Amanda Neumeier-Kist

Hello! My name is Amanda Neumeier-Kist and I am the ART Teacher here at Holy Spirit School. 
I am so excited to be back in my own classroom after a period of time being away. I feel GOD calling me back to school & working with young students to help them discover the greatness inside them through the Arts. 
I grew up in Holmen, a small town outside of La Crosse, WI. My family eventually moved to the Fox Valley Area where I graduated High School from Kimberly. I then attended & graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a Fine Arts Degree with Teacher certification in 2003. I had a wonderful experience teaching children K-6th with Milestones Programs for Children in Milwaukee, before I moved back the Fox Valley. I taught at Resurrection Catholic Grade School (Now Father Alloeuz) for 3 school years teaching K-8th grade until we started our family in 2008. Since that time, I worked to support our family business aging cheddar cheese at Wisconsin Aging & Grading Cheese. In fact, I am 3rd generation licensed cheese grader. ☺  In my spare time I enjoy running, gardening, camping & spending time with our dog and 4 chickens. 

My husband Brian & I have two boys, who attend school here at Holy Spirit since 3k/4k. Since enrolling them I have volunteered at school to provided Art Enrichment to our students over the last 5 years. The Art we make together gets Auctioned off at the big Mardi Gras Event to support our school. I love working with children in the Arts & helping them to discover new mediums, talents & helping them make connections in History through works of Art. The Curriculum we will cover begins examining the Elements of Art and tying Artists & Artworks in addition to working collaboratively with the homeroom on Thematic Units to create meaningful projects.