Welcome!

Elise Fowlkes

Visual Arts Instructor, Spearfish High School
Ceramics I-IV, Darkroom Photo, Digital Photo, Graphic Arts

efowlkes@spearfish.k12.sd.us

605-717-1212

Scroll down the page to find PlanBook links for each class I teach.

*Students can view PlanBook (with all of their SHS courses) by using their individual accounts.

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for."

Georgia O'Keeffe

Tony Voccaro, photograph of artist Georgia O'Keeffe adjusting her canvasAlbuquerque, New Mexico, 1960

"I just learned it [pottery] for myself. I learn it with my, I think my whole heart."
-Maria Martinez.

“Julian was a real artist, a real painter. He used to fill little notebooks with ideas for designs—he carried it wherever he went.”
-Santana Martinez

Maria and Julian Martinez

San Ildefonso Pueblo, NMMaria: 1887-1980, Julian: 1887-1943

“I am still learning.”

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Sistine Chapel ceiling Apostolic Palace, Rome (Vatican City) 1508-1512

2023-2024 Course Schedule

1st Semester

Maroon 1: B&W Photography I (room #114)

Maroon 2: Graphic Arts/Design (room #114)

Maroon 3: B&W Photography I (room #114)

Maroon 4: Freshmen Spartan Time (room #78)

White 1: Ceramics I-IV (room #78)

White 2: Ceramics I-IV (room #78)

White 3: Ceramics I-IV (room #78)

White 4: Planning (room #78 and #114)

2nd semester

Maroon 1: Ceramics I-IV (room #78)

Maroon 2: Planning (room #78 and #114)

Maroon 3: Photo II (room #114)

Maroon 4: Freshmen Spartan Time (room #78)

White 1: Ceramics I-IV (room #78)

White 2: Ceramics I-IV (room #78)

White 3: Ceramics I-IV (room #78)

White 4: Ceramics I-IV (room #78)

A few notes about grading and grades in Campus

I understand that the way grades appear in Campus can be confusing! Please feel free to contact me for clarification about what you see (or don't see) in Campus.

"In-progress" grades can be found by looking under "semester."
Grades for all the classes I teach are calculated as running-point totals. I want to make grading as straight-forward and fair as possible.
- - - - A student's semester grade is determined by the total points earned on all assignments throughout the semester (points earned during the semester / points possible = percentage)
      - Nothing is weighted
      - Grades are not rounded
Please take a look at any notes/flags I've added to assignment grades in Campus.
Due dates are posted and communicated to students.
I accept most missing and late work:
- - - - *Missing quizzes MUST be made-up within two school days.
      - Please see the course syllabus for more information about missing, late, incomplete work, and the time-frame allotted for re-taking quizzes.