About Me!
Hello everyone! My name is, Carlos Delano Meikel and I am the Art teacher here at Shepardson STEM Elementary School!
I was born in Torreon, Mexico, but was adopted by my parents when I was just a few days old and brought to my hometown of Paonia, Colorado, where I lived until I was 11. After the coal mine my father worked at closed down, my family was forced to move to Tooele, Utah, and then neighboring Stockton, where I lived until I was 18 and graduated high school. A month after graduation, I moved back to my beloved Colorado and Western Slope and lived in Grand Junction for 15 years. While there I worked just about every job under the sun and attended Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University). I earned my K-12 Art Education degree thre and began my Art Education career at nearby Chatfield Elementary and Bookcliff Middle School. In 2005 I made the move to Fort Collins and have been in PSD ever since. I have worked at Cache La Poudre Middle School, Lincoln Middle School, Bauder Elementary, and now my current assignment at Shepardson STEM Elementary and Harris Bilingual Immersion School where I have happily taught for the last 15 years.
I am happily married to my amazing wife, Diane, who is an Operations Manager with UC Health. We have a wonderful home and life together, including two dogs, Jethro and Ellie Mae.
I am an avid reader of comic books and graphic novels. My favorite music is Country music (George Strait in particular), but I also enjoy rock, jazz and movie soundtracks. I like to work in my yard, I enjoy the outdoors, especially off-roading and fishing in all it's myriad forms. I play a mean game of racquetball, love playing disc golf and adult kickball as well. I am a diehard Denver Broncos fan and have been since birth! GO BRONCOS! I also root hard for the Rockies and Denver Nuggets. I am a devout chocoholic and a connoisseur of fine bacon cheeseburgers everywhere. I absolutely love my job and love my students. I feel it is my responsibility to teach them how to be the best people they can be . . . Art just happens to be my vehicle to do this. :)