The work

Every makeover, year by year

Each year, thousands of volunteers transform one school in a single weekend. Tap any photo to view it larger.

Duval Dragons colorful mural

2025 · Duval Elementary · Mini Makeover

Duval Dragons

  • Art project in progress

  • Alphabet underfoot walkway

  • Fresh vibrant road mural

  • Freshly painted play area

  • The Duval court, finished

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Smiling sun with a rainbow trailing along corridor wall

2024

2024 Makeover

School and project details coming soon.

Detail work on the tree mural
Detail work on the tree mural
The rainbow ribbon corridor mural
The rainbow ribbon runs the corridor

  • A mossy swamp scene for the gaga pit

  • Garden beds and cleanup

  • Fresh planting in the garden

  • A pastel geometric wall in progress

  • Planting beds and landscaping

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Stylised bright flower mural on playground wall

2022

2022 Makeover

School and project details coming soon.

A butterfly begins in chalk
A butterfly begins in chalk
The finished lily pad hopscotch game painted along the sidewalk
Lily pad hopscotch, ready to play

  • Reading stands, cut and assembled

  • Paint sorted and ready to pour

  • Clearing the flower beds

  • Be brave and loved, banner going up

  • School project completed

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Nature sunset mural

2021

Not all classrooms have four walls

School and project details coming soon.

Mountain landscape mural
Reaching for the mountaintop
Finished inspirational mural
Believe in yourself and the world will too

  • Goals are wishes with plans

  • No mountain is too tall

  • The brushes that did the work

  • Sanding lumber for the build

  • Planing boards for new builds

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Inspiring portrait mural at C.W. Norton Elementary

2020 · C.W. Norton Elementary

C.W. Norton Elementary

  • Painting at Norton

  • Mural in progress

  • Teamwork on the wall

  • Finished mural wall

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Ocean coral and marine life school mural

2019

Life is like the ocean. It can be calm or still, rough or rigid, but in the end it is always beautiful.

School and project details coming soon.

Rainbow chevron patterns on game area
All hands on the gaga ball pit
Creative corridor mural
Left brain, right brain, one corridor

  • Creativity is intelligence having fun

  • A signpost into the book world

  • The greetings wall and a painted USA

  • New lettering for the library shelves

  • Which step have you reached today?

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Starry night sky school mural

2018

Terwilliger Elementary School

Bright dancing silhouettes along corridor
Painting dancing figures down the hallway
The finished storybook forest mural
The storybook forest, nearly done

  • Shirts on, ready for the weekend

  • Sign-in and Saturday briefing

  • Terwilliger school project grounds

  • Building brick-base classroom tables

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Brick wall painted school mural

2017

2017 Makeover

  • Campus creative grounds

  • Painting in progress

  • Wall art taking shape

  • Landscaping work

  • The finished mural

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In Memory of Tate Hankla

Tate Hankla

Volunteer, landscaping team

To honor our friend and team member, Tate Hankla, Project Makeover UF is accepting donations in his memory. Tate was a member of our landscaping team and spent many hours beautifying Norton Elementary during the 2020 Makeover Weekend. In Project Makeover UF, Tate was known for his eagerness to help and his ability to build friendships and community within our organization. He is missed greatly.

Donate in his memory