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West Adams Student Aidan Galindo’s video-
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- an arial view after day 2
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- untiy at its best
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- ariel view at the end of day 3
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- ariel view at the end of day 4- almost done!
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- the land before- this is day 1 start
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- at the end of day 1-no grass- but fertilizer!
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- ariel view at the end of our last day of creation… celebration time!
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- enjoying the natural beauty…
Our web blog is a living document of our project, the WA Labyrinth, a living green space for reflection and meditation, at West Adams Preparatory High School in Los Angeles, CA, USA. It is the 1st of its kind in all of LAUSD (the 2nd largest public school system in the US). Our Labyrinth is the first of its kind on a school campus in California. The WA Labyrinth is permanent and came about through an inspiraton from my own experience with labyrinths. I wrote and received a grant through the Teacher Innovation Grant program that MLA Partnershools (www.mlapartnerschools.org) offers annually to teachers who teach at West Adams Prep. The purpose of the WA Labyrinth is:
•adds natural beauty and a “green space” to the WA campus and an urban environment
•creates a sacred space for reflection, silence, and meditation
•is something that you can share and enjoy alone or with your friends and family- it is for the entire WA community
This is an interactive site so please leave your comments, questions, and insights….please sign our Global Guestbook too!
We hope you enjoy our blog and will come to West Adams Prep HS to experience the WA Labyrinth.
And, as a friend once said…
“stick to the path…keep your eye on the prize …and take all your friends along with you. all power to the labyrinth!”
West Adams Prep Labyrinth 
I am so proud of Ms. Eck and all her students! It is amazing to see all you guys working together! Can’t wait til it’s finished…
Looking good after Day 2! I’ll definitely have to check it out tomorrow after school. 🙂
it has been enjoyable to watch the progression of this project and it is gratifying to know that students and teacher have made a committment to developing something unique to the school and district. any buried treasures?
Just Beautiful! Congratulations!
It is nice to see that we have a lot of caring and inspiring teachers working at West Adams. Activities like this one are what students will value most and take with them once they graduate from high school. Congratulations to Ms. Eck and all of the students who have participated in this project!!!
Thank you everyone for the heart felt words and thoughts….
You rock! Together we can do it!
Peace
OMG!!!! the pics are amazing :]
i’m so proud of all of us.
The pix look great from the birds-eye. This must be how Icarus saw things millennia ago. I was going to stop by this week but I think I’ll let the pictures tell the complete story and see the finished intricacy undisturbed. Can’t wait. By the way when will the first minotaur be let loose?
Very well conceived and executed. First rate project. I’m really proud of all the people involved in putting this unusual, interesting and good smelling piece of art on the West Adams campus.
Looks great! I feel the energy already. What an outstanding collaboration between teachers, students, and the private sector… can I help water the bushes so they can grow to their maximum (10 feet) height?
MW
Ms. Eck has an uncanny ability to think out of the box and truly inspire our West Adams Prep students! Congratulations to her and all her students for designing and constructing this space for the entire community to enjoy — a space completely unique to any LAUSD campus! And we have it at West Adams Prep!!
wat sup! that looks so cool…. man thats my baby….. im very durty from all that hard work… help me i need a bath…but by just saying how beautyful it looks.. peace. PANTHERS IN THE HOUSE!!!!!
wonderful project… when do you start offering it to the betterment of community health? because this teacher needs a quiet, green space to meditate and regroup…
will you hold it against me if i coach at your rivals?
And, as a friend once said…
“stick to the path..keep your eye on the prize …and take all your friends along with you. all power to the labyrinth!”
Ladies and gentlemen, there is a tie for the first annual West Adams Prep GOLDEN PANTHER award…
And the winners are (sound the trumpets): Ms. Eck and students for “The Labyrinth Project” and Ms. Redd and students for “Culinary Cafe.” Combine the two, and West Adams could have an amazing rosemary vinaigrette to put on the market and jump-start our economy…Can you dig it? What a privilege it is to work with such gifted and talented people. Thank you!!!
As if…Eck and the ECKY scholars don’t have any equals at WAPHS.
MAS
Awe inspiring! Some of my middle school student will be going there for high school. Will this be permanent? Can you explain how the project came about? Also, how is it currently used by your school community?
Thank you for your good questions- they are addressed on the revised About page. We are rolling out student-led guided tours and presentations to the entire WA community through April. Feel free to visit- the WA Labyrinth is open to the public via the athletic field entrance off of Orchard.
It’s truly beautiful and inspiring to see growth and involvement in our young people here at West Adams Prep. Inspite of the negative uninspired decision being made by our Board of Education’s leadership, our students along with Ms. Eck plant seeds of hope; a place to find the rosemary sent of solace and tranquility amidst the unsettling stunning belch of an irksome Leviathan.
Wow! When can I take a class here for a socratic discussion? This is wonderful:)
You can visit the Labyrinth with your class anytime…. feel free!
Wonderful, wonderful and yet again, wonderful! What a concept, Ms. Eck–you and your students should be proud!
The Labyrinth is awesome. It really seems to emit a sense of peacefulness when I’m walking inside it. My best wishes that it will grow up to be one of the most visited places in West Adams :3.
It’s been wonderful watching the labyrinth come to life. You’ll get an amazing feeling just walking in the labyrinth. Hope, sad, confused, joy are some of the many feeling you’ll feel. JUST GREAT.
