Getting out the dye... but not for eggs!

Preparation for the virtual lemonade stand project has moved in to high gear! With Easter break on the horizon, teachers at Fox Township Elementary School thought it would be fun to break out the dye, but not for Easter eggs! Students and teachers got into the spirit by tie-dying t-shirts instead.

Teachers had already decided to ask everyone to wear yellow for the kick-off on May 6th, but soon realized that yellow shirts are few and far between. Someone had the brilliant idea to tie-dye shirts with the students instead. We decided to use the color yellow to represent the lemonade theme and gray for brain cancer, in honor of our local inspiration for this event. Lucky for us, we have some resident tie-dying experts, as the kindergarten students learned about properties of fabric and tie-dying earlier in the year as part of a science module. We were also fortunate to have two high school students, Abby & Olivia, as our “traveling tie-dying team.” As part of a community service project, they volunteered to visit each classroom to assist in dying the shirts. To say everyone had fun would be an understatement! Students and teachers are excited about their work and can’t way to show off their lemonade inspired t-shirt creations at kickoff!

Post Contributed by Amanda Vollmer, Teacher at Fox Township Elementary.