It's Prom Day @cwpfairfield - Our Friday Celebration of Weeklong Writing and Performance

We are at it again, and today we have novelists and little labbers debuting their writing for parents and community members. I'm always a little partial to the little guys because their creativity, energy, enthusiasm and vision often incorporates all the magic and fun of being young. When they set out to design the way they want the final presentation to go for their families, they rarely hold back! They go for the gusto.

Meanwhile, the novelists have created their novel covers and will read from their first chapters - all a part of the Friday festivity at Fairfield University.

The teachers will not be with us today (as they have 4-day weekends in celebration of their summer vacation, but yesterday they had the privilege of learning from high school educator, Denise Howe, on her evolution of using blogs to promote voice with AP lang students. Her demonstration captured what she wanted to achieve and how the vision has evolved over the years.

CWP-Fairfield loves Ms. Howe!
Her passion for students, for teaching, for a better world, and for high standards is easily felt and it's wonderful to see her bring her expertise to this year's cohort.

Wow! It's already another Friday. My mind is already on the arrival of larger groups next week as we welcome more summer writers to our campus. As Jessica Baldizon said to yesterday's teachers in the institute, "The writing gets better and better every year. Yes, it's the students, but it's also that our instruction improves through collaboration and reflection!"

Summer work is the best work I do!