Ms. Nara Strickland, the art teacher at Ephesus Elementary School, helps a first grade class finish their environment pictures. Ms. Strickland said, "This isn't the old-school mentality of sit there and twiddle your thumbs until someone is done. We just keep moving with the next project." Matthew Snyder, 7, and Judy Cho, 7, look for scrap construction paper to add characters to their environment projects. Snyder said about his meadow, "I tried to find the right blue for the blue jay, but all I could find was Duke blue."