Students from both Mill Valley and De Soto High Schools joined forces to create a special art design project for the City of Shawnee. The finished artwork, a two-year venture involving USD 232 high school students from conception to completion, is now on permanent display at the round-about located at Monticello Road and Clear Creek Parkway.

In the fall of 2022, the City of Shawnee selected the sculpture design proposal “Flight of Florescence” submitted by Mill Valley High School student, Sophia Hsu. Once the final selection was made, student Julie Steeb from De Soto High School, created a mock-up of the final design to present to city officials. After the approval of the mock-up was received, CTEC CAPS students fabricated this project for their year-long, senior capstone project in their Production Methods class at Cedar Trails Exploration Center. Students Daniel Blaine (MVHS), Sam Colletti (MVHS), Connor Jacober (DHS) and Jackson Rose (MVHS), each took on a different aspect of the structure, engineering and assembly of the final piece during the 2023-24 school year.

These four students along with their instructor, Sam McLeod and the CTEC CAPS Administrator, Tim Mispagel, enlisted help of Wilkerson Crane Rental that donated services to place the finished project for display on Monday, June 24.