School, Library Leaders To Model at Homework Center's 2nd Annual Fashion Show

For the second year in a row, the Homework Center, based at the main Framingham Public Library, will hold a fashion show featuring school principals, as well as library and school leaders as models.

The event is a fundraiser for the Framingham Public Library Foundation.

School and library leaders will model fashions, and the designer will donate 10 percent of the sales from the collection ordered at the event to the foundation, said Homework Center coordinator Judy Gatlin.

The fashion show also includes an afternoon tea, with both hot and cold drinks, tea sandwiches, and desserts.

Tickets are now on sale for the Saturday, May 2 event at the main Framingham Library. Tickets are $25 or $175 for a table of eight (tax-deductible). Tickets may be purchased at the main library and the McAuliffe branch on Nicholas Road.

This is the third year of the Framingham Public Library Homework Center, which provide tutoring, homework, and school project help to all high school and middle school students, who live in Framingham.

The Homework Center, run by Gatlin, operates Mondays through Thursdays from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the main Framingham Library on Lexington Street. The Center also sends teams of tutors to each the three public middle schools and to Framingham High one afternoon a week.

The Homework Center is funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Students or parents can make appointments to be matched with a tutor by contacting Gatlin at jgatlin@minlib.net

Students, who request help, range from honors students working to excel to those students struggling in a subject, said Gatlin.

Students also are encouraged to drop by for academic support any day, without an appointment. Students may also use the homework center’s computers and printers for homework and projects, she added.

A Student Advisory Board, with representatives from each of the schools served by the Homework Center, helps Gatlin in running the Center.

The Board volunteers its time to plans events, that raise awareness of both the Center and academics in Framingham.

The Board, with Gatlin, has organized a Town-Wide Middle School Spelling Bee and a Town-Wide Middle School Geography Bee. The board also has organized curriculum-based scavenger hunt, warm clothing and book drives; and held its first-ever fashion show to benefit the new McAuliffe Library branch fund, last year.