PRESS PHOTOS BY SUSAN BRYANTNorthwestern Middle School teacher Kristen Xander paints sixth-grader Elizabeth Drake's hand with dark purple paint Sept. 30 as fellow classmates Nina Miller, Lydia Lobach, Tom Tenzychi, Alexah Lloyd, Jacob Solt, Wyatt Newhard and Ben Fornwalt wait their turn to have their hand painted so they can leave their handprint on the middle school wall.