Introduction Can a mural be used as a teaching tool? Can teachers use it to explain about helping to save the environment? Moreover, can it reflect a country's culture and also be used as a community service project. This workshop will guide you through the steps needed to plan a strongly academic, cultural, environmental and fun activity. The smiling sun, the dancing earth, the jumping horse and the running water. Four different names that reflect a happy environment. Those were the names of four panels that made up a big six meters mural that was created by the elementary students of Cairo American College. Objectives To initiate a school wide project that promotes citizenship and community service spirit and open new channels to teach less fortunate members of the community. To add a new tool to teach different core subjects. To create projects that strengthens the sense of belonging to the school and its own culture. To create a new project that teaches a host country's culture. Materials Needed The main materials needed are wooden panels.The size depends on the area you have as well as the theme. In our case it was 4 panels each one was 1.5 x 6.00 meters. Acrylic colors were used for murals put on outside walls to be more durable. In case of projects aiming at teaching about host country cultures materials of the host country could be used. In our case we used Egyptian beads, special stones and colored glass. Procedure Decide on the beneficiary of the project. (Your school, an orphanage, a hospital, seniors' house, etc) Decide on the theme of the Mural. Choose a design for the Mural (ask for the help of the art clubs at school, high school students, local artist, one of the parents, a colleague at school, or run an art competition) Estimate a budget for the project and plan activities involving school faculty and students in raising the needed funds. Decide on the project team, their age group and their goal, then contact outside participants (other schools, orphanages, seniors houses, etc) and explain all expectations and obligations. Set a detailed plan indicating the minimum and maximum number of students and parents involved, the students/teachers ratio and the hours needed to finish the works. Announce the project through different channels (bulletins, newsletters, school website, in class, staff room, P.T.O meetings, letters to parents, etc) Run the necessary meetings to launch the project and get started. Record the steps of work (photos, articles in school magazine, videos, etc) and review the taught concepts at the end of each session. Upon completion of the project announce the results to the school community in an assembly to recognize the effort made by all involved in the project. Install the Mural in the designated area in a small ceremony. Results Two murals were accomplished last year under the supervision of the elementary community service club. One was donated to the orphanage that participated in the project. The other Mural was kept in school to support the sense of belonging to the CAC. Visiting the orphanage and inviting the orphan children to share the experience with international and national schools helped the students understand some aspects of the host country's culture. If applied to national school, it helps to build awareness of the individual rights of the members of the community and the role in helping others when needed. Elementary students were deeply touched by meeting the orphans. Some of them even started a small individual project to raise funds for them. They drew a cartoon magazine and sold it to friends, family teachers, and admin. With the money they raised they fulfilled some of the needs of the orphans. The murals increased the student's awareness about the effect of pollution on the environment, the monuments, the water, the trees, the sun and the animals. Students developed different skills in math, arts, and host country's culture. In math they practiced measuring to scale, enlarging and making a grid. In art they mixed colors, made collage, water paints and learned about the effect of different brushes. In the host country's culture they learned about the pyramids, the Cairo tower, the plants and the Nile River.