Area high school students complete ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ writing program
May 21, 2000
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Area high school students complete ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ writing program
Eighteen gifted students from 10 South ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ high schools
recently participated in Valdosta State University's Young Writers'
Fest 2000. At the conference, sponsored by the South ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ
Writing project and by ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Department of English, the students
listened to lectures and attended writing workshops led by ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ
professors, South ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Writing Project instructors and Pulitzer
Prize nominee Janice Daugharty.
The South ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Writing Project is supported by federal funds and
is one of 165 National Writing Project sites that works with K-16
teachers to promote writing instruction.
Valdosta High participants in the program were:
* Mary Anderson, daughter of Branda and Tom Anderson.
* Suzanne Caster, daughter of Tonja and Bruce Caster.
Echols County High participants in the program were:
* Ashli Corbett, daughter of Mark and Brenda Corbett.
* Analiese Roberts, daughter of Billy and Jeanne Roberts.
For more information about the South ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Writing Project,
contact Diane Howard in ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Department of English at 229-333-5946
or e-mail dhoward@valdosta.edu .
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