Chelsea Clinton to visit El Dorado High School

El Dorado High School students will be spending a day with Chelsea Clinton after winning a national community project contest.

The competition, Barnes & Noble’s National “Get Going Day with Chelsea Clinton”, is a contest for unique community-focused project ideas.

Art teacher Candace Printz, EDHS came up with an idea for a campaign to combat trash and pollution in the city. The proposed plan involves a partnership with community groups to help collect the trash and sort it. Once it’s sorted, students from the school will work with local artists to design and create their own individual art work out of the “junk.”

As part of the proposed project, the artwork will also be available to buy with proceeds going to the community groups who helped collect the trash, including the Humane Society of El Paso, the Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

To celebrate the win, the school will receive a special visit from Chelsea Clinton on Thursday, April 7. Chelsea will hear from the students and community groups involved in the project first, and will then speak to a larger group of students at a special assembly.

The school will also receive a $1,000 Barnes & Noble Gift Card.