Pinwheels for Peace is an art installation project started in 2005 by two Florida art teachers as a way for students to express their feelings about what’s going on in the world and in their lives. The project was quickly embraced by their students and the entire school community and by millions of art teachers, teachers, parents, children and adults who desire peace in our world. Last year in 2012, over four million pinwheels were spinning in over 3,000 locations around the world! (If you go to their website and click on the "locations" tab, you can see where pinwheels are installed. You can even zoom in to Baltimore and find Calvert School!)
In advisory this week, all middle schoolers were invited to create pinwheels for the project. On one side, students wrote their thoughts about peace / tolerance/ living in harmony with others, and on the other, they visually expressed their feelings through art. September 21st is International Day of Peace, so we displayed the pinwheels outside today as a public statement and art exhibit/installation. Again this year I was so excited to have the lower school on board and we have over 550 pinwheels outside created by 6th agers-8th graders, lining the path between the two schools. We hope the spinning of the pinwheels in the wind spreads thoughts and feelings about peace throughout the country, the world!
My 8th grade advisory girls working on their pinwheels:
I grabbed a group of students from the Atrium early this morning to help install the pinwheels out on the path:
Thanks guys!
Can't leave out my littlest helper- my two year old daughter!
Happy International Day of Peace!
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