NAME:
Miss Kristi Atkison
SCHOOL:
Kendale Lakes Elementary- Home of The Tigers
CLASS:
art, art club for 4th and 5th grades
SCHOOL PHONE:
305-385-2575 and don't forget to visit the school website at www.kle.dadeschools.net
Miss Atkison has lived in Miami most of her life. She was a graduate of
Gulliver Preparatory. She was on the school's tennis and softball teams and
competed in tennis on statewide competitions. She is also a member of the
Women night league for tennis and is found playing on Wednesday night
doubles. She also plays mixed doubles tennis on Mondays, Thursday and Friday
nights when the weather allows her. Another sport she has recently taken up
is golf and can be found playing with her parents, friends and oldest nephew
on the weekends. She didn't get interested in art until she was attending
college at Florida International University. Miss Atkison is a graduate from
Florida International University with five seperate degrees. She began
teaching in 1992 at Olinda Elementary which she earned the rookie teacher of
the year award. She transferred to Kendale Lakes Elementary in 1999. She
has a minor in Fine Arts, a Bachelor's in Psychology, a Bachelor's in Art
Education, a Master's in Art Education, and a Specialist in Art Education.
She is currently working on her national boards. With her degree in art
education she began developing her own unique style of art and creating a
working portfolio that she uses in her profession as an artist. She is a
working artist that specializes in pastels and watercolors and competes in a
variety of shows and contests with her art work. Examples of her style of
work can be found in Atkison art gallery on the home page. She has won
several awards and recognitions for her art at contests and sells her work
to the public. When she is not working at school or playing tennis you can
often find her at home either painting with her pastels or watercolor paints
or playing with her dog Pepper. Pepper is a silky terrier that she adopted
from the Miami Humane Society in November 2004. The loves of her life are
her dog, parents, brother, sister-in-law and her two nephews (one is in
fifth grade this year and the other is in second). She is very happy
that her family lives close by so they see each other often.
The art class mission is to expose the students to various styles and
mediums in art. The student learns about artists of the time and the
development of the individual styles. The art teacher instucts students to
develop their skills in drawing, pastels, watercolor painting, tempra
painting, sculpture, and cutting and pasting with paper. There is also an
art club for students in the 4th and 5th grades. Students try out for the
club and get to experience art more often than they would in the regular
classes.
