By GRACE WOOLF
Raising school spirit has been a hot topic on the Laguna campus, and Coach Shane Lopes may have found just the fix. The owl mural down in the weight room is the boost the students need.
Coach Lopes said “I really enjoy thinking of ways to boost school spirit and after hundreds of hours of training in a room with a blank wall, it clicked, ‘We need a fierce image of our Owl on the wall!’”
Coach Lopes also plans to add photos of the athletes working out that “resemble movements to their sports”.
This mural is also unique because it is a community effort, with students helping paint it. Coach Lopes says about the students painting the mural “I have always had a love for art. Having our students create the mural on their own time and with their own hands seemed like a ‘grassroots’ approach to boosting school spirit, instead of an expensive, computer designed poster.”
The mural was a collaborative process between Coach Lopes and Ms. Anaya and the students who help paint the owl will get community service hours.