Wednesday, November 28, 2007

School starts Poetry Club

WHAT: Poetry Club meeting with students and staff members at Life Skills Center of Youngstown.

WHERE: Life Skills Center of Youngstown, 3405 Market Street, Youngstown, 44507

WHEN: 10-11 a.m. Thursday, November 29, 2007

Members of the group have met three times.

The club session will be open to observation and teacher Teresa Migliozzi, Administrator Ruth Smith-Harris, Editor Anthony Rodriguez and other student members will be interviews.

“We discuss questions and have poetry slam readings,” Migliozzi said.

Club members are discussing publishing a poetry book in the spring as well as a monthly newsletter.

Smith-Harris said the group has 16 members and the criteria for getting in the club is 70 percent attendance, no suspensions or plagiarism.

“The poetry is phenomenal,” she said.

In addition, Life Skills Center of Trumbull County is continuing poetry classes on Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m. until Dec. 6.

Our focus at Life Skills Centers of Youngstown and Trumbull County is to accommodate students ages 16-21 who are seeking alternatives to traditional public schools.
and by showing students the importance of a high school diploma, we are achieving our mission.

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