In-School Programs
Because it is not always possible for students and teachers to come to us, we frequently go to them. Page 15 offers several in-school workshops. Our online school newspaper project, which infuses new media with traditional journalistic ethics and practices, will continue at Howard Middle School this spring. Click here to check out The Howard Hype.
Our fun and interactive writing workshop, A Story is Born, which is available to any Orange County elementary school, teaches students the basics of what makes a story and has them, as a class, create their own tale to take home. To learn more about this workshop and how to schedule it at your school, please e-mail ryan@page15.org or call (786) 547-0430.
Drop-In Tutoring
During the school year students of all skill levels can visit our homework room after school for free tutoring with a trained adult tutor that will work with any student on their homework and assignments. We might l-o-v-e the language arts but tutors are willing to help students tackle tough homework in any subject.
Monday thru Thursday; 3:00pm - 6:00pm. Ages 8 - 18. Location: Downtown Recreation Center, 649 W. Livingston St. (Next to the Amway Arena.)
- Students may visit the homework room Monday - Thursday without an appointment. Visitation times for students is limited to one (1) hour per day.
- Students will have access to a full library of literature, young adult fiction, elementary reading, newspapers and educational magazines.
- All tutoring is supervised by Page 15 staff and assisted by qualified volunteers with successful background checks.
Creative Camps
The Young Writer's Camp is held each summer and ventures beyond fiction and nonfiction reading and writing. Catering to students in 1st through 9th grade, each of the five week-long camps offer students the opportunity to write, illustrate and publish their very first novel with the help of creative professionals in the field. Activities include story telling, bookmaking, poetry reading and song writing. By the end of the week, students have their very own printed book to take home.
Slam Camp is an annual camp held during the spring break holiday. The camp is open to Orlando high schoolers who are passionate about poetry. Students work on one poem with Orlando's most talented poets in preparation for a final performance. Students also take home a free t-shirt and a chapbook anthology of the all the campers' poems.
Publishing
The sense of accomplishment and authenticity when sharing personal work with the community cannot be encouraged enough, so Page 15 is committed to publishing student work. Through our writing workshops and in the form of quarterly publications and small personal chapbooks, each student will have the opportunity to publish their own work.
