Students create Obaminoes mural
Mural helped students learn new math skills
Updated: Wednesday, 17 Jun 2009, 8:07 AM MDT
Published : Wednesday, 17 Jun 2009, 8:06 AM MDT
WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Students at Westfield's Franklin Avenue Elementary School are in a class all by themselves.
Honors were given on Tuesday for the boys and girls who spent two months completing a mural of President Barack Obama. A mural called "Obaminoes" was made from 24,000 dominoes.
"We were the only elementary school to do this and to have a piece of artwork of our 44th president, the only African American president. It means a lot," Marissa Costa, a 5th grade student at Franklin Ave. Elementary School told 22News.
Josh Weaver, another 5th grader, said: "It makes me feel good because this is a big project. I've never done anything this big. It's really cool."
The Obaminoes mural helped hundreds of students learn linear programming math skills.
Westfield State College mathematicians worked closely with the children.
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