Twelve-year-old Lexi Stavrakos plants one of the pinwheels during Friday's "Pinwheels for Peace" event at Highland Middle School in Libertyville. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Eleven-year-old Michael O'Brien plants one of the pinwheels during Friday's "Pinwheels for Peace" event at Highland Middle School in Libertyville. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Eleven-year-old Kathleen Asejo plants one of the pinwheels during Friday's "Pinwheels for Peace" event at Highland Middle School in Libertyville. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Madison Kerber, 12, and Kathleen Asejo, 11, plant pinwheels during Friday's "Pinwheels for Peace" event at Highland Middle School in Libertyville. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
LIBERTYVILLE — Pupils at Highland Middle School in Libertyville District 70 planted about 1,000 pinwheels on the school’s front lawn Friday, Sept. 21, as part of the national Pinwheels for Peace project. It marked the second year that Highland participated in the initiative, which was …