Dragon Designs Goes Vinyl!

Funded Sep 24, 2023

Thank you so much for your generosity. Because of this grant, opportunities have been created for students deemed "at-risk" to practice work-based learning. We have been using the materials provided through this amazing project to create a line of 50 graduation T-Shirts for the class of 2024. Our principal is purchasing the lot to be given to our graduates, and the result will be a $500 scholarship through our Centennial ACE program to a post-secondary institution of the winning recipients choice. Quite literally, your generosity will help send a kid to college or trade-school. It truly feels like double-dipping benefit, and for that, I'm so grateful.

The first time we unboxed our materials, our students began to take an interest in the project they hadn't shown before. We especially love the lighted weeding tools we've been granted. They make ALL the difference. Suddenly, a sedate class of lovely and quiet young people livened up and began calling dibs on jobs and tools. It has actually become quite competitive, and I love it.

Our next steps are clear. This class was going to run once and then we planned to evaluate it's impact. I am here to say due to your donations, this class looks on track to become a mainstay in our master schedule. Student wander in every day to see what our WBL (work based learning) class is up to now. I'm hoping to expand from vinyl designs on textiles into other applications like car decals and wall decals. I already have another order in from our principal for a large-scale wall decal with the name of our mascot (dragons) to be displayed behind him and our graduates at each graduation ceremony.

Thanks again for all you have done. Because of our Donors Choose grant, seven students have found a reason to show up to first period, fifty students will walk out of our school with a memento, and one lucky student will win a $500 scholarship. I hope you are as excited about the return on your investment as we are.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Montoya