Modeling “Pride”

Elementary students were treated to a colorful Pride Fashion Show at lunchtime Friday featuring 13 elementary aftercare students wearing outfits they’d designed and made.

TK teacher Chloe Gilmore explains that the event was held during Pride Month “because it allowed children to work outside gendered clothing sections in stores and create unique outfits that showed aspects of their personalities. 

“Stores divide clothing into ‘girls’ and ‘boys’ sections, which can be restrictive. This fashion show allowed students to design, create, and wear outfits they might not be able to buy in a shop.”

Some students modeled the outfits they made, while others served as helpers. They were coached by a former model, our special events coordinator, Sue Tacker. Music and bubbles filled the air, and relay lines on the playground served as the “runway.”

Pride Gallery

In our Hallway Gallery (in the Tier 1 breezeway) is another Pride Month project: a Pride Gallery. In it are works by current students and recent graduates who had been invited to create a piece of art or writing that centered on the themes of identity, gender, and pride in oneself. Among them is a poem called “Tell Me I Can’t,” written by Christie Vinson and illustrated by her fourth grade students, that includes these lines: “I’m not just a boy. / I’m not just a girl. / I’m a whole person / who lives in the world.”