Mural supports Culture Week

FALLBROOK — As part of Potter Junior High School’s “Celebrating Culture Week,” a large, colorful mural depicting the students’ commitment to promoting cooperation and collaboration was unveiled on campus on June 8. The special commemorative project was originally inspired by two Potter Junior High students, 12-year-old Samuel Paz and 14-year-old Alfonso Huerta, two best friends and former Potter students who were killed in a tragic automobile accident in February (2006). Both boys’ silhouettes are featured in the mural.

Local artists Diego Arias and Diana Bennett provided mentoring to the young mural artists who created the work of art. Student members of the Safe School Committee and the Human Relations Committee decided that they wanted to communicate the school culture to all who enter Potter. Potter is the only middle school in Fallbrook with nearly 1,100 seventh and eighth grade students. Students come from Camp Pendleton and the town of Fallbrook.