West Essex Graduating Senior Creates Mural for Class of 1962

As her Senior Service project, Shirley Gonzalez of Fairfield created a mural as a tribute to the West Essex Class of 1962, the first class to graduate from West Essex. 

When the class returned for their 50^th reunion last year, they were impressed by the class murals painted in recent decades, and requested a mural of their own. Shirley and her art teacher, Eileen Dormer, worked together with 1962 class member Jan Jessel and her committee, to plan a painting outside the school’s media center.

All of the 1962 students have their names memorialized on the mural, and the class donated a commemorative plaque which is now a part of the mural.  North Caldwell resident and 1962 alumnus Bruce Vane awarded Shirley a scholarship for her service to the class of 1962 at the Senior Awards ceremony on June 4.