Pinwheels for Peace at Explorer West

On September 21, 2007 -- United Nations International Day of Peace -- Explorer West Students made pinwheels-for-peace, and installed them on the fence adjacent to our school parking lot.

We joined over 1,000,000 students from around the world who make and displayed pinwheels. Pinwheels for Peace is an art installation project started in 2005 by two Art teachers, Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan from Coconut Creek, Florida. It was created as a way for students to express their feelings about what’s going on in the world and in their lives.

Explorer West students created pinwheels and wrote their thoughts about war and peace, tolerance, and living in harmony with others on one side. On the other side, students drew to visually express their feelings. They assembled these pinwheels, and on International Day of Peace, Sept. 21, 2007, they planted their pinwheels outside as a public statement, and as an art installation.

The spinning of the pinwheels in the wind will spread thoughts and feelings about peace throughout the country and the world!