Part Ten - Teaching artist Marco Giammetti introduced the concept of pattern and design and demonstrated how it would be applied. Students and teachers became creative with line and shapes.
Part Six-The location for the mural was decided upon and plans were made for a frame to support the 32’ by 16’ mural.
Part Five -Inspired by the work of NJ artist Dan Fenelon - he was invited to give a presentation to students and teachers.
Part Four -Teaching artists, Marco Giammetti and Carol Hendrickson worked on refining the sketch and then along with the art teachers began transferring the mural sketch to large panels.
Part Three -A student artist created a black and white drawing that expressed the ideas of “accepting the challenge” and students colaborated to experiment with color and design, further enhancing the ideas and images.
Part Two -“Starting a chain reaction” began with discussion about the concept of “paying it forward” and how to express that with images. It was decided that this would the theme of the mural for the school.
Part One -Inspired by Rachel’s Challenge art students at Roxbury High School began thinking about a creative response. Rachel Scott was the first person killed during the Columbine shooting on April 20, 1999. Her memory continues to inspire students nationwide to see the best in others. The day she died, Rachel Scott carried a notebook in her backpack, on which she’d written the words “I won’t be labeled as average.” And she has not been labeled as average, but not because of the tragic way she died—Rachel Scott will not be remembered as average because of the way she lived, inspiring others to live life to its fullest.Rather than resent the event that took Scott’s life, her family and a growing group of supporters have chosen to use her story to make the world a more compassionate place. Scott wrote in a school essay on ethics that when you perform an act of kindness, no matter how big or small, “you just may start a chain reaction.”
