We preach integrity and must live integrity. Our once small nuclear family has become a rambling foster home for a large, diverse group of students. Sustainable Ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for our students is our first priority. The program itself includes both juniors and seniors and the majority of all students who have taken the course as juniors continue it their senior year. The workshop format of the program encourages personal goal-setting allowing students to grow and progress at their own rate.
Students also discuss daily mini-lessons on writing and design topics.
As instructors we create mini-lessons in thematic units that develop a particular skill or project. In particular, their thoughts on goal setting, new learning, and taking risks, as well as their self-reflection, were most impressive. The measure of our course is in the growth we and our students have undergone through a positive and objective environment where we provide tools and a forum encouraging the discovery of personal voice, regardless of the pitch or range, a voice that will reverberate throughout their lives and the lives of those they touch. I feel I've grown immensely as a writer this past year. WriteDesign has given me the opportunity to view the work of other students which is an essential component of my growth.