With promenade season quick approaching, juniors and seniors at Garinger Excessive Faculty received to buy promenade apparel final week — freed from cost — with out ever leaving their east Charlotte campus.
For the third yr, the varsity hosted its “Cinderella’s Closet,” a week-long occasion that provided greater than 200 donated attire, in addition to jewellery and sneakers. Male college students had been invited to buy fits and ties.
Chenelle Ball-Johnson, a household advocate at Garinger and one of many occasion organizers, stated this system makes attending the promenade extra inexpensive.
Along with the price of admission, she stated, college students typically pay for added bills for apparel, hairstyling and equipment.
“It may very well be very costly. This has helped households tremendously,” Ball-Johnson stated of Cinderella’s Closet.
On Friday, the varsity had reworked one among its cell lecture rooms to resemble a clothes retailer, full with a dressing room, show house and even a seating space. The attire was donated by mommy teams, sororities, academics and highschool alumni.
This yr, the varsity was anticipating about 150 women to buy at Cinderella’s Closet. A number of the merchandise was despatched to Hopewell Excessive Faculty, Ball-Johnson stated.
New experiences
Talaina, an eleventh grader at Garinger, went to the closet with two pals. She stated she was contemplating a mermaid-style costume.
“I like primarily outlandish attire as a result of I’m not a really fundamental individual,” she stated.
Talaina stated she was enthusiastic about trying good and having enjoyable along with her pals at Garinger’s promenade.
Talaina, 17, stated the free closet made attending promenade extra accessible for college students. “I feel it’s a really optimistic method to help college students who don’t have transportation to get locations, don’t have the power to purchase their very own promenade costume and don’t have the choices which might be usually obtainable to them with out different individuals — or can’t ask different individuals,” she stated.