"We would like to make

contact with a high school in Manhattan so that we can send them our messages

of support. We just hope that we can be a part of their healing process,"

Wright said.

Wright said the school hopes

to raise $5,000 for the scholarship fund. In addition to selling squares

for the flag, the school is also selling ribbons and stars. Students throughout

Starr's Mill are helping with the fund-raiser from cutting ribbons to

selling them, along with the squares and stars, to their peers during

the school's lunch period. For a donation of $1, students can purchase

a ribbon, $5 a square and a ribbon, and $10 a star and a ribbon.

"So far student support

has been solid. In the first three days we sold around 200 to 300 ribbons,"

Wright estimated.

In addition to the paper flag,

the school is also planning to display a living American flag during pregame

events at the football game scheduled for Oct. 12. Preorders went out

last week for students and faculty to purchase red, white and blue T-shirts

for the formation of the flag.

Art teacher Todd Little has

created a design for the shirts, which will carry the words "Remember

September 11, 2001" and the phrase "Our flag is still there"

from "The Star Spangled Banner." Approximately 800 t-shirts

are being printed. Little's art club students are going to print the design

on the shirts using a silk screening process.

"I wanted to create something

that the kids could keep. I know that there have been dozens of reports

of other schools doing living flags. It may not be unique anymore but

it is still a good idea," Little said.

Little has created a grid for

the formation of the flag that encompasses 780 people. He says that if

the schools sells all 780 slots it will double his expectations.

"I hope that we have that

situation. If we should sell more than 780, the grid can always be enlarged

to accommodate more people," Little added.

Dibs on T-shirt sales go to

students and faculty at Starr's Mill. In the event that some shirts are

not sold, then neighboring Rising Starr Middle School will be invited

to participate.

Proceeds will be donated to

one of the relief funds established for the victims of last month's terrorist

attacks.

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