MORE EXCLUSIVE INK GOODNESS
Another week, another plethora of submissions to our Exclusive Ink blog from our Shortridge students. Thanks to the sustained strong support, we …
THESE MINDS WERE MADE FOR WALKING
The past few weeks, I have been working with two girls in particular. I worked with them for the first time on …
EXCLUSIVE INK LAUNCHES ONLINE MAG
You may have noticed the slightly less frequent updates to the Writing In The Schools blog in recent weeks. This is due …
“NO ONE HAS EVER TAKEN THE TIME TO HELP ME LIKE THAT…”
Here’s a quick round-up of what Butler students enrolled in the Writing In The Schools course have been saying about Shortridge this …
THE WORD IS SPREADING
It’s been a great semester for the Writing In The Schools project. Although we’re mostly proud of packing in more students for …
BUTLER MENTORS WIN JEFFERSON AWARD
The Jefferson Awards are a prestigious national recognition system honoring community and public service in America. The Jefferson Awards are presented on …
“THE BALL REALLY STARTED TO ROLL…”
I really enjoyed our activities on Tuesday. I know I would have had a great time doing them. I thought the first …
“AN EMOTIONAL DAY AT SHORTRIDGE…”
Yesterday was an emotional day at Shortridge. The Goodbye poem exercise truly awakened some of our student’s inner-feelings. In a way, I …
“SHE STARTED OPENING UP…”
Last week, I spent time with a student who seemed disinterested in working at first. We were created sentences from a list …
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
We had another outstanding Exclusive Ink session this afternoon, with our Shortridge students capturing animals with their words, as Ted Hughes does …