Kent Middle School mural celebrates ‘Kentennial’

By Laith Agha Marin Independent Journal

You have to paint the glue on.

Pick up a piece of the broken tile, and apply the glue. Then place the tile back exactly in place.

And work in small sections otherwise, it is too difficult to remember which pieces have been glued and which haven't.

This was the first instruction artist Erin Sorensen gave to her audience of 17 Kent Middle School sixth-graders, who on Wednesday had their first chance at getting their hands on the school's yearlong art project.

When it's all done, just about every Kent student, from fifth to eighth grade, will have had some role in creating the 340-square-foot mosaic mural, to be displayed at the front of the school.

An art student assembles broken tile in a mosaic class at Kent Middle School on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, in Kentfield, Calif. The eighth graders use the pieces to construct what will be a 47-foot- long mosaic mural that will be placed in front of the school next year. (Frankie Frost/Marin Independent Journal) Frankie Frost

"We're celebrating 100 years of Kent Middle School," said eighth-grader Malory Wakida. "And to celebrate, we're creating this mural."

Designed by Sorensen, the mural serves as a timeline, with four scenes of the area and the school. It begins, on the far left, depicting Miwok Indian stick homes and a railroad track. Moving right, each of the next three images represents a phase in the school's history, including its first incarnation as Ross Landing School, in a different location than where the school sits now.

"It's cool to contribute something for the whole school," Malory said.

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Kent Middle School mural celebrates 'Kentennial'