First Grade Author's Tea

This past Wednesday, our writing center tutors spent another lunch period in the First Grade classrooms to check up on their young writing prodigies. Their stories were completed, the illustrations had been colored to perfection and it had all been published in a thin, hardcover book. Now, the only thing left for the kids to do was master reading it out loud before their Author’s Tea on Friday. Every child was more than excited to showcase their work to the tutors and you could tell they had been practicing diligently. Their teachers were just as proud, for, each student’s reading skills had improved significantly throughout the course of the year. The first graders were absolutely adorable and everyone had a great time.

Tutors of the Year

Congratulations to the Writing Center Tutors of the Year: Carly Schippits and Cassandra Floch! Their significant contributions to the center earned them special recognition in convo and a plaque. Both are incredibly talented writers and we cannot thank them enough for all their hard work helping out with Academy Prep.

Carly's thoughts on winning the award:

"Shock. I don't feel like I'm worthy of this award; surely there must be some other Writing Center tutors who put more time and effort into the position? I love Ms. M-P, Mr. Brandt, and Mr. Righter; I'm going to miss them and the Writing Center as a whole (especially the junior tutors) so much next year!"