To mark the historic inauguration of President Barak Obama, Rooftop families created a banner of stars expressing our messages of hope and change that were shared with the community.
Each family was given a paper star template that was sent home with the Wednesday bulletin packet. Families were encouraged to take some time to discuss their hopes for the future and then express those hopes in writing, art, photography . . . any way they chose to communicate their hopes or plans for the future in the spirit of positive change.
Many creative and inspirational stars were returned . . . many expressing desires for peace and unity, an end to gun violence, and even some personal resolutions for improving individual lives.
At the Burnett Campus, the students painted a giant canvas inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night. Onto this background, the individual stars were pinned as a display in our multipurpose room. At the Mayeda Campus, the stars were displayed in the stairwell, ascending three flights of stairs. Each star was attached with a continuous string (A "string of hope") representing the interconnectedness of hopes and dreams in a caring community.
At the end of the school year, the banner was taken down and the stars were mailed to the White House!
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