Hawzah News Agency-Duluth East High School freshman Shanze Hayee has worn a hijab, or headscarf, to school every day since she was in sixth grade.

Hayee said, since she started wearing a hijab, which can be a large part of a Muslim woman's identity. But frustration has emerged in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump's proposals that first called for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., scaled back later to "extreme vetting" of those coming from certain parts of the world, said East senior Rana Imtiaz, also Muslim.

On Wednesday morning, more than 30 female students and a couple of teachers in a high school in duluth, Minnesota,Us gathered before class at East and put on colorful headscarves in a display of unity. Hayee, the only student at East who wears one, climbed onto a chair and explained the hijab and what it signified and then helped students learn how to wear the scarf.

No one can force a Muslim woman to wear a hijab, she said, but to her, wearing it sends a message "that a woman is more than her beauty and sexuality."

"It's not just about what's on the outside," Hayee said. "When we cover up our beauty, we are basically saying focus on our minds and our hearts."

It's a movement for love and peace and solidarity," Imtiaz said, explaining her frustration with reports that many women are now afraid to wear a hijab.

"I also felt like there wasn't a lot of support and love for the Muslim community, and that was something important to me," she said.

English teacher Danielle Westholm also wore a hijab Wednesday.

By a large showing of support for her, "it normalizes it," Westholm said.

Hayee prepared hijab-wearing students for stares and questions.

"But I think people are going to ask good questions," Imtiaz said, "and maybe open up their eyes to the world" and have a deeper understanding of Muslim people.