Birdhouse Logo

We are the hawks!  So with that in mind, I wanted to bring in something related to birds. I really liked the Tinker-Aerie, but that was too hard to make a logo for. Instead, I went with the Birdhouse Learning Commons. Our school also has four houses, including the House of Wonder (which I am a part of), and its animal is an owl. So I thought it would be appropriate to include that in the logo.







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  1. Ms. HuntJune 1, 2023 at 4:59 PM

    From Jackie: I really like the look of the first logo with the tools criss-crossed in front of the bird house. Have you considered using a nest as your logo? I think its a stronger link to hawks than birdhouses.

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    1. Sara CJune 3, 2023 at 11:02 AM

      Hi Jackie, thanks for the comment. I'm not using nests because it is already being used in the school. And I liked the idea of a birdhouse because that is something that humans have built for birds to a solve a perceived problem (they can't find anything to eat).

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