David Kilby

By: centraljersey.com
CRANBURY – Tamara Woronczuk has everything a school could hope for in an art teacher – creativity, dedication, enthusiasm and genuine love of art, to mention just a few qualities.
After over three decades of teaching art at Cranbury School, Ms. Woronczuk will be retiring at the end of this school year.
"She really brought the artistic talent out of my daughter," said parent Patti Thomsson, regarding how well Ms. Woronczuk taught her daughter, Katie Thomsson.
Students of Cranbury School started taking art with Ms. Woronczuk as early as kindergarten. She teaches painting, drawing, sculpting, pottery, crafts, and printmaking in her classes.
She also teaches an after-school art club sponsored by the PTO twice a week for six months a year.
Ms. Woronczuk received her bachelor’s degree from Glassboro College, now Rowan University, and her master’s degree in art, education and painting from New York University.
Her first teaching assignment was at Ramsey High School where she taught for a year. Then she taught at Burnett Junior High School in Union, then at Summit Junior High School. From there, she moved on to Cranbury School where she has been teaching for 31 years.
"I’ve always said I have the best job in the world," she said. "I’m doing what I love. Teaching art to children is inspiring and rewarding."
She said many of her former students who are now in high school and college still keep in touch with her.
The most notable contact she’s had through her art career is Chuck Close, who taught Ms. Woronczuk at NYU.