By Leslie Terres – Staff Reporter

Law’s Unified Art Club has been a rousing success at Jonathan Law so far.

The club, which started in 2009, is open to special education students and regular education peers. Law is one of 12 schools to pilot the program in Connecticut.

Unified Art holds its meetings every other Tuesday.

“The students’ favorite part of each meeting is probably painting,” Unified Art coordinator Mrs. Daniels said. ”And snack time, of course.”

Students create pieces of artwork using different materials at each meeting.

“It’s always nice when they complete their artwork and we’re able to display it throughout the school,” Daniels said.

The club is hoping to create a calendar by the end of this year. Calendars would be filled with artwork and will be sold to anyone in the school that would like to purchase one.

Students who volunteer to help the special education students with their artwork find it to be a very rewarding experience

“It’s fun helping other students out;” senior Emily Fetter said. “The club is awesome.”

This year, Unified Art will be participating in the Play Unified Project. Special Olympics launched the campaign to encourage young people to make a difference and to help create more unified communities.

“The event should be a great experience for them,” Daniels said.

For the Play Unified Project, Law’s Unified Art students will be creating a big red ball with the Special Olympics logo on it that will be displayed at the Special Olympics at Southern Connecticut State University this year.

The project will be funded through a grant that Daniels received from the Milford Education Foundation.

Anyone who is interesting in joining Unified Art is welcome.

“It’s a great way to connect with the kids and have a fun time,” junior Tyler Papallo said.