Principal's Grant Stained Glass Window Project Update

Our annual community project is well under way, and turning out beautifully. Our Tiffany-inspired stained glass window is 2.5 X 3 feet in size, and will grace the wall of the main office with a wood-framed, electrically lit shadowbox. This particular window is made up of roughly 400 pieces of glass, which our students have meticulously cut by hand, ground on a glass grinder to ensure the pieces fit together like a puzzle, and copper foiled. The next step will be to solder them together and line the edges with zinc strips. This has been a huge undertaking, but many hands make light work. Headed by Independent Study Crafts goddess Laura Moser, the project attracted many willing participants. I am overwhelmed by how many students have asked to help with it and learn the fine craft of creating stained glass. It is so great to see students feeling so invested in a process such as this one, and exhibiting such focus and tenacity. It will be a breathtaking addition to our Gallery School initiative.