Students piece together mosaic for New Glasgow Academy

NEW GLASGOW New Glasgow Junior High student Aaron Day gets ready to put another small glass tile on in place.

New Glasgow Junior High students Max van Zyl, left, Caroline Mahoney and Aaron Day take a break from working on a mosaic that will adorn the floor of the lobby of New Glasgow Academy. Students from Acadia Street, Temperance at Brown and New Glasgow Junior High came in shifts to assemble the culturally inclusive design. JOHN BRANNEN THE NEWS

Gold tiles go where the grid is gold, red where the grid is red and so on.

Its a lot of hard work and patience, he said as he put some white glue on another tile.

Day, along with fellow students Caroline Mahoney and Max van Zyl, had been working all day Wednesday on a large mosaic that will adorn the floor of the foyer at New Glasgow Academy.

Like the many tiles coming together to form a complete picture, students from Acadia Street, Temperance at Brown and New Glasgow Junior High came in shifts to assemble the mosaic. Soon, they will all be students at the new school.

The circular design, created by education assistant Helen Boucher, was meant to include and reflect the diversity of the students who will be attending New Glasgow Academy.

I think that it does a great job of complimenting all the cultures, said Mahoney.

The mosaic includes drums representing African-Nova Scotians, the eagle representing Mikmaq students, the thistle for those of Scottish descent, the New Glasgow flourish sun with the paw print of the schools mascot, the panther. Also included are the Nova Scotia tartan and the schools colours, emerald green and blue.

Boucher noted the circular design denotes unity and coming together as one.

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Students piece together mosaic for New Glasgow Academy