The school is full of new murals, but one stands out.

Students completed painting the Oriole Code of Conduct mural in the C1 hallway July 16. The mural depicts the student-made code. Both the design and message of the mural were made by students.

Twenty-five students created the Oriole Code at the end of last year, guided by support staff Chris Weaver. The student code provides five principles to follow: respect, be an upstander, success, integrity and diversity.

The students of the summer art elective painted a section of the mural for each principle. The elective was led by Aimee Orkin.

Orkin was selected to lead the course because of her background and experience in mural making. She previously worked for a mural company and teaches art at Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day-School.

Orkin suggested the idea for the class to then-principal Rob Metz at the beginning of the previous school year.

“Ever since I walked in, I was startled by the lack of color in the building and the lack of student art,” Orkin said. “I wanted it to be a more beautiful place for my kids.”

Though Orkin lead the class, the mural was made by students, including her daughter sophomore Ora Raymond.

“Some students were really confident,” Orkin said. “Others needed more guidance. I only helped as much as people wanted. They helped each other as well.”

Raymond said she painted the word “diversity” by writing the word and surrounding it with different religious symbols and people of many races.

Freshman Daniella Etzion said she drew the word “respect” with a high-five and the words “Live, Give, Earn it. Regardless.”

“You need a quality of friendship to have respect,” Etzion said. “The high-five shows the friendship.

The mural benefited both the artists and the school, according to Etzion.

“I met kids from different grades,” Etzion said. “It also helped me learn my way around the school.”