Prescott Mile High Middle School Dedicates Safe Routes Mural

Prescott Mile High Middle School staff and students, will join with Prescott Alternative Transportation (PAT), The Prescott Downtown Mural Project(PDMP)and honored guests, to dedicate the
school’s new mural. On Thursday May 15, beginning at 2:00PM, Principal Joe Howard (and the Mile High Jazz band) will
introduce those who organized this unique project to encourage the time honored tradition of students walking and biking to school along with the important role the community plays in placing its own public art.

Mural project directors, known as the 'Mural Mice', R.E. Wall and Margaret Dewar will present on the process of helping students turn their ideas into a school mural. 

Mile High Art Teacher Amanda Chartier, PAT’s executive Director Lisa Barnes, and Safe Routes to Schools Program Coordinator Paul Katan will all speak about this Safe Routes encouragement activity.

Prescott City and School District officials will also speak at this dedication. 

The Prescott Downtown Mural Project was contracted by PAT to implement the student driven mural.
The PDMP was selected because of their experience in working with students, their focus on community murals, and their inclusive process.

Prescott Alternative Transportation, the local Safe Routes to Schools program provider, administered the mural as a part of their work to increase the number of kids walking and riding bikes to school and making it safer to do so. The national SRTS program was established to address the issues of childhood obesity (and other health issues arising from inactivity) environmental pollution, and increasing traffic, by helping more kids ride bikes and walk to school safely.

PAT was just awarded $44,282 from ADOT for their application to administer Safe Routes to

Prescott schools during the 2008-2009 academic year.