Outdoor Mural
As a Latin School of Chicago service project, Tracee and I led Latin volunteers in the transformation and repainting of the crumbling planters outside of McCutcheon Elementary School (August 2010). McCutcheon students joined in the painting when the school year started.
Update: We returned in August 2011 to seal and weatherproof the planters. We were thrilled to hear that McCutcheon had experienced an increase in enrollment for the 2011-2012 school year. Local families have a choice between McCutcheon and another public school, and the principal credited McCutcheon’s increased enrollment to our work to beautify the school.
Indoor Mural
In February, Tracee and I volunteered to create this mural in the stairwell at McCutcheon elementary school. Inspired McCutcheon students helped with the design. The mural was completed over the course of five Saturdays, thanks to our many volunteers, including McCutcheon middle schoolers and highschoolers from the Latin School of Chicago as part of their service learning. Special thanks to artist and Latin teacher David Marshall for his dedication to the project. Click here to see how the project developed from initial sketches to a completed mural with the help of enthusiastic student volunteers. Volunteers at Work
