AGOURA HILLS SCHOOL GETS DASH OF COLOR.Byline: R.A. Hutchinson Daily News Staff Writer Thirteen bright-eyed children stare out from the mural mural Painting applied to and made integral with the surface of a wall or ceiling. Its roots can be found in the universal desire that led prehistoric peoples to create cave paintings—the desire to decorate their surroundings and express their ideas and beliefs. , ready to spring into action and join the dozens of real-life students on the playground at Willow willow, common name for some members of the Salicaceae, a family of deciduous trees and shrubs of worldwide distribution, especially abundant from north temperate to arctic areas. Elementary School elementary school: see school. . Their two-dimensional expressions, the school's image and the leafy leaf·y adj. leaf·i·er, leaf·i·est 1. Covered with or having leaves. 2. Consisting of leaves: Spinach is a leafy green vegetable. 3. Similar to or resembling a leaf. willow tree - all painted on the wall of a concrete handball handball Any of a variety games in which a small rubber ball is struck against a wall with the hand or fist. It can be played in a three- or four-walled court or against a single wall by two or four players (in singles or doubles games, respectively). court - are the legacy of fifth-graders leaving the elementary school this year. About 43 students from the fifth-grade class of 1996 volunteered their time to paint the colorful snapshot of school life at Willow. ``I like the kid hanging from the tree,'' said 11-year-old Joshua Fishman Joshua Aaron Fishman (b. 1926) is internationally renowned for his groundbreaking work in the sociology of language, language planning, bilingual education, and language and ethnicity. . The fifth-grader and his twin sister, Marissa, spent many hours working on the mural with the guidance of their mother, Cheryl Gamson Fishman. Fishman, as a volunteer parent, helped oversee the three-week project. ``I like all the people,'' Marissa added. For young artist Laura Lichtenberger, her favorite part of the mural is the green and purple ivy growing from a planter planter, farm or garden implement that places propagating material such as seeds or seedlings into the ground, usually in rows. Broadcasting, i.e., scattering seed in all directions, by hand followed by harrowing (see harrow) to cover the seed with soil was an early . ``That's my ivy,'' she said. Fishman, who was an art major in college and runs a small painting business, said she signed on to help with the project because her children are both leaving elementary school this year. The mural's design is the brainchild brain·child n. An original idea or plan attributed to a person or group. brainchild Noun Informal an idea or plan produced by creative thought Noun 1. of 10-year-old Bryce Islava, a fourth-grader who as part of a class assignment drew a poster depicting the school's ``Awesome Eight'' rules of behavior. His work showed a yellow brick pathway leading to a replica of the school. The embellished version that found its way to one of six handball court walls has the yellow brick path, the school and youngsters whose T-shirts carry one of the eight rules. For example, one shirt reads: ``We always tell the truth.'' For the next six years, each graduating class of fifth-graders will get to choose a theme and create a mural on one of the handball court walls. THE AWESOME EIGHT Fifth-graders at Willow Elementary School have designed a mural that includes the school's ``Awesome Eight'' rules of conduct. Here are the eight: 1. Willow students, staff and parents always treat others the way they would like to be treated. 2. We respect each other's rights, property, opinions, differences. 3. We think before we act and speak. 4. We take pride in everything we do: our work, our appearance, our school. 5. We always tell the truth. 6. We look for alternatives to solving problems. 7. We use appropriate language. 8. We are responsible for our actions. SOURCE: Willow Elementary School CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: (color) Willow Elementary School fourth-graderBryce Islava, 10, had his mural design painted at the campus. Phil McCarten/Daily News Box: THE AWESOME EIGHT (see text) |
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