Anna High School Makerspace Shares Hope By Joyce Godwin Photos submitted from AISD
Barbara Coleman said the Hope Project is just something students are doing to spread hope throughout the school. “I wanted to challenge my students to think outside the box to inspire hope among others,” Barbara Coleman said of the students’ project. “We are trying to meet our students’ social needs. We are teaching in the middle of a pandemic. Emily Burk and I feel hope is needed on our campus for students in the middle of a pandemic.” The pandemic has not been easy on our students. Coleman says there is fear in the middle of a pandemic. Students need to have hope, bring hope, and inspire hope in others. And that’s how the project came about. The challenge was to make something for another student or group of people that will inspire hope. Students came up with some fantastic and creative projects. They worked in groups to develop items to inspire others. Flags were made on the sewing machine with inspirational sayings. Banners were made and so were pillows all displaying words of hope and encouragements. “These kids just amazed me with how much they grew as people,” Coleman said. On this page are photos depicting some of the hope projects in their finished state and some being created. The photos were submitted by the school.
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