A new year brings new art to the Parker hallways. The first project for the 4th - 8th graders is something colorful and slightly mysterious or intriguing to identify their lockers. Radial name designs, symmetrical patterns emanating from the center of a square, are the theme this year. After looking at mandalas and discussing the way they are used in assorted religions and mindfulness practices the students got to work. Their papers are folded into eighths and a name is written filling one entire segment. Carbon paper is used to transfer the name from one segment to the next reversing the letters on alternate sections. The square is colored in bearing in mind the need for symmetry while expressing each child's individuality.
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| Designing the first segment |
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| Fitting in the name |
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| Adding color with symmetry in mind |
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| Color beginning in the center |
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| Emphasizing the circular pattern |
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| Intense color |
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| The pattern begins to overshadow the name |
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| One finished work |
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| Another finished name |
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