Joe Imel/Daily News(Name Coming) blows on her pinwheel to make it turn Tuesday. Hundreds of St. Joseph School students took part in the International art and literacy project, Pinwheels for Peace, Tuesday outside the school. The students then Òplanted" pinwheels with messages of peace along the drive that runs through the school parking lot. The students held a prayer service during the event. Pinwheels for Peace is an art installation project started in 2005 by two Art teachers, Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan, of Coconut Creek, Florida, as a way for students to express their feelings about whatÕs going on in the world and in their lives.Ê In the first year, groups in over 1,325 locations throughout the world were spinning pinwheels on September 21st - there were approximately 500,000 pinwheels spinning throughout the world.ÊLast year (year 5), 2009, over 2.3 million pinwheels were spinning in over 3,000 locations, including the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Middle East, Africa and South America. Locally, Saint Joseph School Principal, Jan Lange, will be coordinating the Pinwheels for Peace project this year.Ê

Hundreds of St. Joseph School students took part Tuesday in the international art and literacy project Pinwheels for Peace outside the school.

The students “planted” pinwheels with messages of peace along the drive that runs through the school parking lot. The students held a prayer service during the event.

According to a news release, Pinwheels for Peace was started in 2005 by art teachers Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan of Coconut Creek, Fla., as a way for students to express their feelings about what’s going on in the world.