Hello! My name is Sara Gaechter, and I am very proud to announce to the world that I am the new Art Teacher at KIPP Empower Academy.

A little bit about me: I grew up in a very small town outside of New Haven, Connecticut to a family of teachers. Education has always been a huge focus in my life, and growing up I often sought out teaching and leadership roles. As a teenager I worked as a dance teacher and choreographer for a theater company and that was when I truly fell in love with teaching. My passion for the arts and the teaching profession have only grown stronger over the years, and I am proud to say that in May 2015, I graduated from Ithaca College in Upstate New York, with a B.A. in Art Education and a minor in Art History. Directly after graduation, I moved here to Los Angeles, and am very excited to be able to live in and get to know the city.

I am very grateful for the opportunity to work with and learn from our scholars at KEA this year. I have many exciting things planned for the students and community, and am looking forward to seeing how far we can push our KEA student artists, with your help.

I invite you to reach out to me and become involved, in any capacity, with the art program this year at KEA.

One way to keep involved with the KEA Art classes this year is through social media. Our schools are noteworthy for our technological innovation, and I hope to extend our Arts program into and through the 21st century.

Students will be documenting their own artwork on both Twitter and Instagram, and you can follow the accounts by searching for @time4art on both platforms.

Thank you for taking the time to read about myself and my art class! Together we can truly make a difference in the lives of our scholars!