Mr. Fred Worm

Email: fkworm@mpsaz.org

Phone: 480-472-9547

Biography

     Most of my life I have been involved in art and athletics.  It's a weird combo of abilities, I know, but that's just me.  I went to Mesa State College in Colorado with a track scholarship and majored in art and minored in PE and secondary ed.  I went to BYU for a year then back to MSC where I got my BFA  degree.  After moving to Texas, back to Colorado, then to Arizona, I went to Collins Art School for two years where I  majored in graphic arts, video and TV production.  I helped design and build the new video and TV production studio at their new facility and  I was offered a teaching position at Collins Art School and taught there for five years.  I wanted to get my teaching degree, so I went to Ottawa University where I received my  degree in secondary education.

     While going to school I worked full and part time jobs in construction and coached a small group of kids in track. I did graphic art work, photography and video on the side.  My first teaching job for the public school system was at Queen Creek High School.  It was a small 2A school when I started there and they really didn't have an art program or track program so they hired me an hour after I interviewed with them.  I taught and coached there for five years and built the art and track program from scratch.  Before I left Queen Creek, they  grew to be a 3A school and were making plans for the new high school. I designed the new art center and class rooms which were used by the architect in designing the school.   I came to Skyline High School nine years ago and I'm teaching Drawing and Ceramics and am coaching  Cross Country and Track. 

     We have a nice art facility  and I work with very talented teachers here.  The art department has grown to four teachers and we work well together as a team.  Over the years, the students have won numerous awards for their art work in the district art show in all the classes that we offer here.  Our school is growing in enrollment each year which helps in the growth of our department. I hope we will soon need more class rooms for our department, as well as for other departments in the school.  Maybe I will get to design a new outdoor art studio.  I  already have some ideas.