Fashion forward

Backstage, students freshen their makeup. Next to them, their teachers, principals and moms do the same, preparing to step out on the runway. 

This certainly isn’t school, but it does benefit their education.

For the second year in a row, models from Mountain Brook schools will don the styles of area boutiques for the Schaeffer Eye Center Fashions for the Foundation event at The Club on Sept. 16.

“It brings everyone together,” said Anne Womack, Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation executive director. “You are going to see principals, teachers and coaches outside their normal context, and that’s really fun.”

Superintendent Dicky Barlow, Mountain Brook High School Principal Amanda Hood and other “Mountain Brook celebrities” have already committed to walk the runway for the show, Womack said.

The event filled the ballroom at The Club last fall, and this year will feature more merchants, more models and more attendees, all to benefit the Foundation.

 “This school system does so much for our children, and the event is a good way to give back,” said Nicky Barnes, who is co-chairing the event with Lori Robertson and modeled for it last year. “We benefit from a public school system that functions like a private school system, and the Foundation makes that happen.” 

The Foundation’s projects include iPads; a model interactive classroom at Mountain Brook Junior High School; new books, magazines, software and supplies in all six school libraries; a summer learning conference hosted at the high school open to all system faculty and administrators; math coach salaries; and a new Mountain Brook Center for Innovation where faculty can research ideas relevant to their field and the classroom.

Tickets are $50 or $800 for a table of eight. For more, contact Foundation Director Anne Womack at 414-0042 or mbcsfoundation@bellsouth.net, or Hannon Davidson or Suzan Doidge of the Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce at 871-3779. Learn more about the Foundation at mtnbrookschoolsfoundation.com.