The program includes a one-month residential component for incoming 9th graders, including classes in English, math, science and computers, and sports and leadership sessions. Boston Public School Hispanic students entering grade 9. Obtain applications from middle school guidance counselors. The subjects range from stories and poems the group has read to personal experience, natural phenomena, and works of art. Out of this informal writing, using techniques of peer response, students develop more polished pieces, from stories and poems to reflective and interpretive essays.
Classes are small and emphasize an atmosphere of trust and collaboration.
The emphasis is on discovering one s personal voice as a writer. High school students who have completed at least 9th grade. Students should be academically motivated and socially mature, and possess good verbal skills. The workshop is a residential program. Partial financial aid is available on the basis of need.