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CCSD 62 art teachers describe collaborative mascot and logo project to build school identity
Summary
Art teachers in CCSD 62 described a collaborative process in which NJHS students researched culturally relevant animals, staff iteratively sketched and digitized designs, and the community voted on final mascots to give each school an individual logo within a cohesive district look.
Yellin Ostrovich, District 62 art facilitator, said, "The most rewarding part of this process was seeing everything come together," describing a months-long collaboration among teachers and students to create individualized mascots and logos for CCSD 62 schools.
Teachers said the project began with student research. Jessie Arnold, art teacher at Iroquois Community School, said NJHS students researched animals significant to the Iroquois tribe, narrowed choices to three, and "made a whole presentation, which they showed the staff, the parents, the homerooms, and then we all voted on it as a…
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