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El Monte Unveils Green Mural Created by Mountain View High Art Students
El Monte Union recently unveiled its latest and newest "Go Green" mural, titled "The Red Sea Below The Earth," created by Mountain View High School students under the direction of art instructor, Ron Switzer.
The District's community mural series, on display at the District office, is devoted to creating student and community awareness of conservation and sustainability.
The newest mural was created by students Jose Reyes, Melanie Dena, Ivanhoe Ortiz, Brenny Perez, Lynette Savala, Alexis Vargas and Bianca Villeda to address climate change.
Through El Monte Union’s “Go Green” initiative, the District has brought electric car charging stations to all of its comprehensive high schools and has installed solar panel carports at the majority of its campuses. The panels are expected to generate over 60 percent of the District’s annual energy needs.
In 2015, El Monte Union was designated as a “Green Achiever” district by the California Department of Education, the highest honor in the CDE’s Green Ribbon School program, and received the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon District Sustainability Award.