What is black and white and rode all over?
Not the Coahulla Creek High School parking lot. At least, not anymore.
Thirty students turned the school’s regular black and white parking lot into a colorful celebration of their senior year on Tuesday.
“Coahulla Creek opened in August 2011,” said School Counselor Chris Anderson. “It’s a new school and we’re trying to build our identity and this is one of the ways we’re doing that. The seniors are here to leave their mark before they head off. I think this is a unique to say who we are.”
Each parking space cost $25 to paint, said Anderson, with the funds helping senior class projects. Each participant had his or her name placed in a hat and when the name was drawn the student got to pick one of spaces at the lot at the top of the hill.
Students could paint “whatever they want within the code of conduct,” said school officials.
Senior Hannah Pike chose to paint Toothless, the main dragon from DreamWorks Animation's 2010 film “How to Train Your Dragon.”
“I love animation,” said Pike, who plans on attending Dalton State College after she graduates. “I painted this because it’s one of my favorite movies. This painting says something about me — my likes, hobbies and interests — and it was really cool to personalize this space.”
Others painted memories of their time at Coahulla Creek, including Coahulla Colts’ baseball catcher Scout Plott who painted a baseball, his jersey number and a quote that reads “Lord, protect me from my friends, for my enemies I can handle on my own.”
“That quote inspires me but I’m not sure why,” said Plott. “I don’t graduate till 2013, but this has made me want to make the most out of this year.”
Anderson said Plott’s motivation is something he hopes is in every student.
“A lot of students came from different places,” said Anderson. “A lot of them came from Northwest Georgia College and Career Academy, Southeast Whitfield (High School) and Northwest Whitfield (High School). We’re all so new that this is really one of their first bonding experiences together. We need more traditions like this one.”
Senior Brittany Silvers agrees.
“We didn’t have traditions at this school,” said Silvers. “Now, we’ll do this every year for seniors. It’s great to have one piece of asphalt where we can put anything. You can just throw your mind on to the parking lot. It’s really cool.”
Senior soccer player David Bridges hopes the activity will inspire the next class.
“The best part about this project is we got to be the first,” said Bridges. “We’re one of the few schools who do something like this and it’s going to be good for future generations. It’s really all about using what we’ve got and working with it.”
Bridges worked with senior football player Jordan Tant and they combined two spaces with their names, jersey numbers and favorite Bible verses (Romans 12:12 and Romans 1:16) to “pronounce their faith from the school.”
The paint was donated by Ace Hardware, said school officials, and will last about eight months.
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Brittany Silvers, a senior at Coahulla Creek High School, paints her reserved parking space with her name and "Class of 2013" for homecoming on Tuesday, which was "Wacky Tacky" dressup day. Seniors could pay $25 for a reserved spot, which they spent Tuesday personalizing. (Misty Watson/The Daily Citizen)
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Tabby McTaggart, a senior at Coahulla Creek High School, paints her reserved parking space with her name and "Senior 2013" for homecoming on Tuesday, which was "Wacky Tacky" dressup day. Seniors could pay $25 for a reserved spot, which they spent Tuesday personalizing. (Misty Watson/The Daily Citizen)
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Taylor Goswick, a senior at Coahulla Creek High School, helps her friend Whitney Penson paint her reserved parking space with Penson's name and "Class of 2013" for homecoming on Tuesday, which was "Wacky Tacky" dressup day. Seniors could pay $25 for a reserved spot, which they spent Tuesday personalizing. (Misty Watson/The Daily Citizen)
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