Project Description
“Communidad Global, Global Community” was created by third and fourth grade students to celebrate the diversity of the PS 24 school community. PS 24 students of different races, physical abilities, and personality traits coexist peacefully in the mural. A series of kites, which serves as a visual thread linking all the images together, are trailed by bilingual kite tails written in Spanish, English, Bengali, Arabic, Polish, and Chinese to represent the different languages spoken at the school. From left to right, the students symbolize Dreamers, Helpers, Peacemakers, Creators, Learners, Friends, and Global Community.
Fun Facts
“Many, many people from PS 24 (which is fully accessible) stopped to comment on how thrilled they were to see children who are differently-abled represented in the mural." - Katie Yamasaki, Lead Artist
PS 24’s main attraction is its dual-language program, which is based on a program developed at Brown University. Students learn half in Spanish and half in English to create “Bi-literacy.”
The kite. It is believed that kites date back at least three thousand years and originated in China.
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