America 250: A Writing Workshop for Kids

This three-week writing workshop is designed to help students ages 8-12 strengthen their writing skills and enjoy the creative writing process, all while celebrating America's 250th anniversary. Each session will combine age-appropriate instruction with entertaining and engaging activities to reinforce core writing fundamentals, using America's founding and history as inspiration for original work.

Students will practice developing narratives, work on sentence structure and word choice, and develop their creative voices as writers. They will leave the workshop with a collection of their own original work to share, an enthusiasm for storytelling, and sharper descriptive writing skills to take into the school year.

This program is limited to 15 students ages 8-12, and online registration is required. Please register at tinyurl.com/America-250-Writing. Please Note: you only need to register for one session to be registered for all three in the series.

Instructor Jessica Lederman is a rising senior at Gann Academy, where she serves as managing editor for the student newspaper. She has taught multiple writing classes for elementary-aged students and loves to read and write in her free time.