North Star Life Skills students create Nebraska masterpiece

Life Skills students at Lincoln North Star High School recently painted an eye-catching collage of the state of Nebraska, with each student completing four or five counties by using alternative methods of painting and materials.

Students in the Life Skills art class taught by Kolbi Stahl and Tiffany Wiley used materials such as bubble wrap, yarn and sticks, as well as different kinds of paint brushes, to create the colorful work of art that now hangs outside their classroom. Above the collage is the phrase, “It’s not for everyone,” a nod to Nebraska’s new tourism campaign slogan, “Honestly, it’s not for everyone.”

“Oh my gosh, they had so much fun. They were covered in paint and they loved it,” Stahl said. “They did a really great job.”

Life Skills programming is for students working more than three grades below grade level. Students learn academics, as well as job-related skills and others that help them live more independently, such as how to do laundry, interact appropriately with others and communicate effectively.

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