Radio Podcast

Come to the mural unveiling tomorrow, Wednesday, June 17th, at JFK at 5pm! Expect to see...
-the final mural!
-student speakers
-a slideshow to summarize the mural process
-thank you's

IMPORTANT: If you are a student who has been involved in the mural process, please come to the unveiling to sign the mural with a fingerprint!!!

Also, check out students on the radio podcast of Bill Newman's show on 96.9 WMHP on June 16, 2015.

Radio and Video

Listen in tomorrow, June 16th to Bill Newman's morning show on WHMP at 9am! We have been invited to speak about our process and to give information about the upcoming unveiling on Wednesday at 5pm.

Listen live: http://player.liquidcompass.net/WHMPAM

Also, Northampton Community Television has been generous enough to create a video about the project so far!!!! Thanks so much David Newland and NHS recent grad Jake Bridgman!

Unveiling Celebration!!

The mural will be finished next week! Come celebrate with us! Wednesday, June 17th at 5pm

Mural is Up!

The mural is finally up on the wall 

on the front of JFK Middle School!!! 

Please come check it out when you can. Mrs. Mallory, Ms. Berlin, and Maria Sperduti spent all morning on Sunday, June 7th before NHS graduation gluing the 4 panels of mural cloth up onto the wall (a few pictures below). We'll be finishing a few last details over the next week (including the butterfly in the upper left corner, adding a flock of butterflies to the left of the figure, and fixing a few facial features). You can expect the mural to be completely finished by June 19th or so.

Still painting 2.0

Still painting...Unveiling coming soon!

Thank you!

Thank you so much to everyone who came out last week 

to help us paint the mural!

During this past week Heather Berlin, Michelle Mallory, NHS juniors - Phoebe Gelbard and Eileen Wang, and about eighteen JFK students came together to create the JFK Community Mural. We worked from Tuesday through Friday, starting with transferring the image onto canvas and labeling every shape with its color. Starting Wednesday, we painted the imagery, which required many hands brushing on multiple coats of colors and using small brushes to crisp up edges. Students from grades 6-8 worked really hard on the mural, and we had tons of fun in the process. 

What's next:

We still have lots more work to do. Ms. Berlin and Mrs. Mallory will be polishing up the mural in the weeks to come before we begin the process of adhering the canvas to the brick wall on the front of JFK. We are really excited for the unveiling of the final mural and will keep you posted on that date.

We appreciate all of your support in this amazing project! Here are some pictures from last week's fun :)