Each T-shirt

sported a positive word and image painted on it that the students and

staff had selected to describe themselves. Both students and teachers

report that the program has helped to create unity, personal pride and

improved demeanor at the school.

"It made

a big difference to us that the adults were doing the program, too. When

we saw them being more kind and setting a good example, I said, 'Whoa,

this must be serious.' It mattered a lot," said fourth-grader Ethon

Barnard.

Brooks now

joins a growing list of schools in Fayette that have become positive label

certified. The school and its T-shirt activity are featured in an article

about positive, heartwarming art entitled "Art from the Heart"

in the March 17 edition of Arts and Expressions Magazine, which serves

Clayton, Coweta, Fulton and Fayette counties.