Partnership between Elgin school, salon a cut above

Emily McFarlan:

U46 schools won't start class until next week, but already on Thursday, 5-year-old Nicky Moraetes of Elgin leaned forward in his chair at Harriet Gifford Elementary School with a look of intense concentration on his face.

Nicky will start dual-language kindergarten Wednesday, Aug. 24, at Gifford, and he'll look good when he does. As he squeezed his eyes shut, a smock wrapped around his shoulders, a Salon Professionals Academy stylist clipped short the back of his blond hair.

The 5-year-old was one of many Gifford students and their siblings who got free haircuts during registration at the elementary school Thursday afternoon.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 14, 2011 2:31 AM
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