Music Teacher Christine will be teaching primarily Kindergarten and First Grade students. She comes to us most recently from Hanover County, but has also taught in Japan! She has her BA in Music Education from VCU, and her Master’s in Music Education/Ethnomusicology from Northwestern University. She plays several instruments, including guitar, ukelele, percussion and piano. Her classroom is across the hallway from the Estes Multipurpose room. Teresa Coleman - Middle School Art Teacher Teresa joins us to teach Art to 5th - 8th grade students. She has previously worked at Collegiate as a member of the Summer Quest staff, and as a substitute teacher. She has spent the last 5 years teaching art at Woodville Elementary School. Teresa has a BA in French from Oberlin College, and her BFA in Art Education from VCU. She will be teaching in HCA 108 and in HCA 144. Steve Hart - Middle and Upper School Art Teacher Steve has moved from full to part time in the Planned Giving area of Development in order to teach Woodworking to Middle and Upper School students. Woodworking will continue for 5th and 6th Graders as part of the optional activities,. It will be added to the Fine Arts rotation for 7th graders and as an option for an 8th graders. Middle School Woodworking classes will be held in HCA Room 108. Steve will also teach Fine Craft Furniture I for Upper School students in HCA 145. Jere Williams - Upper School Art Teacher Jere joined the Art Department last year as a part time Upper School teacher and then as a sub in Middle School. He will be full time in Upper School this year. He will be teaching classes in Sculpture, Digital Media, 3-D Design, Woodblock Print Making, and Fine Craft Furniture II. He will also teach Entrepeneurship as part of Senior Seminar. Jere will be working in the new H2L2 woodworking studion, Room 145.