STUDENT CREATES ART IN HALLWAY OF WHS

BY GRACE BARRETT

Emily Hall, a senior at Wadsworth High School, is completing her Gold Award project for Girls Scouts by creating a mural that will be displayed in the 1200 hallway of the high school.

The Gold Award is the highest award available to Seniors and Ambassadors within the program and requires projects to be created that represent an important issue in the community or something that the member is passionate about.

Hall was inspired to create this mural because she feels that the school walls do not have enough artwork.

“I know a lot of people that don’t like how the school is mostly gray and lacks color,” Hall said.

Camryn Henderson, a junior at WHS, agrees.

“I just think the halls are really boring,” Henderson said. “There’s very little decoration or school spirit.”

Before beginning to paint, Hall had set out to get approval from the Girl Scouts organization and the school board, starting with Dr. Suber.

“I scheduled a meeting with Dr. Suber and we discussed the mural and how it will work,” Hall said. “Then, it went to the school board and it got approved through them.” from the continental divide to the Ohio River, so it is going towards the Ohio River.

Mr. Derrig, one of the art teachers at Wadsworth High School, is serving as Hall’s advisor for the project. As well as this, seven of Hall’s classmates and peers will be painting alongside her.

Hall is choosing to encompass a positive message within her mural, using plenty of colors and lighthearted designs.

“It will be of butterflies, flowers and a sun with the saying, ‘you are loved’ on it,” Hall said.

Overall, Hall is excited to display more artwork on the currently empty walls of WHS, and to spread positivity through her creative outlet.

“Our water comes from groundwater wells here in and around Wadsworth, so we have a long distance away from that area of the contamination zone,” Patrick said.

He also believes that as well as being protected from this calamity, Wadsworth’s water would generally be safe in other similar situations.

“The nice thing is that we have many different sources and well fields,” Patrick said. “We don’t have just one place, there’s not just one lake or reservoir that we get water from so we’re diversified… we have many different areas to get water from, so I feel comfort in that.”

He urges any people that see issues with their water to contact the city so that they can test it for any issues.

“If anyone has concerns, folks can always reach out to the City of Wadsworth and can always reach out to our water treatment plant, we are always available to provide accurate information to folks,” Patrick said.

Patrick believes that Wadsworth’s water will continue to remain safe throughout the rest of the East Palestine’s recovery, and if issues reach the city, there will be multiple access points for safe water.