Language Arts Grant Recipient
Grant
money at St. Scholastica School funds poetry celebration
Thank you
for providing the grant to help us begin our annual poetry
festival. We were able to invite Dr. Barbara Eaton, a poet,
college professor, and Shakespeare expert. She spoke to our
school in two separate sessions.
While Dr. Eaton was able to share her expertise with us, our
celebration directed by our eighth grade language arts class was by
far, more interesting and informative. On that occasion, the
eighth graders explained every type of poetry they studied, as well as
all the literary devices they employed. Of course, as their
teacher I’m prejudiced, but the students wrote some really clever,
thoughtful poems. The general consensus was that their
presentation was more informative and entertaining!
We have now established an annual spring tradition. St
Scholastica’s First Annual Poetry Festival was wonderfully
received. The halls and classrooms are filled with posters and
illustrated by famous poets and student poets. We are grateful to
you for helping us realize this goal!!
Eileen M. Quinn
St. Scholastica School
Woodridge, Illinois
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