The Art Teacher

Christopher Sweeney teaches art to K-5th graders at Beachland Elementary School
Christopher Sweeney teaches art to K-5th graders at Beachland Elementary School with a flair for the whimsical that keeps his students engaged. RUSTY DURHAM PHOTOS

BY KERRY FIRTH

Students love Sweeney’s classes and often keep in touch with him long after they’ve left elementary school
Students love Sweeney’s classes and often keep in touch with him long after they’ve left elementary school

Peter Pan has nothing on Christopher Sweeney, an art teacher at Beachland Elementary School in Vero Beach. Like the famed leader of the Lost Boys who never grew up, Sweeney is a child at heart who leads his young students on creative adventures through art. His unique style of teaching through cartoon-like characters is one of the reasons his students keep in touch, years after they’ve left.

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