High School Principal Brian Knight’s dress was enough to change minds on the state’s last day of classes Friday.
Knight, the state’s second superintendent effective Aug. 1, swapped his common professional clothing for something more retro. On Friday night, Knight showed off his “dress down time” dress, which included a bucket hat, a button-down clothing, and shorts, all of which had bright pink and green stripes, shapes, and swirls indicative of something found on a carpeting or jacket made in the 1990s.
Staff image / R. Michael SempleLiberty fifth- graders Revin Kyees, 10, left, and Isaac Seifert, 10, join in a “dress down” time Friday to raise funds for Caroline Pizarro, a Chase Bank employee, who was critically injured in Tuesday’s explosion at the Realty Tower in downtown Youngstown. Her daughter attends Blott- Guy PK- 6 University in the fifth grade.
“I typically like to get something that the children will remember on their final day of school,” Knight said, “so they can discuss about it at the beginning of the year next month.” This time, I presently planned this, but it just gave us an opportunity to really embellish a little bit and let the children get crazy as well.
For costume down morning Friday, Knight and the kids donned unusual clothes. He claimed that the high college generally organizes for fundraisers. Each student who wants to join must pay $1 and be allowed to “dress down.”
Students from the entire region joined forces this time to help out with one of their own.
Caroline Pizarro, a Chase Bank personnel, was seriously injured in Tuesday’s blast at the Realty Tower in city Youngstown. Pizarro was working at the bank at the time of the natural oil explosion.
Pizarro’s child, Ariqena, is a fifth- degree student at Blott- Guy PK- 6 University.
She was taken to the hospital along with other subjects. Pizarro has been in important issue.
Matthew Cowher, Pizarro’s sweetheart, said Thursday that Pizarro is improving but still in problems.
She claimed she suffered serious injuries to her hands, face, and thighs, and is expected to spend at least a quarter in the hospital.
We made it clear that there was a family in have as a result of the terrible tragedy city, Knight said. One of our fourth-grade kids was affected, and we wanted to see what we could do right away to help.
Jason Yemma, second- to sixth- quality director at the secondary school, said the students were thrilled to contribute to the fundraiser.
“Even kids that didn’t dress down brought a dollar to help support the cause”, Yemma said. “It’s been a great response all around.”
With the assortment of attire, the elementary school cafeteria appeared to be a Halloween party. Some students took the term “dress down” literally, wearing pajamas, robes and slides like they just got out of bed.
Others utilized the opportunity to create imaginative costumes.
Svana Pekalla, a third-grader, wore a cat onesie with ears and whiskers on her.
Fourth- grader Revin Kyees went “all out” with his clothing choice. He put on a pair of white underpants on his head. He claimed that the look was influenced by the film and book “Captain Underpants.”
“I go all out on a lot of things,” he said.
Cowher established a GoFundMe to help with medical expenses in addition to the funds raised by Liberty Schools. As of Friday afternoon, the fund had reached over $17, 000.
When Pizarro heard what her daughter’s school was doing, Cowher said she was “very emotional.”