PHS senior leaves his mark by painting the halls

PITTSBURG, Kans. — As highschool seniors put together to take their subsequent steps into the long run — a gaggle in Southeast Kansas is leaving a long-lasting impression, by way of bricks.

“I simply must hint it and free-hand, however yeah we’ll simply see what occurs. I’m simply actually leaving a mark of who I’m for individuals and underclassman to see,” mentioned Cameron Jefferson, PHS Senior.

Whereas his journey in schooling is nearing its finish, Senior Cameron Jefferson is leaving his mark on Pittsburg Excessive Faculty… Actually!

“The seniors, since 1996, have been capable of personalize a brick right here in our hallways. Over the past couple of a long time it’s undoubtedly upped on creativity,” mentioned Samantha Warren, PHS Senior Class Sponsor.

The primary few years bricks consisted of a reputation and a handprint, the custom has grown to roughly 3,000.

“Now they’ve taken the oppurtunity to essentially personalize it to the place it displays their time right here at PHS,” she added.

For Cameron, this custom holds a variety of which means. Proper throughout the corridor from his brick is his mom’s, who was one of many first lessons to participate within the challenge.

“She was like, ‘Hey is the door unlocked?’ and I mentioned ‘I’m not at house proper now,’ ‘The place are you?’ and I’m like ‘I’m portray my brick proper now,’ and he or she mentioned ‘Hey I did that too! It’s like proper there,” Cameron identified. “Each time she involves this highschool she’s all the time in search of the brick.”

And in accordance with the varsity, these bricks will keep right here for years to return.

“We’re going to do every part we are able to. We nonetheless have some hallways that haven’t been gone down. The entire hallway within the different a part of the constructing that hasn’t been used but, so we at the very least have at the very least one other decade in us earlier than now we have to begin making another choices,” Warren mentioned. “We offer the paint, we offer the time. I imply they only actually have to return on in with a plan.”