Leaving a Legacy!

A Legacy Project is a collaborative art installment created by the oldest class on campus and gifted to the school at the end of the year. A Legacy project is student centered and can help maintain student connections to their school long after their gone. Students have an opportunity to demonstrate their leadership skills through their collaborative efforts that over time create a colorful and inviting place for others to enjoy. The amount of time and effort put into a Legacy Project reflects student investment in their school that sets an example for their younger peers and leaves a lasting visual mark!

Last year was the first year we started the 8th Grade Legacy Project. The Class of 2014 designed and constructed six tile mosaic installations that are centered around our School Pillars (Critical Thinking, Shared Leadership, Cultural Awareness, Global Thinking, Tech Savvy).

These colorful mosaics hang at the beginning our the LEA Hallway

This year the class of 2015 is collaborating on life-sized Chess Pieces that can be played on the Life-Sized Chess board created by PFAA Senior, Christopher Skinner. Why Chess? Chess is an integral part of the 6th grade culture. Students learn about the origin of Chess, learn to play the game and continue playing long after 6th grade in Chess Club. Chess is a "Thinker's Game" that is played globally so the ability to cultivate a culture of students that have the skills necessary to play the game is something to continue to promote and celebrate!

The Chess Board and pieces will help to keep the game vital within the LEA Program as it will not only serve as a public piece of art but will serve as a gathering place for NCS students and faculty. Each individual piece will be hand crafted and signed by  a group of students for others to play and admire. Our goal is to have the Chess pieces finish and board operable by Open house! Pictures below highlight our progress so far. 

PFAA Senior Christopher Skinner instructing students on creating a chess piece form out of chicken wire.

Life-sized Chess board outside of Ms. Meindl's Room!

Collaborative Chess Piece Form

Lot's of problem went into forming the chess pieces!

Students had to work as a team to form the chess piece properly.

Students were sharing ideas left and right as they were forming their chess piece.