East Valley Academy and Crossroads art teacher LeeAnn Slade saw a massive transformation in her students who participated in a colorful campus mural of their portraits.
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and last updated 2021-01-28 13:49:21-05
MESA, AZ â LeAnn Slade teaches art at East Valley Academy and Crossroads in Mesa. I knew I wanted to do some sort of collaboration that could really unite the campus, said Slade.
The small school serves a few hundred 7-12 graders who have fallen behind, are considering dropping out, or may be overwhelmed at a large high school campus. For it to become a big collective like it is now like, itâs amazing, said Kiya Love, who graduated from EVA in December. Itâs kind of surreal to even think about it.