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Instructors Email Policy

Parents and students are welcome to email me at cybartel@ksbe.edu. I will usually reply within 12 hours. You may also contact me directly at 982-0729. If I am unavailable, please leave a message with your name and/or student’s name, phone number, and message and I will contact you as soon as possible, usually within 12 hours.

Course Related Web Resources

• www.naea-reston.org National art educators association- information regarding visual arts education
• www.menc.org National standards for arts education

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Teacher and Course Information

Mrs. Cyndi Bartels
Visual Arts

Although I spent most of my life in Central Florida, my family and I chose to make Hawai`i Island our home in 2004. My mother is from Kapoho Village and it only seemed natural to settle in the same general area.

Course Overview

Ceramics is a semester long, studio art course dealing with the varied techniques and applications of clay and its related material. Subjects studied will include, but is not limited to, hand-building, throwing on the potter’s wheel, glazing, and ceramics studio safety. Art history and careers will also be covered as they relate to various lessons and projects

Yearbook is a yearlong course designed to produce the school yearbook and provide a base for journalistic writing and photojournalism. Staff members will study an apply skills in writing, analyzing, communicating, and leadership. Students will apply these skills to plan, develop, and distribute the yearbook for the entire school community.

Visual Arts Senior Seminar a semester long, self directed course designed to assist seniors in designing, creating, and presenting their senior legacy project in the visual arts.

Instructors Philosophy of Education

My philosophy of education is very simple: It is OK to have fun while learning. Students not only need to see and hear information, they need to apply what they learn to create their own art, and appreciate what they have made or seen.

Education and Background Experience

Graduated from:
• Apopka High School, Apopka, Florida
• Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL Associates in Arts Degree
• University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Bachelors of Science, Art Education
K-12 Art Teaching Certification

Teaching and Art Experience:
• Professional/free-lance artist since 1986
• Art teacher, Winter Park High School, Winter Park, FL 1993-1999
• Art teacher, Blankner K-8 School, Orlando, FL 1999-2004
• Art teacher & yearbook advisor, Kamehameha Schools Hawai`i since 2004.

Interest & Hobbies

• Halloween
• Travel
• Reading regional ghost stories
• Gardening