mr. buxton's class, trying to get in as much work as we can. >> no extra credit. all they get is a cup of hot chocolate. >> language-arts teacher tom buxton dreamed up the project -- a giant mural that stretches half the length of a football field. it started when a student approached mr. buxton with an unusual piece of art. >> a young lady handed me a refrigerator magnet that had an image of rosie the riveter on it. >> rosie the riveter is a popular image from world war ii, created by american artist norman rockwell. >> and when i thought about it, it resembled an image on the sistine chapel ceiling. i checked it out. sure enough, that's what it was. it was isaiah. isn't that cool? >> isaiah is one of the prophets on the famous ceiling in rome. renaissance artist michelangelo painted isaiah 300 years before rockwell used the figure as a model for rosie the riveter. >> when i showed that to the kids, they became so enthralled at the idea of looking at the ceiling and what was on it, that i had to explain the whole thing to them, and i realized i had something here