About Hands on Stanzas

Hands on Stanzas, the educational outreach program of the Poetry Center of Chicago places professional, teaching Poets in residence at Chicago Public Schools across the city. Poets teach the reading, discussion, and writing of poetry to 3 classes over the course of 20 classroom visits, typically from October through April. Students improve their reading, writing, and public speaking skills, and participating teachers report improved motivation and academic confidence. You can contact Cassie Sparkman, Director of the Hands on Stanzas program, by phone: 312.629.1665 or by email: csparkman(at)poetrycenter.org for more information.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Introductions

Welcome to the Solomon Elementary Poetry blog! This is my first year at Solomon, and I am thrilled to have this opportunity to post examples of student writing on a regular basis, twenty weeks out of the year. I hope to present much of their work over the next six-plus months, along with links (as available) to the poems students are reading.

Please check back soon -- classes start this week!

No comments: