Massapequa's Mural Club Transforms Hallway

From Massapequa School District: Students continue to add more color to the hallways of Massapequa High School’s Ames Campus. After the successful completion of a student-designed, Chiefs-inspired painting last year by the main entrance, a Mural Club was formed and has been tackling its first project.

Ninth-graders recently began work on a 35-foot long, 5-foot high mural on a blank white wall in the hallway across from the Pupil Personnel Services office. After receiving student input, art teacher and mural club adviser Sue Perakakis came up with the design, which students traced out in pencil before they began painting afterschool on Nov. 8.

When the mural is complete, it will feature 21 different colors along with various inspirational messages like “Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon” and “Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.” It will have illustrations of light bulbs, trees, waves, a peace sign, the earth and the Massapequa Chiefs logo.

“This new mural is part of our continued efforts to beautify the building and create a warm, nurturing environment,” said Principal Jordan McCaw. “We want to give students a sense of pride in their school and what better way to do that than with student artwork.”

Photos courtesy of Massapequa School District:

(Image 1) Members of the Ames Campus Mural Club showed off the rendering for the 35-long painting that they are creating on the wall behind them.

(Image 2) Ninth-graders, from left, Celeste Riviezzo, Sydney Florentz and Crystal Brazil recently began work on the new mural.