ROCHESTER, Minn.-St. Pius X School has a new piece of art welcoming students to the building.
Starting two years ago, the school worked with local artist Greg Wimmer on creating a mural for the entrance to the school. The inspiration to have the mural and its design came from an interaction the principal had with a student.
St. Pius X School principal Dave Jenson says, “I had a 3rd grade student that is currently in 5th grade. She had an assignment in class to do a free drawing when there were some lines kind of as a prompt and she chose to draw a picture of Mary, Jesus’s mother.”
He says the student gave him the drawing, giving inspiration for the murals design. But that wasn’t the first time Jenson saw the need for the school to be recognizable.
Jenson says, “I really had this moment after I became principal …