Learning and art go hand-in-hand

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CIRCLE OF LIFE- - Manzanita Elementary School third-grader Andy Colton, 8, left, and his mom, Nancy, a Newbury Park resident, and a friend, Taylor Pfatenhauer, 8, paint a mandala Sunday at the Wellness Community in Westlake Village. Participants learned "mandala" is Sanskrit for "circle of completion," and circles are found in nature, architecture and spiritual symbolism.