CMS Unveils New Mural

April 2009 - Coffee Middle School Student Council has approximately 30 members from the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. The club sponsors, Nichole Harper and Ramona Maley, along with their students discussed what kind of impact they wanted to make on their brand new school that opened up in the fall of 2008. The brand new school had much to offer the students: state of the art technology, computer labs for each grade level, new classroom furniture, a magnificent auditorium and a wonderful gym. However, we all noticed that the crisp, freshly painted walls were barren and lacking in aesthetic appeal. Knowing that Coffee County had many talented artists, the Student Council began discussing plans to have an artist contribute a mural to our Commons area, a piece of art for the coming generations to enjoy and admire.

Our very own art teacher, Sparky Smith, graciously accepted the honor of designing the piece around our beloved school mascot, the Trojan. Sparky has worked for many hours and many months to construct a beautiful rendition of a Trojan man and Trojan woman. He first constructed his design using Prismacolor pencil on illustration board. Once the drawing was complete, Michael and Johnny Saylor sent the original drawing to be scanned at Colson's Graphics in Valdosta. One Stop Promo was able to transfer the scanned image onto a hanging vinyl banner that measured 11 feet by 14 feet.

Last school year, Student Council, along with the support of faculty and staff, hosted two school dances in the gym. Students danced the night away, enjoying music, refreshments and friendship. All proceeds of the dances went to the cost of having Sparky’s art work transformed into two gorgeous wall hangings. One hangs proudly in the commons area for all to enjoy and one hangs in the auditorium to be admired by all those that attend our school functions.

Student Council has truly enjoyed being a part of beautifying our new school. We are proud of our school and more importantly proud of our extremely talented art teacher, Sparky Smith. We encourage you all to come and see impact this mural has made on our school.