Artists in Residence
Ms. Melinda
Art for all Grades Weekly
Melinda has taught over 30 years as a classroom teacher. She taught at Montessori Center School as both a classroom teacher and art teacher, at Isla Vista school as a GATE/ART teacher, and she has been teaching art for the past 5 years at SYVCS.
When she is not teaching here, she is working as an Art Educator at the Wildling Wilderness Art Museum, a docent for Sedgwick Ranch, and as an Arts Outreach teacher. Ms. Melinda loves to garden, paint, read, and eat sushi. She has three sons, 1 hubby, 3 jack russels, and 1 cat. She will continue to work with the students on developing their right side of the brain, based on Betty Edwards book, Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain.
Melinda hopes that you will feel free to visit the art room with your child and let your child show you the work they are adding to their portfolio.
Ms. Apolonia
Weekly Music for K-5th Students
Begins October 12th
I started my music career at the Royal Conservatory of Music in the Netherlands where I studied piano and singing. I also went to the Jaques-Dalcroze Institute in Geneva for Eurthythmics, did a lot of work for Dutch radio and TV, had my own piano studio, and worked in theatre for 13 years.
After immigrating to the United States, I participated in the American Academy of Dramatic Art, performed in the SBCC Symphony Orchestra and had my own studio. I have worked in the Carpinteria, Los Alamos, and College school districts.
I apply the CA State Standards for music and use years of experience and knowledge, plus my communication skills, to teach students in a very interactive way. I use the group dynamics and skills students have to build a solid music education and love for music. The first year I set them up with music history, different styles of music, playing an instrument, rhythm and beats, melody, harmony, note reading, chords, singing, and more. Students advance in music education as they grow through the grades.
Please stop by the music room anytime to watch and listen.
Mrs. Joyce Mayhew
Weekly Drama for 5th-8th Grades
Joyce is a graduate of Westmont College with a B.A. in Theater Arts. She has also studied theater at Carnegie Mellon University. She has worked as a professional actor in various venues. Some of her favorite roles have been the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Lobero Theater, Gilner in Godspell with Access Theater and most recently The Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland with Ensemble Theater. Voiceover credits include Firehouse Tales and the voice of Priscilla the Proton in the permanent science exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute.
Mrs. Mayhew has worked in Santa Barbara with actor, Martin Sheen. Directing credits include: Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver, The Wizard of Oz, The Crucible and The Pilgrim’s Progress. She is the Drama coach for Cabrillo high School in Vandenburg Village. At Cabrillo High School, she has directed “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” “The Miracle Worker,” “The Shakespeare Experiment,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Once Upon a Mattress." She is currently in production for "FOOLS" opening October 31 and
OKLAHOMA! which opens in February 2010. Mrs. Mayhew is also the founder of Lompoc Youth Theater where she directed Disney's "High School Musical" last summer.