Middle School Notes

My Author Visit to Dartmouth, MA

Hello Friends,

Here is an inside peek at my observing and collecting at Dartmouth Middle School last week. There is so much that I couldn’t possibly capture, but hopefully these tiny snippets convey how interesting and meaningful this work is to me.

Some doodles from a large pile collected from students.

Doodling and creating together.

This is how I like to celebrate the wellness staff, who are the superheroes for mental health.

(Photo by Literacy Educator Daniel LeFebvre.)

It takes a special person to bring an author visit to a school. This experience was possible thanks to the efforts of a fabulous librarian and wonderful human, Laura Gardener, who received a Creative Experiences Grant from the Mass Cultural Council to hire me. Her library is a vibrant and creative space for learning, and it was fun to spend a few days with her there.

I was also pleased to be supported by Literacy Coach Daniel LeFebvre, who took photos and prepared the bulletin board for our Interconnected Doodle Display.

The local paper wrote an article about the event. (Link below.)

Article in the local Dartmouth Week paper.

https://dartmouth.theweektoday.com/article/author-visit-mental-health-dms/154462

Thanks for reading!

-Cara

UPCOMING EVENTS:

SCRAM Comics Maker Space, Aha Night (free)
Bristol Community College, New Bedford, MA
Thursday, November 13th, 3:00-6:00pm

Young Adult Author Symposium (free)
Concord Carlisle High School
Saturday, November 15th, 9:00am-2:00pm