VIWMA Completes Another Mural; This Time at Ulla Muller Elementary School

Screams filled the campus of Ulla F. Muller Elementary School late Tuesday morning, not because of fear, but because of the excitement shared by students in seeing Chipper, the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority’s litter critter, just before they put the finishing “touches” on the new mural at their school!

“The teachers reached out to me and were ecstatic about beautifying the school,” said Shena Ritter, the environmental program coordinator at Waste Management. “All the schools are buzzing about our Gomez project,” she added, which is one of the reasons Uller Muller School Principal Thelca Bedminster said she advocated for her school to get a painting.

“I was trying to get a mural for the opening day of school. When I got to Gomez I was so jealous, because I want one just like the children,” said Bedminster.

In addition to Gomez, over the summer, the Waste Management Authority completed a mural at the Boys and Girls Club in Oswald Harris Court.

Ritter said the message behind the mural encourages students to keep their school-based safe and clean, with the hope that the practices they learn in school will extend into the community.