Brightwood Elementary School In Monterey Park Now A Rams House After Covering Up Bengal Tiger Mascot
MONTEREY PARK (CBSLA) — A school in Monterey Park abandoned its Bengal tiger mascot, and became the Brightwood Elementary Rams ahead of the Super Bowl.
The school, 1701 Brightwood St., covered its mural of a Bengal tiger with a banner of a blue and gold ram with a countdown and a flourish Friday. When the banner came down, students and staff clapped and cheered – but the tiger mascot raised its hands in pleading appeal and dropped them in defeat.
The temporary mascot change was made possible with a $2,500 check from K-Earth 101. But the Rams pitched in too, with rally towels from its club.
Students wore hand-made blue-and-gold Rams headbands, carried blue and gold pom poms, and showed off the Rams rally towels they received from the team during the morning assembly in front of the school. Some wore T-shirts that said, "bye bye Bengals."
