![Students in the National Art Honor Society work on the Mount Hood mural on the window of SouthLake Church. The students brought a variety of paints and mixed their own custom colors. “Instead of brushstrokes, we’re doing more dabbing, because it gives [a] better impression of tree foliage, rather than looking like actual brush strokes, because if we’re painting trees, we need it to look like trees,” Crawford said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_2397-1200x900.jpg)
![Main Street said farewell to summer on Aug. 30 through the second annual Chalk Walk Art Festival. Ruth Offer, Chalk Walk organizer, brought this tradition from Wyoming in an attempt to make use of the renovated sidewalks of Willamette Falls Dr. “[This is] a community event for the kids,” Offer said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-12-1200x803.png)
Jonathan Peachey, Spanish:
“Well, I was able to spend more time planning for my kids’ day. Nearly half the kids where gone, so we did a speaking activity.”
Monica Emerick, Social Studies:
“I got to sleep in!”
Clark Hoss, Social Studies:
“It was not a huge impact. It’s nice that it was a block day. Taking two hours off four classes is better, though it’s hard to get what you have planned done.
Ann Breyne, Photography:
“We have a field trip tomorrow. Because it’s a semester class, we won’t be able to reschedule.”
