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Laura Cheney
Mrs. Cheney is the art teacher. Before moving to Marblehead, Mrs. Cheney was a National Board-Certified, pre-K to 6th grade, art teacher in the Lakewood, New Jersey. During her tenure, the students were recognized nationally and locally for their outstanding art works, and her teaching had been recognized as remarkable by the National Art Education Association, New Jersey Education Department and the Lakewood Board of Education. She earned these distinctions by using tried and true teaching techniques, al ... read moreong with current technology that is age appropriate and instructional methods that accommodated all styles of learners. In her classroom, she fosters an encouraging learning environment in which art is appreciated along with individual creativity, uniqueness and curiosity. Excellence and errors were expected and embraced to improve and advance learning.
As an art teacher, she strives to introduce lessons that are adaptable for students of all ages, abilities and strengths. Quite simply, she believes that every child can learn and be successful when properly guided, authentically encouraged and joyfully inspired. The visual arts are a vehicle in which every student can learn and flourish because the arts are an expression of one's self, a mirror to the soul. She knows that art is the mediator that extends across the boundaries of age, ability and culture.
When she is not teaching, Mrs. Cheney is full time artist working in her studio or out with her two dogs.
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