Teacher

NAME: Suzanne West

SCHOOL: Great Oaks Elementary

CLASS: Art

SCHOOL PHONE: 464-6897


About The Teacher

This is my third year to teach Art at Great Oaks Elementary, and I am 
LOVING it!!!  

Art has always been my passion and I feel like I am in the right 
place on my professional path.  I earned my undergraduate degree from the 
University of Illinois in Early Childhood/Elementary Education and also 
received a Minor Degree in Fine Arts.  I got my Masters Degree from Pan 
American University, taught for 9 years in Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 4th 
grade, then took ten years off from teaching to raise my four children.  

My children are now in high school at RRHS, middle school at Walsh, 
and 5th grade at Great Oaks.  I taught 4th grade here for three years before 
making the move to the art world.

I am looking forward to a great year!!

Mission For The Class

I hope that students will learn to appreciate the beauty of the world around 
them.  I hope that they will have opportunities to enrich their lives with 
art and enjoy using their senses to create a variety of their own 
masterpieces.  I hope that they will be confident to express themselves 
through the many mediums that we will explore this year, and creatively use 
their vivid imaginations.