CircEsteem Graduates

CircEsteem is proud of its high school graduates who have all shown that with determination and a belief in oneself, anything is possible. CircEsteem works hard to help graduates follow their dreams with job opportunities, college scholarships and the knowledge that they always have a safe place and a circus family to come back to.

Donald Keme – Juggling, Clowning, Gym Wheel

Donald KemeDonald Keme was born and spent most of his life In Togo. He moved to Chicago in 2001. Donald is one of the first generation of CircEsteem students to graduate from high school. He is now attending Harriet Truman College as a pre-pharmacy major and plans to attend  Conservatory of Recording Art and Science in Arizona. Donald has been teaching as a CircEsteem staff since since july 2007. He is a certified gym wheel teacher. He has performed over 400 shows that include skills like the gym wheel, acrobatics, tumbling, rolling globe, unicycling, 5-7 ball juggling, mini-tramp, tight-wire, fire breathing and clowning.