Project Prom: At-risk students are empowered through fashion

At least 1,000 Houston ISD students cheered at the top of their lungs when asked whether they were ready for prom. Their cheers went through the roof of Pin Oak Middle School when they were asked if they were ready to graduate.
These teenagers weren’t just excited to begin their adult lives, but to kick them off in style Saturday with the help of Project Prom.Every year HISD’s Homeless Education Office gathers up prom essentials, including donated dresses, tuxedos, shoes and jewelry,