Literacy Outreach
COWAC, in cooperation with the
Canadian Authors Association, Niagara has recently organized a literacy
outreach program in the Fort Erie Elementary School system as a trial program
for possible inclusion next year throughout the entire Niagara region. The
vehicle chosen was poetry in grades 7 & 8.
Every principal at each elementary
school was invited to send a grade 7 or 8 teacher to an all-day workshop for
teachers held at the Holiday Inn in Fort Erie. Only five principals responded,
all from the District School Board of Niagara: John Mastroianni, Crystal Beach,
Sue Stroeh, Fort Erie, Beverley Parker, Stevensville and Shellee Niznik, Rose
Seaton. The workshop was run by Dr. Ann Goldsmith, a published poet from
Buffalo. On hand were Elizabeth Glenny, Poetry Chair for the CAA, Niagara and
Mike Keenan, President, CAA, Niagara as well as Executive Officer, COWAC.
The following teachers attended:
Dave Mousseau, Cindy Kohinski, Steve Train, Lyn Meyer and Indira Chadda. Following
the workshop, Ann visited each classroom three times and helped to prepare the
students for an upcoming poetry contest. Results of the poetry contest will be
published in hard copy and on our web site.
See the student picture gallery
See contest results
FORT
ERIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Poetry Anthology Contest
Theme: “The World
We Live In”
For grade eight
students or students in lower grades that the teacher deems eligible.
1. Poems must be titled, typed clearly in black ink one
per page on an 8.5 x 11 inch white bond paper. Good letter-size computer
printouts are acceptable.
- Poems
not to exceed 50 lines in length, including title. Line length exceeding
44 characters including punctuation and spaces may be broken at the
discretion of the anthology committee. One line broken because of length
counts as two lines. Use Times Roman 12 point font double-spaced. Poems
that are too long are not accepted. Count carefully! Do not put
your name or other identification on the page where poem appears. (see 3)
- Entry
identification: Your name, address, school, telephone number and title(s)
of poem(s) must appear on a cover page enclosed with your poems. One poem
per page. No identifying marks please. Thus, the judge will not know who
wrote the poem.
- Submit
maximum of two poems.
- Include
a business-sized (#10) self-addressed, stamped envelope to be used to
invite you to the Awards Evening & Launch.
- Mail
to: Poetry Anthology Contest, 64 Confederation Dr., Niagara-on-the-Lake,
ON, L0S 1J0
- Deadline:
postmarked no later than Jan. 25, 2002
- Rights:
By entering the contest, you give COWAC first Canadian rights to publish
in this anthology. Poets retain all other rights.
- Prizes:
First: $150 Second: $100 Third: $75
Please note the decisions of the judges are final. Poems that have
not won prizes may be included in the anthology at the discretion of the
judges.
- Theme is broad enough to cover most
topics.
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Elizabeth, Lyn and Ann
Indira and Steve
Indira, Steve, Cindy and Dave
Workshop Participants
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