Mural photos

This wall used to be a huge, rusty cement eye sore of the community. Students at Paul PCS decided to research and develop a proposal to turn around this corner. They researched murals in DC, their impact on neighborhoods, and made arguments for why it is important that the mural had an "eco theme." After 3 weeks, dozens of gallons of paint, oodles of paint brushes, several trips to ACE hardware, the mural is completed thanks to 20+ student volunteers!

Student expo

Students presented their end of the year portfolios to interested staff members. Visitors commented on how impressed they were with the students' ability to describe their work and what they got out of their learning experiences throughout the year. Among the work presented included: fractured fairy tale story books, A Comic Life myths, student biographies, a poetry anthology, and Seedfolks vignettes. A video was also playing showing students "Where I'm From" photo journal video, Shakespeare theater performance video, and photos and videos taken from several field trips throughout the year.

American Mural Project

Paul PCS students had the AMAZING opportunity to work with artist Ellen Griesdieck on her American Mural Project. For more information about this project check out:
http://www.wallofamerica.org/
It is basically the largest indoor mural EVER and it is dedicated to American workers. Ellen is working with 8 schools in DC and DC's mini-theme is government workers, which of course, doesn't just include the people in the White House and Congress, but also, teachers, post office workers, police officers, fire fighters, the army, etc. Students brought in photos and wrote powerful quotes to personalize their own canvas dedicated to U.S. government workers in some way. Students either presented a government worker they know, a group of government workers they would like to honor, a government job they would like to have in the future, a way they already contribute to the country as "We the people" of the U.S., for example, keeping 'domestic tranquility' at home, or recognizing a time in history when the people rose up and demanded the government do their job when they were not. Projects turned out SPECTACULAR AND WILL be presented on the National Mall in May of next year.