My name is Sarah Stevens and here is my story!

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    I am new to LPMS, but not to D38. I taught at Lewis Palmer High School from 1996-2005. I then moved to Doherty High School. In the meantime, we built a house in Palmer Lake so here I am happily back in D38! Doing the math, I have been teaching art for 26 years...half of my life! I personally have been making art since before my first memories. It is my passion and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to share my knowledge, skills, and excitement about art with you!

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    I grew up in Pennsylvania and went to a small high school near Pittsburgh. I have a lot of artists in my family who nurtured my creativity and summers were spent wandering the Smithsonian museums and living at the beach. I was a very sick kid and spent a lot of time in the hospital as a child.  I had a lot of lonely hospital stays where art was my only company...how lucky I was. I had a couple of great art teachers who pushed me to create and follow my dreams of being an artist. Either that, or being a veterinarian...how different are those two careers?

 

    So, it was off to college at the University of Mount Union in Ohio, where my sister was a star athlete and a senior...needless to say, we didn't see much of each other. I ran track and was on the swim team, as well as being in several theatre productions. I loved college where I had two amazing art professors and with their help, I was able to spend half of my junior year painting in Southern France. I graduated in 1992 with a degree in art and psychology and was headed to grad school. And then, I chickened out. 

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    So, Colorado called and I made a huge move across the country to figure things out. After running the Cultural Arts program at one of the Boys and Girls Clubs in Colorado Springs, I decided I wanted to teach art in a public school. I took out some massive loans and went back to college for another degree, this time at The Colorado College majoring in Education. I was hired at Lewis-Palmer High School in 1996 and taught there for nine years. I met my husband who was a social studies teacher at Doherty and made the move to teach there in 2005. 

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    So, here we are! To sum up some informational and interesting facts about me, I would add that I am a working artist. I sell paintings and jewelry primarily and have a studio at my home. I love to garden. I hate hail storms. I raise chickens and ducks, have four dogs, and a cat. I ski, camp, cycle, and love the sun! My family consists of my husband, Kevin Vick (yes, we have different last names), and Aliza, who is a senior at PRHS. My favorite color is orange, my favorite place to vacation is Mexico, my favorite city is Washington D.C., and my favorite part of Colorado is ski country.

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Oh, and did I mention that ART is my FAVORITE thing?! Welcome to my world...I hope you enjoy the journey!

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