Today reading writing and arithmetic are only three of many subjects schools are resposnsible for teaching their students. Young people are faced with so many issues that implementing policies procedures and programs are routine. From safe-sex and underage drinking, to anti-drug and anti- bully. The list of issues continue to grow.
The effect of these programs; rules postings throughout the school, metal detectors and locker searches have had a negative impact on the climate of the schools environment. Too often schools feel institutionalized, cold and sterile. For the first time, public schools are directly competing against charter schools, private schools, and home schools. School administrators across the country are more than ready to give their students and staff a more imaginative, inspiring, and original culture from which to grow.
One Middle School Principle in Clarion Iowa, Steve Haberman decides to drastically change the climate of his school by incorporating twelve larger than life wall murals throughout his building. SportsGraphics, a leading manufacturer of wall padding and safety furnishings for gymnasiums and outdoor fields, has come up with Wall Murals for Schools. Beautiful, digitally crisp images that are applied to every surface from stucco to brick. The wall mural made from a thin film and applied with heat, are created for the specific purpose of feeding positive and inspirational messages to everyone who walks by them.
Walk into his Middle School today and you are blown away with what appears to be an enormous painting on the foyer's brick wall. An image of planet earth with the words, 'There is a world waiting for you. Your journey has just begun.' Around the corner you can't help running in to Albert Einstein who fits nicely between the floor and ceiling, remininding all students and staff imagination is more important than knowledge. There are murals about singing away your worrys for the music department and Victor Hugo's quote 'To learn to read is to light a fire written over an enormous book that has sparks magically flying out of it. Mr. Haberman has turned his school into a colorful array of art and inspiration, utilizing twelve murals, with more to come.
Kimberly Conlon, SportsGraphics Marketing Director, says, "It's so refreshing to see these beautiful, colorful murals that inspire students to be like the great thinkers of the past, or at the very least, question what made them so unique. And the answer to that question is the entire reason we designed Wall Murals For Schools." SportsGraphics company is no stranger to catering to schools like Mr. Habermans. They have been manufacturing wall padding, scoring tables, and bleacher curtains for the past twenty- two years. The company prides itself on setting trends in high schools and middle schools across the county. In The last year,SportsGraphics Safety and Image Representatives have been bombarded with interest from school administrators to give them something original to address the rest of their facility, not just the gymnasium and fields. "They want unique murals that reinforce what the teachers and administrators are already teaching. They want inspiring images that ignite a passion for learning, reminding students and staff of the school's mission." Says Pat Conlon, President of SportsGraphics.
"With students bombarded by negative images and messages daily, these wall murals are like nutrition for the mind. Thoughts are extremely powerful," Conlon explains. "Mr. Haberman is taking control of the atmosphere of his school by visually reminding his students and staff several times a day of self-empowering beliefs and reminders that learning is exciting, character is everything, and anything is possible."
Haberman's one word to describe the new interior of his building, "Wow! When you walk in, you can tell this place is different. It's exciting to see the student's reactions. After a music concert the other night, I watched parents stroll the building looking at each mural. A kindergarden class actually came over to tour the building."
"Wow! When you walk in, you can tell this place is different," Mr. Haberman said. The student's reaction is the real test. So far, according to this Principle,"Students actually stop to look and read them. After a music concert the other night, I watched parents stroll the entire building just taking in all the art. A kindergarden class actually came over just to tour the building." Now in place of a few posters that seemed to disappear against the vast brick walls; the hallways look more like an art museum. One of the great features outside of the fact that all the murals reinforce positive behavior and seem to ignite a passion for learning is- the murals have no edge to be tampered with, and are designed to be grafitti resistant.
The effect of these programs; rules postings throughout the school, metal detectors and locker searches have had a negative impact on the climate of the schools environment. Too often schools feel institutionalized, cold and sterile. For the first time, public schools are directly competing against charter schools, private schools, and home schools. School administrators across the country are more than ready to give their students and staff a more imaginative, inspiring, and original culture from which to grow.
One Middle School Principle in Clarion Iowa, Steve Haberman decides to drastically change the climate of his school by incorporating twelve larger than life wall murals throughout his building. SportsGraphics, a leading manufacturer of wall padding and safety furnishings for gymnasiums and outdoor fields, has come up with Wall Murals for Schools. Beautiful, digitally crisp images that are applied to every surface from stucco to brick. The wall mural made from a thin film and applied with heat, are created for the specific purpose of feeding positive and inspirational messages to everyone who walks by them.
Walk into his Middle School today and you are blown away with what appears to be an enormous painting on the foyer's brick wall. An image of planet earth with the words, 'There is a world waiting for you. Your journey has just begun.' Around the corner you can't help running in to Albert Einstein who fits nicely between the floor and ceiling, remininding all students and staff imagination is more important than knowledge. There are murals about singing away your worrys for the music department and Victor Hugo's quote 'To learn to read is to light a fire written over an enormous book that has sparks magically flying out of it. Mr. Haberman has turned his school into a colorful array of art and inspiration, utilizing twelve murals, with more to come.
Kimberly Conlon, SportsGraphics Marketing Director, says, "It's so refreshing to see these beautiful, colorful murals that inspire students to be like the great thinkers of the past, or at the very least, question what made them so unique. And the answer to that question is the entire reason we designed Wall Murals For Schools." SportsGraphics company is no stranger to catering to schools like Mr. Habermans. They have been manufacturing wall padding, scoring tables, and bleacher curtains for the past twenty- two years. The company prides itself on setting trends in high schools and middle schools across the county. In The last year,SportsGraphics Safety and Image Representatives have been bombarded with interest from school administrators to give them something original to address the rest of their facility, not just the gymnasium and fields. "They want unique murals that reinforce what the teachers and administrators are already teaching. They want inspiring images that ignite a passion for learning, reminding students and staff of the school's mission." Says Pat Conlon, President of SportsGraphics.
"With students bombarded by negative images and messages daily, these wall murals are like nutrition for the mind. Thoughts are extremely powerful," Conlon explains. "Mr. Haberman is taking control of the atmosphere of his school by visually reminding his students and staff several times a day of self-empowering beliefs and reminders that learning is exciting, character is everything, and anything is possible."
Haberman's one word to describe the new interior of his building, "Wow! When you walk in, you can tell this place is different. It's exciting to see the student's reactions. After a music concert the other night, I watched parents stroll the building looking at each mural. A kindergarden class actually came over to tour the building."
"Wow! When you walk in, you can tell this place is different," Mr. Haberman said. The student's reaction is the real test. So far, according to this Principle,"Students actually stop to look and read them. After a music concert the other night, I watched parents stroll the entire building just taking in all the art. A kindergarden class actually came over just to tour the building." Now in place of a few posters that seemed to disappear against the vast brick walls; the hallways look more like an art museum. One of the great features outside of the fact that all the murals reinforce positive behavior and seem to ignite a passion for learning is- the murals have no edge to be tampered with, and are designed to be grafitti resistant.
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