Jesse Vargas, a student at AZTEC High School, checks out the sign he and some Aztec classmates, along with students from Educational Opportunity Center Charter High School created in partnership with Weld Like A Girl. The latest city-student collaboration “Welcome” sign, located at the southwest corner of Avenue A and 34th Place, which was part of a “mini-beautification project ” was unveiled Thursday morning . “As with previous signs, local high school students took a large role in the project,” said the City of Yuma.
LEFT: AZTEC High School and Educational Opportunity Center Charter High School students unveil the new “Welcome” sign they helped to create.
BELOW: Yuma Clean and Beautiful Commission Chairperson
Greg LaVann talks about the “Welcome” sign shortly before its unveiling.
RIGHT: Weld Like A Girl owner Shanen Aranmór gestures as she describes the “five things the students hate about the sculpture,” during Thursday morning’s “Welcome” sign unveiling.
ABOVE: Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls talks about the new “Welcome” sign prior to the official unveiling Thursday morning.
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