LIWP Membership Renewal 2015
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Welcome Back!
September 2015
Dear LIWP Teachers and Friends,
Welcome to a new school year! We hope you had a relaxing, restorative summer, holding close those memories of sand between your toes and ocean breezes. At the LIWP, we had a busy summer, running the Invitational Institute for some fantastic teachers, facilitated by Nicolette James and Kathy Sokolowski and the NCC Creative Writing Retreat for Teens, facilitated by Mark Jackett and Jackie Seck McBrien. The LIWP also ran a writing retreat for teens through a partnership with the South Huntington Public Library, facilitated by Vicki Alessi and Jackie Tiernan.
Now that beach bags have been replaced by school bags, we wanted to let you know of some of the changes here at the LIWP and our upcoming events for this fall. We are hoping you can join us for one or more of these inspiring opportunities.
We want to express our gratitude and appreciation to Melanie Hammer, who will be the Director Emeritus of the LIWP. Melanie is the Dean of Arts and Humanities at Nassau Community College, a role that demands much of her time and energy. We are so grateful to Melanie for her leadership, thoughtfulness, and all she has given to the LIWP in her twelve years as Director and her vision which has helped our site to grow.
Darshna Katwala is stepping into the role of Director of the LIWP. Heidi Atlas will continue as Co-Director, joined by Kathy Neagle Sokolowski. We are looking forward to working together and creating opportunities for LIWP teachers to collaborate and support each other’s work in the classroom and beyond.
LIWP Web SIte
The LIWP also has a new website! It is under construction, but feel free to visit it and let us know what you think! http://longislandwritingproject.weebly.com/
We are hoping to have LIWP members write a guest blog for our site each month. The blog post can be on anything related to teaching and writing. If you would like to be a guest blogger, please contact Kathy.
Upcoming Events
Friday October 2nd- “Friday Writes” writing group meeting, 4pm-7pm, NCC (359 Hazelhurst Avenue, Garden City) This group will be meeting throughout the year, from 4pm-7pm. The dates are: October 2nd, November 6th, December 4th, January 8th, February 5th, March 4th, April 1st, May 6th, and June 3rd. All are welcome!
Saturday, October 17th- Suffolk Community College Teaching of Writing Festival, 9am-2pm, Suffolk Community College
Saturday, October 24th- LIWP Workshop: Yoga & Writing, presented by Evelyn Pineiro, 9:30am- 12pm, Nassau Community College, CCB 210. Please RSVP to Darshna Katwala (darshna.katwala@ncc.edu) if you are planning to attend.
Saturday, November 7th- nErD Camp LI, Willets School, Roslyn Heights, 8:30am-2:30 pm. Check out the website for the link to register! Lauren Jensen, Vicki Alessi, Heidi Atlas, Darshna Katwala, and Kathy Neagle Sokolowski are planning on presenting on behalf of the LIWP! Are you interested in presenting too? Please contact Kathy if you are interested in being part of a team of LIWP presenters (mrs.sokolowski@gmail.com). Even if you would rather not present, please plan on joining us at this major literacy event in our area!
Membership
This year’s membership form is attached. Please fill it out and send it, along with your $20 dues, to Darshna Katwala. Your continued support means so much and allows us to continue creating opportunities for teachers to come together, write, share, grow and learn from each other. We are always interested in your ideas and suggestions for ways we can better support you. Thank you for your continued support of the LIWP!
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
Darshna, Heidi and Kathy
Creative Writing Retreat for Teens
Poet Dr. Linda Opyr Visits ISI & Creative Writing Retreat for Teens
Huntington Library Retreat for Teens
Be a Guest Blogger!
Long Island Writing Project
Email: Darshna.Katwala@ncc.edu
Website: http://longislandwritingproject.weebly.com/
Location: Nassau Community College, Education Drive, Garden City, NY, United States
Phone: 516.572.7464
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LIWPwriters/
Twitter: @liwpwriters1
Membership Renewal Form
The Long Island Writing Project
@Nassau Community College
Membership Form
2015-2016
Name: ________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________
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Phone: ________________________________________
*e-mail ________________________________________
School & grade: ______________________________________
What year did you first participate in LIWP? _________________________
Do you have an interest in working with teachers? What workshops would you like to present?
_________________________________________________________________
What workshops would you like to see offered through the LIWP?
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Please make membership dues of $25 payable to NCC Foundation and return to:
Darshna Katwala
Dept. of Reading and Basic Education
North Hall
Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY 11530
Thank you!