At the high school my kids attend or did attend there is this wide hill facing the road overlooking the soccer field. Its a natural for seating and has been a natural for "painting" spirit messages or for events.
Ten year ago the students and teachers decided that one of the ways they would process and deal with the event of 9/11 was to paint a flag on the hill. Ten years ago it was more informal with people stopping by to pick up a brush. This year it was made a community event with a science teacher coordinating the project, the high school math classes doing the calculations for the grids, the middle school kids making the stencils for the stars and the entire community invited to be part of the painting. Scheduling the layout and painting around all the rain this past week has been a challenge and so that it would be done for a community ceremony this morning. It was done yesterday afternoon. 70 feet by 120 feet, it is quite something.
Ten year ago the students and teachers decided that one of the ways they would process and deal with the event of 9/11 was to paint a flag on the hill. Ten years ago it was more informal with people stopping by to pick up a brush. This year it was made a community event with a science teacher coordinating the project, the high school math classes doing the calculations for the grids, the middle school kids making the stencils for the stars and the entire community invited to be part of the painting. Scheduling the layout and painting around all the rain this past week has been a challenge and so that it would be done for a community ceremony this morning. It was done yesterday afternoon. 70 feet by 120 feet, it is quite something.
Here is a link to a time lapse of the flag project.
3 comments:
that was cool, and it looks beautiful there in western mass...i dig the song as well
You live in a wonderful community, Jeff~
Peg
Nothing I like better is to see our National Flag! What a great art project for that hillside! That is really super~duper!! ...debbie
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