With the end of the school year approaching, art teacher Sharon Scharf has decided to pass on some useful tips to the students on how to clean those impossible stains.

“This is basically a lab to teach you on how to clean stains you’re going to be cleaning your whole life,” Scharf said. “I have them cleaning ketchup, BBQ, mustard, all sorts of very common and impossible stains with a lot of different detergents to see which is most effective.”

Scharf has decided to help the students take the next step towards independence from their parents by arming them with knowledge on how to clean their own clothes.

To learn more about how to effectively remove stains, check out the Clothing Care DVD that Scharf used to educate her class.

Junior high student Angelica Escalera enjoys the project because of its helpfulness to students.

“I somewhat like this project,” Escalera said. “It taught me how to get stains out. I was surprised to learn that mustard is hard to get out and that not many detergents work on it. I now know that if I can’t get a stain out I can try one of these methods.”
Junior High student Erin Baudonnet enjoys washing clothes and feels that the project is giving her hands-on preparation for the future.

“I love washing clothes so it’s fun to get the stains out,” Baudonnet said. “It’s fun to figure out all of the different things that work to remove stains. I feel that I am learning skills on how to be a mother in the future and wash my kid’s clothes.”

Meanwhile, senior Suzannah Carroll says that the project is teaching her patience.

“This is a good thing to do because you don’t want to wear clothes with stains on them,” Carroll said. “This is definitely teaching me patience. I know that in the future this may be very useful.”

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