Emily Rimada

For the past 14 years, Emily Rimada has served as the Art teacher at Mater Beach, where she cultivates a welcoming, studio-centered environment that empowers students to create, reflect, and grow. Her curriculum blends foundational skills, such as drawing, painting, color, composition, and mixed media, with inquiry, critique, and connections to art history and contemporary art. Ms. Rimada teaches creative problem-solving and the belief that everyone can develop a personal voice in the visual arts.

This year, she is thrilled to expand her role by also teaching music and first-grade Spanish. In music, she engages students through rhythm, song, and movement that build listening skills, collaboration, and joy. In Spanish, she fosters early language acquisition with play-based activities, stories, and culture-rich connections that support vocabulary, pronunciation, and confidence. Across her art, music, and Spanish classes, Ms. Rimada integrates STEAM-centered projects that connect creativity with science, technology, engineering, and math—leveraging design challenges, simple makerspace tools, digital media, and inquiry to spark curiosity and deepen understanding.

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