Gilpin Class Educates About Graffiti

In Denver, graffiti is a problem that Mr. Jones’ class tried to educate the community about. It all started when the class went out on their walk-about to take a community inventory, and take notes on the issues they saw. They found a lot of issues. To narrow down the issues to choose a possible the class used dot voting. The topic they came up with were stray animals, littering, and graffiti. Diving even deeper into the voting process, the class chose the some deciding criteria that would make for a great issue or project and voted again based on the criteria they choose. The students decided graffiti was an issue they wanted to tackle.

Now it was time for a bit of research! Investigating policy and practice, the class knew that they had to work on practice because graffiti is already against the law. They searched online for information, and then they invited a local expert from Denver Partners Against Graffiti. The investigation did not stop there. The class also made a survey to give to other Gilpin students about graffiti. They found that students did not like graffiti and many had it on their property.

From there, the class made a list of options for possibilities for their project. They decided to try to educate people about how to prevent graffiti and tagging. To do this, the class made posters, an interactive game and a brochure for the Youth Summit. The brochure educated students and the community about the Denver Partners Against Graffiti program and what a valuable resource it is. Mr. Jones’ class thought they did well teaching other students how to prevent graffiti in their communities at the Summit!