4 Elementary Murals: El Marino Language School
Every year the graduating 5th graders of El Marino Language School in Culver City develop and create a legacy mural. We took a few weeks to prepare the walls. Students learned about Pointillism y Los Tres Grandes of the Mexican Mural Movement. With a design established by the PTA, we used our names within colored dots to fill in several silhouettes on the walls, honoring and supporting bilingualism in education: Understanding others through Language.
The PTA parents lead the design and helped with preparing the walls and gathering supplies. Every 5th grader (approx. 135 students) helped to leave their mark or legacy on one of four handball court walls in one week! That weekend I finished up the rest with the parents.
It was exhausting but rewarding for myself and our team of parents to prepare and work on this mural in such a short amount of time! Thanks to all the parents and students who worked to make it all happen.
