Welcome to the page that tells about my "day" job! Actually teaching is more than a day job. It is the kind of job you take home with you every night!

This page will be used to tell about my career as a teacher at

 Stone Middle School, Paris, TX. 

I currently teach ART.  Up until recently I taught Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) to 7th graders and TAKS Reading to 6th, 7th and 8th graders.  I have taught many other subjects in the past, including Art, Career Investigation and Journalism.

The picture above is sometimes how I feel after a day with middle schoolers!

school email: sbarackman@northlamar.net

following are only some of the things that will be taught in art classes this year...

elements of art

 color

 drawing faces

 Linear Perspective

 shading

 depth

 values

 famous art and artists

 art history

 types and styles of art

 art vocabulary

composition

media and tools used by artists