Ortega’s students used mostly paper, scissors and creativity to create dresses and other outfits from recyclable materials as a collaborative class project in late March to give them an appreciatio…
Only twice in her seven years teaching Waukegan High School students English as a second language did Milagros Ortega feel compelled to give every student involved an A on a project.
Looking for a way to teach her students about the environment, Ortega said she got the idea by reading a National Geographic publication. It motivated her to have them make clothes from paper and other recyclable materials. “They used tablecloths to wrap around each other, and started to build the dress from there,” she said. “One group took the dress home, and they finished it there. One of their mothers helped.”
Jesus Romero, a junior and part of the class, worked with classmates on a ball gown, which had flowers flowing wide below the waste. An immigrant from Mexico who came to Waukegan 18 months ago, he said it reminded him of native fashions there.Waukegan High School students made this dress from recyclable materials as part of a class project.
Once the project was complete and the students got the week off for spring break in late March, a member of District 60’s communications team posted pictures of the clothing on Facebook, alerting the community to what the teens did.
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