- October 22, 2024
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Co-Chairs Hakim and Melissa Morsli with Umbreen Khalidi-Majeed and Farhan Majeed
Co-Founders Shannon Roher-Phillips and Neil Phillips
Custom bracelets were on sale at the event.
Evan and Michelle Brown take a photo with Visible Men Academy student Daniel.
Yellow decorated the inside of the tent.
Varieties of fruit adorned the tables.
Brian and Erin Sconberg
Bart and Joan Levenson
A large metal parrot decorates the outside edge of the tent.
Cathy Thomas, Liz Wittenberg and Lynn Simmons
Tiffany Mickens and Kayon Parker
A custom painting by VMA teacher Keron Gordon was available for bids.
Gary Tibbetts and Valerie Bryan
Co-Chairs Melissa Morsli and Umbreen Khalidi-Majeed
Heather Dunhill, Tomeika Hunter Koski and Barbara Edelin
Veronica Miller and Rick Hughes
The VMA motto is "Let your life shine."
Tricia and Jerod Ward
Cliff McDonald and Katelyn Pforzheimer
Mike and Roxie Jerde
VMA students Angel and Daniel
L'Tanya Evans and VMA Principal Mary-Luisa Berges
Kindergarten students recite "Dreams" by Langston Hughes.
Board member Alicia Chalmers claps for the students.
The students performed spoke word poetry before dinner.
VMA kindergarten and second graders pose for a photo.
Cedric Hameed welcomes guests.
Hermione Gilpin, Tammy Karp and Alisa Pettingell
Between the students, guests and an evening in the sunshine state, there wasn't a lack of shine at the Visible Men Academy.
The Visible Men Academy held its third annual Shine On! April 27 at the Visible Men Academy.
Students at the academy come from families who are at or below the poverty line. The Visible Men Academy allows students from kindergarten through 5th grade to attend the charter school tuition-free.
Once inside the building, guests took a photo in the photo booth before being escorted to the tent by an academy student. The tent was decorated with metal figurines, which were available for guests to purchase. Decorating the ceiling of the tent was flags from around the world, representing the countries from which many of the academy's students come from.
Before dinner, kindergarten and second grade students performed spoke word poetry, which was received with a big applause.
The evening continued with a welcome from Cedric Hameed, dinner, a live auction and paddle raise and "Club Shine!" on the dance floor with DJ Jay Gordon.
