Who’s Your Community Hero?

What is a community hero? Who are they? FWCD second graders set out to answer those two questions and more when they identified people in their communities who are making a difference: firefighters, police officers, nurses, doctors, veterinarians, teachers, pastors and ministers, a mayor and more.

Integrating visual arts, language arts and social studies, this multidisciplinary project allows second grade students to celebrate everyday heroes in the community. Students select their community members and conduct interviews to better understand and connect with their heroes’ work. The art comes in when students photograph and then paint their heroes’ portraits. The final project showcases the community heroes’ stories through the students’ eyes.

The Community Heroes project was created in 2010 by now Upper School Art Teacher Holly Clifford. Its purpose is to celebrate those who make a community work – teachers, coaches, caregivers, cafeteria workers, doctors, pastors, nurses, restaurant servers, firefighters, police officers, garbage and recycling collectors, engineers, building inspectors, and more. 

Parents and community heroes viewed the exhibition on April 30 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Lou and Nick Martin Campus Center.