Emily at the orphanage.
Emily's school requires a personal project which begins in 2nd semester of their 9th grade year and is completed in November of the 10th grade. She became a student at Roosevelt midway through this time period so she had until May to complete her project. The assignment is not a part of any class and is totally accomplished outside of the regular school day. The point is to choose a subject that interests you and to do some in-depth research. Then produce a product and a research paper on your topic.
One of her friends whipped together some make up and used Emily as her model when they had the student's project fair last November. Another friend made cupcakes using popular Peruvian desserts for the flavors. The options really were wide open.
With my background you would think I suggested Emily's topic but no, it came out of her head. I did suggest she make only ten dresses but Emily was full of ambition. We bought the fabric over Christmas break in the USA and brought it home. She did not know how to sew so I would show her the steps one at a time and she would complete them.
The dresses are so cute. All thirty of them. One dress is still with her counselor at school but the other 29 went to an orphanage in Lima.
It would have been nice to see little girls in the dresses but there were still smiles all around. It was a good day.
