Carolyn Monk Kindrix

Career Accomplishments

• Work in Education S. R. A. Remedial Reading Teacher at George Washington Carver Elementary in 1964. Substitute in Miami, Florida 1968 Kindergarten assistant teacher 1971 in ColoradoSprings, CO Substitute teacher at Fort Jackson, SC 1974 Art Director for WNOK TV 1975 -1976 Temporary 4th grade teacher at Brooklyn S. D. A. School 1977 Substitute teacher in South Orange and city schools in northern New Jersey, 1977 - ‘78 Commissioned painter of 10 illustrations + posters, and logos for Allegheny East Conference of S.D.A.’s 1978 – 80. Full time art teacher at the Pine Forge Academy 1978 – 1980 Substitute teacher for the Prince Georges County Schools 1980 -1984 Water Color Teacher for Adult classes at Prince George County Junior College. Summer ‘82 Washington County substitute teacher in Hagerstown, Maryland 1983 - 85 Review and Herald Graphic Artist – 1984 First Lady, and traveling assistant to President J. Paul Monk – 1985 – 1994 Central States Conference of S. D. A. Adventist Book Store manager. Kansas City, MO 85 – 88 Pacific Press Board member – Nampa, Idaho – 1987 - ‘88 Central States Conference Women’s Ministry Department organizer and leader – 1988 – 1994 Assisted my husband who was a cancer survivor for five years until he passed in 1994 Grandview, Missouri Schools substitute teacher – 1985 and also 1997 – 2004 Married Samuel L. Wilkerson in 1997. Incorporated new business and used new computer. Entrepeneur - Attended the Kauffman Fast Tract in Kansas City, MO Did a Business plan for CREATE*A*CRAFT and paste-up layout for POM-POM PICTURES. Designed and ordered die cutting equipment for punch cards. Attended craft show in Dallas. Purchased a McIntosh computer and drawing software! Changed company objective to include children’s games. The new name for communication was EDU-TOY. Designed new games in the computer for reading, geography and math. Discovered a whole new approach to charting addition calculation and with triangles, angles, and addition stars. These stars charted up to 2000 3 number facts. Wrote and illustrated Math Star Wonder Numbers.
• Purchased a McIntosh computer and drawing software! Changed company objective to include children’s games. The new name for communication was EDU-TOY. Designed new games in the computer for reading, geography and math. Discovered a whole new approach to charting addition calculation and with triangles, angles, and addition stars. These stars charted up to 2000 3 number facts.
• Soon to be released research: MATH STAR ADDITION MATH STAR SUBTRACTION MATH STAR MULTIPLICATION MATH STAR DIVISION
• By fourteen an additional artistic interest and talent was discovered by Famous Artist school. My first artistic works were pastel portraits of younger brothers and sisters.
• A very exceptional instrumental program in Elkhart provided year around orchestra and string instruction. Her parents paid for private ‘cello lessons for seven years. Her High School was rated among the top three symphonic high school orchestras in the country. The Grammy recording artist David Darling was the first chair cellist of her cello section and had the same cello teacher.
• Carolyn Woodard integrated Roosevelt Elementary School single handed-ly at the age of 4, ten years before the rest of the country was required to integrate the public schools in 1954 after the Kansas Case. Roosevelt was about two miles from the innercity where she was raised. Her Uncle a recently released WW II veteran insisted on accepting the Board of Education’s early invitation to integrate.
• Carolyn Woodard’s parents were Levi and Roberta Woodard. Her Woodard grandfather passed along his welding and horseshoeing trade to her father. Levi Woodard had two years of Normal school when he played football for Western Kentucky University. Her mother graduated early from the top of her class at Western High and became a skilled tailor and chef. Her sisters were trained teachers at Wilberforce, University and also piano and organ performers. Her father was a well know Kentucky statesman and principal of the Western Kentucky High School. He also was involved in the organization of Simmons University and awarded an honorary doctorate from that institution. Her mother was Callie Carr Barker, trained to teach at Fisk University.
• She holds patents for several products designed to enhance the learning experience for elementary students. LACE AND LEARN , STRETCH AND LEARN, STICK AND LEARN, SPIN 10, WIN 10 , MATH STAR ROCK AND ROLL, A TO ZEBRA SPIN AND SPELL A TO ZEBRA ROCK AND ROLL ZOO BINGO PUBLISHED THE FOLLOWING BOOKS AND ARTICLES AND NEWSLETTERS: MATH STAR, 2002 , by me, Carolyn W. Monk Wilkerson EXEGESIS BOOK MARK TRACTS for Bible Study BIBLE BOWL TEAM AND TEACHING CELEBRATION STARS, DIVISION COMPOSITE NUMBER STARS for 1 - 100

Press & Recognition

Oct 28, 2024

Carolyn Monk Kindrix is actively engaged in her art career even as she celebrates her 50th anniversary year in her art career.

Along with her art she has alternated a continuing interest in the art of teaching. Her initial college years prepared her to do Elementary Education. Her parents believe...

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