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Help 11th Graders Secure the (Bean) Bag!
Funded Sep 20, 2023Thank you to the generous donors who made fulfilling this campaign possible! I’m so excited to share with our students that our classroom is getting a cozy little upgrade. Students will deeply appreciate this new alternative seating choice, and hopefully will allow many others to find our space more welcoming.”
With gratitude,
Mx. Jimenez
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 2 other donors.Support Our Makeup Mayhem!
Funded Dec 1, 2021Thank you so much for your donations and for making our revival of the makeup club a success! We very humbly started our club with only eyeliner pencils/pens and tiny 4-pan eyeshadow palettes that I was able to secure from local drug stores and beauty supplies. With the items that we were able to acquire thanks to our caring donors, the students who attend our makeup club have been able to play with tools they had little access to before, and we have seen them steadily improve their skills, abilities, and most importantly, their confidence in doing makeup. Having individual kits of brushes, beauty blenders and eyeshadow palettes has made it easier for students who come consistently to jump right into their artistry and helped them to feel ownership over their unique processes. They have also helped us to be hygienic and safe within the classroom. We are so pleased to have a core group of 7 members who have become energized and motivated by the artistry and intricacies of makeup, and who look forward to coming to our club every week.
When we first got the shipment of new supplies, our students came alive to all the new things that they might now be able to try! One of our students took it upon herself to ask her friends to become her models, and every week she has been excited to try a new look on them. "So who's going to be my model today?" she proclaims about 5 minutes into the period. On one occasion, she even asked my colleague, Ms. Nuonsy, to be her model - and the results were beautiful! The joy that is felt in our makeup club is the highlight of a long week.
As the weather warms up, our makeup club hopes to be able to link with other clubs for fun activities. Currently, we are hoping to co-host a self-love & hair-love party with the 11th grade team in our school. Our members will continue to model for each other and show off their skills. One project that we will be looking forward to for next year will be to incorporate more face makeup. We are also hoping to expand the artistry of the club to include cosplay and special effects art in the lead up to Halloween next year. As we plan toward these ends in the future, we hope we will be able to depend on the DonorsChoose community to support us once again.”
With gratitude,
Mx. Jimenez
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 6 other donors.