Journey-Service+Learning+Mural

-There were old paintings that had been there for 15 years and we needed new ones. -Margie Burns Knight came in and discussed ideas of what she thought would be a good idea. -All the grade levels painted the mural and thought of a name for it. -Parents and Businesses helped this project by donating -Everyone who made it was very happy to be a part of this new mural, they named it Journey. By:Mollymarieee<3

of making a new one. By: Carissssssa Renae<3
 * The old painting was fading, so the current middle school thought of the idea
 * Margie Burns Knight came to the school and thought of the idea that a new mural could be a service learning project.
 * They got supplies from donations from parents and businesses, and collected proper clothing.
 * Each grade painted for a period of time until the mural was finished.
 * Grades we're brought together to think of a title for the mural.
 * They came up with Journey, because the ideas of the mural we're a journey and brought the kids together.

-When the mural was completed each grade level came down to see it and try to find words that describe it and give it a name. - The names that they came up with were journey life road rambling and our dreams and they picked journey -They received paint and brush donations from some parents and local companies and they collected old clothing and aprons -four groups painted for fifteen minutes each at each grade level and then they allowed a day in between each of the grades so that the mural would have time to dry By: Felicia R.

Margy Burns Knight tells stories famous walls great wall of china lascaux cave vietnam veterans memorial got donations of supplies for paint progect surprised to see mural change in each grade level titled mural Journey By: Callyellow

paint was fading and plaster was falling off of three school art pieces in cafeteria students at WMS wanted a change because the art was over 15 years old Margie Burns Knight who is an author had an idea for this service learning project to have it based on one of her books “Talking Walls” which was a book that told personalized stories about famous walls throughout the world to start the art piece the custodian put panels on the wall and primed them, then random drawings were made to get kids excited in making this project a blog was made (www.wmsart.blogspot.com) to keep the community and students connected to the project different walls had different cultural meanings and students were aloud to paint on the background of the mural donations were made for paint and brushes, and old clothing and aprons were collected students in each grade level took turns to paint it and also staff members Margy and visual and performing arts specialist Argy Nestor worked with groups of kids to brainstorm ideas former WMS students (graduates) came in to finalize the art from the students the title “Journey was chosen because the word allows viewers to bring their own ideas of a journey to the mural now that the art piece is made students are very proud of it and it makes the cafeteria a happier and brighter place to be -a.c.

The article was basically how “Journey” was made. It talked about how they prepared the kids to paint the mural. They had talked about some other famous artists work and talked about how they could use something that they did on their mural. It also talked about how they decided on what the mural should be called and as you know they called it “Journey”. Nate C.

This article is about how the 6th, 7th and 8th graders were getting sick of the old painting because the paint was fadeing and the plaster on the wall was falling off, so Margy Burns and children's book writer came in and brainstormed with the kids to see what they wanted to do to the wall.

-J.V