Terrace Park Elementary Celebrates Third Annual Young Authors Day
Posted: May 31, 2011 1443
584 students spent April 29th learning about and celebrating literature and literary arts at Terrace Park Elementary’s third annual Young Authors Day.
About three dozen Terrace Park faculty and support staff were joined by more than two dozen parent and community volunteers to lead groups of students through writing, sharing, and art sessions. Additionally, each student attended a presentation by one of three special guest published authors: Kevin Emerson (author of the Oliver Nocturne book series), Richard Jesse Watson (author/illustrator of many books, including The Magic Rabbit), and Clare Hodgson Meeker (author of the popular locally-based books Lootas, Hansa, and the newly released Soccer Dreams: Playing the Sounders FC Way).
“It’s an all-day, all-school, in-school field trip,” as Ginger Everhart, the PTA Young Authors Day committee chair describes it. “The students are randomly assigned to groups by grade and are chaperoned to each of their four sessions by an adult. It is a unique day in the school calendar that always results in great interactions between teachers and students and in forming new friendships between students from their random assignments to groups based only on their grade level and not their teacher or educational program.”
Young Authors Day is made possible each year by a committee of dedicated teachers and parent volunteers and funding from the Terrace Park PTA.
Nathan Cullen applies his new illustration skills during a lesson with local artist Justin Hillgrove at Terrace Park Elementary’s Young Authors Day on April 29th.
Local artist Justin Hillgrove conducted sessions on the art of illustration for students at Terrace Park Elementary’s Young Authors Day.
Terrace Park third grade students Abby Hannuksela (left) and Paige Knibbe (center) work with local artist Wendy Lee Lynds (right) to create personalized journals during Young Authors Day at Terrace Park Elementary.
Terrace Park third grade students Kamille Vaicekonis (left) and Isabel Ong (right) clip pictures to integrate into their handmade books during Young Authors Day at Terrace Park Elementary.
Local author Kevin Emerson talks to Terrace Park students about his experiences as a writer during Young Authors Day on April 29th.
Author/illustrator Richard Jesse Watson gives a very personal touch to autographing a book for a student at Terrace Park Elementary’s third annual Young Authors Day on April 29th.
Author Clare Hodgson Meeker autographs a copy of her book Lootas, Little Wave Eater for Terrace Park student Eli Faris at the third annual Young Authors Day on April 29th.
Nathan Cullen applies his new illustration skills during a lesson with local artist Justin Hillgrove at Terrace Park Elementary’s Young Authors Day on April 29th.
Local artist Justin Hillgrove conducted sessions on the art of illustration for students at Terrace Park Elementary’s Young Authors Day.
Terrace Park third grade students Abby Hannuksela (left) and Paige Knibbe (center) work with local artist Wendy Lee Lynds (right) to create personalized journals during Young Authors Day at Terrace Park Elementary.
Terrace Park third grade students Kamille Vaicekonis (left) and Isabel Ong (right) clip pictures to integrate into their handmade books during Young Authors Day at Terrace Park Elementary.
Local author Kevin Emerson talks to Terrace Park students about his experiences as a writer during Young Authors Day on April 29th.
Author/illustrator Richard Jesse Watson gives a very personal touch to autographing a book for a student at Terrace Park Elementary’s third annual Young Authors Day on April 29th.
Author Clare Hodgson Meeker autographs a copy of her book Lootas, Little Wave Eater for Terrace Park student Eli Faris at the third annual Young Authors Day on April 29th.
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