Spring News From The Missoula Writing Collaborative
Do The Write Thing
Finalists from Hellgate Middle School
Four students from Hellgate Middle School -- (l.to r.) Allison Otten, Kayla Weishaar, Destiny Fowler, and Michael Nelson (with his younger sister, a fan) --were honored in the rotunda of the Montana State Capitol in Helena on April 12.  The four were finalists in the writing competiton Do the Write Thing, sponsored by the Montana Board of Crime Control and the National Council to Stop Violence. Michael Nelson was announced as a grand winner of the national competition. He will be honored in Washington, D.C. in July.  Congratulations, Michael. The students all wrote about the impact of violence on their lives.  They study creative writing with MWC Artistic Director Sheryl Noethe.
 
Thanks to the NEA!
 
 
The Missoula Writing Collaborative received a $35,000 grant for 08-09.
 
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Students (l. to r.) Shylnn Brester, Rocio Martinez, and Clara Delaney, from Mrs. Minster's homeroom at Lone Rock School, honored their MWC writing teacher Marnie Prange with tulips at a mid-year reading.
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Readings are happening at all of the Missoula Writing Collaborative's fifteen school residencies.  Recent and upcoming student readings for May are --
 
Arlee School and Community Writing Workshop: Arlee students and community members gathered at the Hangin' Art gallery for a great reading and celebration of budding writers in early May.  Claire Hibbs-Cheff teaches for the MWC at Arlee Schools and after school at the Hangin' Art.
 
Lowell School:  A reading of Robert Lee's Lowell students is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, in the library.
 
Rattlesnake School:  A reading of Jeremy Smith's Rattlesnake students will be held at the Missoula Art Museum at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20.

Teachers from Hawai'ian Charter School Visit  MT

 

MWC resident-writer Claire Hibbs-Cheff (far left) and classroom teacher Rhonda Howlett (back, second from right) encourage their Arlee School students to ask Adeline Keamu (back, right) questions about Hawai'i.  Keamu and June Nagasawa, teachers at the Hawai'ian Charter School Halau Lokahi, came to Montana to observe Missoula Writing Collaborative programs in action.
Watch for news of our return evaluation visit in the next MWC newsletter.
Still enrolling!  Words With Wings -- an intensive writing program for kids and young adults, July 14-18 and July 21-25.  Call 549-3348.  More info at www.missoulawritingcollaborative.org
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