Well…the labyrinth is a really cool place to relax. It makes you forget about your problems when you are walking in it. I think this is one of the best projects West Adams Prep students have made. Hopefully the labyrinth make other students relax, like the way I felt.
I found it a great place to walk in. I’m sure the feeling will increase as it grows taller. It’s a fun little place, grow even better with time. Everyone needs to walk it at least once
yey all our hard work paid offf!!!! it is finaly finished and it looks awsome!!!! im proud of all the people who helped!!!
yey we did it guys its so awsome!!!!!!
First of all congratulations to all the teachers and students that help out with this wonderful labyrinth, yesterday i had the opportunity to visit this wonderful site and let me just say it was great to walk in it and feel the peace and relaxation, it seems like a great place to think and just relax and again congrats.:-)
MY EXPERIENCE IN THE LABYRINTH WAS MAGICAL. IT WAS THE BEST EXPERIENCE I’VE EVER HAD. I HAD A CHANCE TO GET RID OF ALL MY STRESS AND PROBLEMS. THANKS TO MS. ECK FOR GIVING US THE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE A LABYRINTH IN OUR SCHOOL. NOW FOR SURE I’LL PASS ALL MY TESTS! LOL!
The Labyrinth made me realize that magic can happen. I was feeling very sad and walking the labyrinth made all my troubles go away. This will be an experience I will never forget that moment.
Finally its done MS.Eck. we worked so hard to complete it. There goes hard work from your students and myself who participated in completing this project.
Havent been there yet but it looks really good and im glad that we have teachers at West Adams Prep like Ms. Eck to put something together like this. Good job guys and i hope to go soon.
Great work with the labyrinth, thanks to the hard worker.
THE LABYRITH IS A VERY BEAUITFUL THING ITS MAKES R SCHOOL NICER AND WALKING THROW IT MAKES U RELAX AND MAKES U FEEL GOOD :>!
I liked because it looks organized, but I think it’s too small.
For me it was a good experience because it was nice to walk it until we got to the middle part. It seemed that some people don’t appreciate the work of others because i saw many pieces of trash and it’s supposed to be clean.
The labyrinth was the most wonderful thing i have walked through it was very peaceful and soothing. Naw just playing it was very tight the design was good.
it was kinda kool
First of all congrats to all the students and teachers that help out with this wonderful labyrinth, yesterday i had the oppotunity to visit this great labyrinth and let me just say it was good, it seems like a great place to relax and think about your problems so again congrats.:-)
walking the labyrinth made me find myself and felt refreshed(no joke!!)and thought bout the last few days of school…so sad!!but happy =] very nice labyrinth by the way!!!
loved it dearly!!!! i mean woah i fell in love there with a the pretty flowers , when i walked it felt like heaven!
It was fun to walk in and out of the labyrinth. IT also made me actually think about the days left of school before graduation day.
I am excited until 6/18/09. it smells good toooo.
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nice art work..!!!
Pure light here and wonderful labyrith…we weave the sacred spell 2 Heal all…
The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. ~George Bernard Shaw
Ms. Eck and students,
What an impressive project and what fantastic results! I
wish we had one at LA High!
In France, I saw what must be one of the last remaining labyrinths at the cathedral of Chartres. In the middle ages, they were considered symbols of the universe and of knowledge and occupied a special place at the entrance to the cathedral.
Great work!
Kim Frasse
LA High
this is the reason why she came home all dirty for a week . lmao. anyways good job
I been checking the blog and we need to make a section for the commite, if we’re goin to have one that is 😀
Also Ecky! i got some ppl that would like to help keep the labyrinth alive!
Yeah!!!
The whole MLA staff at West Adams Prep took a tour through the labyrinth at the end of a staff meeting recently… I didn’t realize it but it’s a pretty long trip! Thanks to Ms. Eck and a bunch of hard working, artistic young Panthers for creating such an impressive landmark on our campus.
Adelante,
Mr. Lynch
What a beautiful, creative, energetic and living labyrinth. You are to be commended. Thanks for being INSPIRITS. Blessings of Light and Love for all those who walk it.
I cannot wait to see the labyrinth when I visit LA. Maceo has kept me posted from its inception.
Kudos to the creators of this wonderful work of natural art.
Trish Cooper (Maceo Willis’ Mom)
A beautiful idea – I wish I could be there to walk it – must have been a real joy to create together… Peace and love to all of you…
i love the labyrinth and the student involvement. i am a labyrinth designer and i want to introduce in a big way labyrinths to schools in Hamilton ontario (and hospitals, hospice, parks, etc.} and it is hard to find anecdotal or clinical research needed to convince school boards and such. the way your labyrinth has been vlaued and the way it is still unfolding is exactly the reason they need to be introduced. well done. if you have any advice do share about how to go about introducing. thanks and congratulations. i will use your site as a reference to those interested in the true impact of labyrinth making and walking. cheers
Congratulations! What a great project. Be proud.
OMG!!! it amazing how, if you set your mind to do something you always succeed.
keep up the good work.the labyrinth is so awesome:)you all rock!!!!!!
It is a pleasure to see people working TOGETHER to accomplish something that so many will benefit from. Thank you for sharing.
It is wonderful to see people working TOGETHER to accomplish a goal that so many will have an opportunity to enjoy. Thank you for sharing.