WTOP/Scott Gelman

WTOP/Scott Gelman

WTOP/Scott Gelman

WTOP/Scott Gelman ( 1 /4) Va. elementary school principal returns to lead school she attended as a child

Before the summer started, staff members at Spring Hill Elementary School in McLean, Virginia, approached Principal Amy Briggs with an idea.

They wanted to paint a mural on part of the wall to illustrate the Portrait of a Graduate, a Virginia mantra that characterizes the skills students need to thrive after graduation. She was intrigued, but asked them to explain what exactly that would look like.

One staff member took her at her word, volunteering her own time over the summer and painting a mural on a school wall. It inspired other educators to do the same, and now, there are four murals where “staff members came in, de

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