When a new high school in Charlotte, North Carolina, needed help, Mallard Creek Quarry got into the spirit of things. Literally.

The 20-ton rock donated by the quarry to Mallard Creek High School offered students a place for not only paint, but pride as well.

"Our spirit rock gives students a way to post fun and exciting messages," noted Principal Katherine "Kat" Rea, "and helps keep such expression off of school walls and sidewalks."

Continuously painted over and adorned with new messages, often relating to sporting events, the sprit rock's journey to the school began when then-Plant Manager John Sherrill welcomed Rea and some teachers and students to the quarry to pick out a suitable rock.

When they found one that would work, it was set aside. With the assistance of a local trucking company and a local crane operator, the mammoth stone was raised onto a flat-bed for transport to the high school.

"When the truck first got there, we actually discovered the rock was actually a little too big for it,"....  read more