Jan Carden

Carden

Jan Carden

3rd Grade ELAR & Social Studies
One thing I love about FWAFA is our culture that says arts are valuable and educational. Our students leave FWAFA with self-confidence and self-esteem.  Even students who do not choose fine art related paths benefit from the training they received here. As Josh Groban says-Theater kids make the best employees! 
 
Our family came to FWAFA in 2005. My 2 daughters, Claire and Caroline, graduated in 2009 and 2011.  Darla Jones and Gigi Cervantes were their theater teachers and helped make them TCU ready.
 
My life philosophy is simple-choose kindness and value others.
 
The most exciting part of my job is watching third graders learn to become better readers and seeing them enjoy all kinds of books!
 
I enjoy attending shows-especially musicals!  Going to NYC to see a Broadway musical is one of my favorite things to do, especially since I have a daughter who lives there.  Three weeks ago, I was fortunate to see Sutton Foster in “Once Upon a Mattress.”