Thank you for your guidance and support for our capstone students on this valuable project! I'm so proud of them and thank you again for the opportunity for them to work at Ruch Community School! They learned a lot and shared many precious stories. It was an exemplary capstone project!
- Younghee Kim, Southern Oregon University, School of Education
- Younghee Kim, Southern Oregon University, School of Education
“Abram, this is so impressive -- your commitment to the interns, the 8th graders, the 7th graders, and the process... it's impressive. I love being on the sidelines watching it all unfold. You did a fantastic job setting the tone and making it feel like a celebration of the students' work, and also honoring the work and growth of the interns. They too did a great job creating and maintaining a sharing space.”
- Margaret Perrow, Oregon Writing Project
- Margaret Perrow, Oregon Writing Project
I'm so glad that you have included our students in this great work you've been doing for the past two years. I hope this work will continue and that our students will be able to be a part of it for years to come! Thanks for your great mentoring of our students. The work you do with them makes a difference in their lives as well.
With great respect,
- Erin Wilder, School of Education
With great respect,
- Erin Wilder, School of Education
“This is such a great project and the work of the young people involved is amazing. Thanks for doing this for the students and for SOU.”
- David Humphrey, Oregon Center for the Arts
- David Humphrey, Oregon Center for the Arts
When fourth and fifth grade students from Walker Elementary School in Ashland, OR. were asked if they liked being at school more, after experiencing Mr. Katz's Creative Writing Workshop, they responded:
"Yes, because I don't feel judged anymore."
"Yes, because now I have more ideas for my stories."
"Yes, because after this workshop, I'm better at handwriting and art."
"Yes, because now people are nice and happy."
"Yes, because before I didn't feel confident in my writing, and now it is one of my favorite subjects in school!"
"Yes, because I don't feel judged anymore."
"Yes, because now I have more ideas for my stories."
"Yes, because after this workshop, I'm better at handwriting and art."
"Yes, because now people are nice and happy."
"Yes, because before I didn't feel confident in my writing, and now it is one of my favorite subjects in school!"
* FULL PAGE TESTIMONIALS
| Apri Powell - Parent |
| Rebecca Garland - SOU Intern |
| Cindy McDonald - Middle School Teacher |
| Megan Farnsworth - School of Education |
| Margaret Perrow - Oregon Writing Project |