WARWICK — With the seeds for a new school district now firmly planted, Warwick Community School is ready to grow into a new look.

After fielding public input, the School Committee adopted one of three logo designs on Wednesday. The chosen logo, the third of three options presented to the public via an online poll, features a tree, the words “Warwick Community School & District” beneath its branches and its roots outstretched beneath the moniker. The design, which received about twice as many votes as the community’s second favorite, is “symbolizing community and our grassroots effort to open our school,” according to founding Superintendent Carole Learned-Miller.

The district introduced its three logo options to the community in its newsletter the week of April 10, prompting residents to vote for their favorite. In addition to polling the public online, the School Committee surveyed community members, parents and guardians, and children in person.

All three graphics were designed by Phil Nguyen, founder and executive managing partner of EdChiefs Consulting. Nguyen, whose work Learned-Miller said “really captures the essence of the school and the community,” is also designing the Warwick School District website and other materials, such as brochures for families.

“Given we are a community school and focused on place and project-based learning, our publicity committee has worked with Phil to create logos that represent our vision and mission to center STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) and deeper learning in and about nature,” Learned-Miller explained in an email. “Phil drafted logos for us to review and then we put these three out to the community to see which felt like it best represented us.”

The community’s second favorite option featured a child’s face woven into a wreath-like ring of leaves. The third choice featured a bubbling round-bottom flask containing a sprout.

“I would actually really be comfortable with any of them,” Learned-Miller said, “because I think they show a commitment to learning about nature and learning about science.”

Reach Julian Mendoza at 413-930-4231 or jmendoza@recorder.com.

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