St. Mary’s Students Express Need for Global Peace through
International Art Project
Aliso Viejo, CA, March 19, 2008—St. Mary and All Angels, a non-denominational Christian school, announced today that on Friday, March 27th, its students will be participating in the international “The Art Miles” Project (www.the-art-miles-mural-project.org). The event begins at 8 AM in the school gym with a brief ceremony featuring Headmaster John O’Brien, Father Doug Slaymaker (Campus Chaplain), Kristofor Gabriel Szasz (Poet Laureate, Art Miles Project), and Laurie Brooks (local coordinator for “The Art Miles”).
Students will be working on the project from 8:30 AM until 1PM. Art teachers Lisa Dennis and Roxanne Scruggs will be working with students from grades Kindergarten through Grade Eight to paint a large banner, which will be viewed around the world. St. Mary’s Music teachers Cheryl Spudville and Dan Fineberg’s classes will be playing songs such as “Dona Nobis Pacem” while the students work.
The project is a 12-year-long moment combining the efforts of children and adults worldwide to promote global peace and harmony through mural art. This activity will provide St. Mary’s students the opportunity to creatively express the need for world peace and to acquire knowledge about peacemaking efforts around the world. As an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, St. Mary’s often integrates global issues with classroom discussions and projects.
Doug Fleischli
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