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I recently read an article in the New York Times that said the number of people under the age of 18 living in poverty has reached almost 12 million and another 700,000 join their ranks every year. Even worse, the dropout epidemic disproportionately affects young people who are low-income, minority, urban, single-parent children attending large public high schools in the inner city. This pretty much describes the average student at my school. Experiencing this daunting reality daily, I found it necessary to find innovative ways to draw students back into the classroom and stop the bleed. I am requesting a heat vinyl transfer bundle and accessories, and a color printer and ink. This project will allow students to learn how to build, fund, and sustain a t-shirt and vinyl print business. Students receive industry certification in commercial design software in our digital design program. By supplementing our lessons with this program, students will be able to practice the special skills in entrepreneurship that research shows many Low-income students have. Furthermore, learning to run their own business will help them stay engaged with our school as a whole. A t-shirt business can be easily built with a vinyl cutter, heat transfer vinyl, and a heat press. Students will learn how to cut designs and then heat press them onto a shirt. Screen printed transfers and/or heat transfer vinyl gives you the fastest way to print your own apparel with little investment and maximum profits. Not only are these fast and easy ways to decorate apparel, but they don’t take up a lot of space so we can do it right from a small corner of the room. Students will also learn how to print signs and other products. I have seen how project-based learning can positively affect students' engagement and interest in the classroom. It is my hope that this program will help grow more like it!

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I recently read an article in the New York Times that said the number of people under the age of 18 living in poverty has reached almost 12 million and another 700,000 join their ranks every year. Even worse, the dropout epidemic disproportionately affects young people who are low-income, minority, urban, single-parent children attending large public high schools in the inner city. This pretty much describes the average student at my school. Experiencing this daunting reality daily, I found it necessary to find innovative ways to draw students back into the classroom and stop the bleed. I am requesting a heat vinyl transfer bundle and accessories, and a color printer and ink. This project will allow students to learn how to build, fund, and sustain a t-shirt and vinyl print business. Students receive industry certification in commercial design software in our digital design program. By supplementing our lessons with this program, students will be able to practice the special skills in entrepreneurship that research shows many Low-income students have. Furthermore, learning to run their own business will help them stay engaged with our school as a whole. A t-shirt business can be easily built with a vinyl cutter, heat transfer vinyl, and a heat press. Students will learn how to cut designs and then heat press them onto a shirt. Screen printed transfers and/or heat transfer vinyl gives you the fastest way to print your own apparel with little investment and maximum profits. Not only are these fast and easy ways to decorate apparel, but they don’t take up a lot of space so we can do it right from a small corner of the room. Students will also learn how to print signs and other products. I have seen how project-based learning can positively affect students' engagement and interest in the classroom. It is my hope that this program will help grow more like it!

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