Sarah
M. Becker has been a valued member of the Littletown
Area School District Faculty since the beginning
of the 1990-1991 school year. Her positive attitude
and love of art and children are reflected in
the outstanding quality of the program of art
instruction that she has planned and maintained
at Rolling Acres Elementary School. Remarkably,
she instructs all 900 children in the building
and is still able to maintain a high quality art
program. Activities she has promoted include Art-to-Art,
computer art, and spring art show where all of
her students have their art displayed throughout
the school. She also conducts enrichment classes
for interested students over their lunch recess.
Among her other accomplishments, Sarah has taken
a leadership role in the Littletown Area School
District in the area of technology. She proposed
a grant that obtained computer labs for both elementary
and middle school art rooms. She is also a member
of the district’s technology committee.
As a regional representative for
PAEA she breathed new life into region seven.
Region seven members look forward to her newsletter
and workshops, which are offered to them regularly.
Through attendance at, and participation in, PAEA
leadership retreats, Sarah has honed her leadership
skills. In 1998, she was recognized by PAEA as
Outstanding Regional Representative. In addition,
she was a chair for the Eastern Mini Conference
held in Lancaster in 1998. Sarah is a promoter
of the arts as well. Each year she works to procure
funding to allow the traveling art museum, VanGo!
to visit her school. Sarah is quick to stand up
for the arts by citing research that supports
the benefits children derive from the arts.
Sarah’s advocacy for the arts plays
an important role in a small district with limited
resources. Through her enthusiasm, hard work,
and careful planning, Rolling Acres students have
displayed their arts in a variety of venues. She
has assisted in the establishment and maintenance
of the District Arts Honor Gallery. Additionally,
in the District Administration Office, works of
art by District students are displayed as the
finest examples of creative expression. Her dedication
has provided her students with the opportunity
to experience the vitality of artistic expression
as it pervades our everyday lives. Instilling
the love of art is a mission with Mrs. Becker.
