Overview of Middle School Media Arts
In Media Arts, students will learn storytelling through technology. The students will have the opportunity to study filmmaking and podcasting. Students will explore, analyze, and create products either in film, radio, or podcasting utilizing creative writing, visual arts production, composition of music and/or soundscape design.
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Upcoming EventsThe students in Media Arts are working on an original screenplay. This screenplay is for possible submission to the Alabama Filmmakers Short Film Screenplay competition!
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Meet the Teacher- Kim Estelle
I am a mother by blessing (one grown daughter), teacher by calling, and artist by way of living. I have always loved school, so teaching was the natural choice for me.
I am aspiring to include dairy goat farming into my life and tend to 7 goats, a varying number of chickens and 2 hound-dogs daily. My home life is endless inspiration for my teaching. I continue to love coming to school to see what new things I can learn and what new things I can teach. To borrow a few favorite phrases from one of my favorite artists, Andy Goldsworthy, "Art is nourishment to me. I NEED it!" And "I stop at a place because there is something to be discovered." School, where I teach AND learn is one of those places for me. I feel so very blessed and privileged to be here.
I see my place in the classroom as facilitator of learning. It is my responsibility to help students learn to think critically, persevere with solving problems, and work together respectfully in diverse groups. I can't describe the joy I feel when a student "gets it."
I am aspiring to include dairy goat farming into my life and tend to 7 goats, a varying number of chickens and 2 hound-dogs daily. My home life is endless inspiration for my teaching. I continue to love coming to school to see what new things I can learn and what new things I can teach. To borrow a few favorite phrases from one of my favorite artists, Andy Goldsworthy, "Art is nourishment to me. I NEED it!" And "I stop at a place because there is something to be discovered." School, where I teach AND learn is one of those places for me. I feel so very blessed and privileged to be here.
I see my place in the classroom as facilitator of learning. It is my responsibility to help students learn to think critically, persevere with solving problems, and work together respectfully in diverse groups. I can't describe the joy I feel when a student "gets it."
Meet the Teacher- Sharon Fletcher
I love to travel to unfamiliar places to experience other cultures. This is a result of spending the first 10 years of my life in Germany (Military Brat). This experience helped shape my viewpoints and my cultural awareness and acceptance... an attribute that is especially important when teaching literature. In addition to teaching at Huntsville City Schools for 22 years, I taught at Calhoun Community College (a variety of English courses) for 17 years.