from Hawthorne Elementary School (K-4) — Teaneck, New Jersey

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Biography

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." -Einstein

Ms. Meller has a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) with a concentration of studio painting as well as computer graphics. She also holds a MATAE (Master's of Teaching in Art Education) with a certification to educate grades Kindergarten - 12th in the visual arts. Ms. Meller graduated with honors at the top of her respected graduating class.

Ms. Meller started at All About Me, an early learning facility as a primary classroom teacher educating pre-k-4 students providing them with necessary tools and global/cultural awareness, fostering developmental needs and social skills as a foundation to build upon and prosper in kindergarten with a love for life-long learning as they grow. Not only did Ms. Meller work with pre-k-4 students during the school year, she also covered a range of primary classrooms from infants to toddlers to pre-K-3 before earning her own pre-k-4 classroom. Summers there were filled with an art program Ms. Meller designed and developed educating students ages 4-9 in the fun and techniques of crafts and the arts.

Ms. Meller then went on to become a 2nd grade teacher at the RYNJ (Rosenbaum Yeshiva of Northern New Jersey) educating a great group of boys in English/General Studies and co-teaching with a dedicated and energetic Rabbi before finally settling into the Teaneck School District at Hawthorne Elementary School (Ms. Meller's primary school) and Lowell Elementary School to educate within a content that she is so passionate about, the visual arts!

Ms. Meller has a love for the visual arts, educating, her dog(s), family/friends, painting/creating/drawing, earth science, the universe, animals (especially sea turtles and horses!), cartoons, music, National Geographic, paleontology, gardening, healthy cooking, the outdoors-hiking/camping, reading, exploring, learning and living life to the fullest!

Fun Facts About Ms. Meller:
Ms. Meller was a percussionist from 5th grade through the 12th grade in all aspects of music expression including but not limited to marching band and percussion ensemble.
Ms. Meller originally went off to school to study Music Management.
Ms. Meller's dogs' names are Coal and Chaya. (Chaya went off to live and explore in Ireland with her human daddy.)
If Ms. Meller was not an art educator, she would probably be a marine biologist or an architect/interior designer.
Ms. Meller's favorite cartoon is Spongebob Squarepants and loves how the creator, a former marine biologist, merged his love of art and marine biology to create a cartoon!
Ms. Meller loves "connections!" - just ask Mrs. Nunez! (Interdisciplinary connections that merge life, math, science, history, social studies and reading into the art room, art into classroom studies or in the world outside of school.)
Ms. Meller's favorite artists are Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and cave artists from all cultures.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -Einstein

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