Cynthia
Merrill has been teaching programs in dance and etiquette in our
private and public system since 1970: creative dance, ballroom dance,
contemporary dance, and etiquette workshops. She has developed after
school programs and during school programs in dance, drama, and
etiquette. She has been hired with funding from the Gifted and
Talented, No Child Left Behind, Parent /Teacher Associations, Title 1
and Title 3 grants, the DARE program and many other sources of funding.
Cynthia
Merrill is a credentialed elementary and junior college teacher .She
has taught 6th grade in Austin, Texas, was a Migratory Resource Teacher
for the Clovis Unified School District and a teacher of modern dance at
Fresno City College. She has taught for Fresno Unified and many other
school districts in the San Joaquin Valley. She was the founder and
artistic director of the Cynthia Merrill School of Performing Arts from
1970- 2005. (Link to career biography)
Cynthia Merrill, under the umbrella of her new organization,
Cynthia Merrill Projects, is available to offer your school a ballroom
dance and social dance program which includes etiquette or table manner
classes, creative dance (which teaches academic and developmental
skills through dance and music). These classes can be
scheduled during school hours from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM or in an after
school programs from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM.
Please call or e-mail
Cynthia Merrill to discuss your school's needs and interests. (Link to
contact information) (Link to photographs of ballroom dance programs in
public schools)
Cynthia Merrill has taught or supervised educational programs (from 1970 to 2006) in the following valley schools. |