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Birney Elementary School Hosts the Young Writers' Conference Friday, May 18th
Greg Trine, creator of Melvin Beederman, Superhero, will kick off conference with keynote address
Redondo Beach, CA - May 15, 2007 - Birney Elementary School, a Catagorical Funding Title 1 school in Redondo Beach, is hosting the Young Writers' Conference for the first time this Friday, May 18th, from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. The Young Writers' Conference is a Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to improving young people's writing skills by first instilling a passion for writing.
The day begins with a keynote presentation at 8:30, and the third though sixth grades will participate in the four hour long sessions of workshops that take place the rest of the day.
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Keynote Presentation
Greg Trine, author of the Melvin Beederman, Superhero series of children's books, will kick off the day long conference. Trine will emerge "from his hideout somewhere in California" to provide the keynote for the first time. He has written eight books in the Melvin Beederman, Superhero series, including Curse of the Bologne Sandwich, Terror in Tights, and The Revenge of the McNasty Brothers. The series is published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
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Principal, Jaqueline O'Sullivan
is delighted that the school's Title 1 status gives them the opportunity to host the day-long  conference. "Our mission to to provide exciting, engaging, academic opportunities," explains O'Sullivan. "This will be our student's first exposure to a professional conference and they are really looking forward to it. We teach the fundamentals of writing, of course, but these workships are critical in teaching children how to find their 'voice.' Writing is an important tool for self-expression and our students will really enjoy all the different sessions."
Workshops
Students will attend four sessions, for which they have pre-registered on-line. Workshops range from Craig Machen's, who recently told his screenplay Buff to Dreamworks Pictures, workshop titled "Aliens Have Feelings Too, How to Turn a Problem into a Story," to Britton Karl's workshop, "How to Make Your Friends Laugh in One Easy Lesson", to Bob Holtzman's, sports writer for the Daily Breeze, popular session, "Sports Writing." |
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About Young Writers' Conference
In 1998, the National Writing Commission on Writing in America's Schools issued a call to launch a writing revolution in our country's schools; a call that was answered with the foundation of the Young Writers' Conference (YWC) in the Los Angeles area. Now in its ninth year, YWC continues to bring their program, which is organized like a university conference, to elementary and middle school students throughout the Los Angeles region. Pairing students with professional writers from a wide variety of disciplines, the students participate in a series of workshops designed to fulfill the mission of improving their writing skills by first instilling a passion for writing. For more information, please visit: www.youngwritersconference.org.
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Media Contact:
Elisabeth Hinckley
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Birney Elementary School
1600 Green Lane,
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Friday, May 18, 2007
Press is invited to attend. | |
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