Poetry Slams:  Education, Entertainment, Development

• Focus school and community-wide attention on your English & Poetry Program

Newspaper headline:  POETRY COMES ALIVE AT ______ 
"I'm so glad Dr. ___________ set this program up. 
I'll never forget this experience." 

• Increase student skill & appreciation levels

"I had a very limited view of poetry before. Opened my eyes."

• Students experience the power and beauty of the spoken word

"Blew me away. I never experienced poetry like this."

• Students build self-esteem through self-expression and the completion of a process

"It was so cool to write and learn my own poem and then actually perform it. Awesome." 

• Enhance & jump-start interest in your poetry program efforts

"...this was really fun. I've told a lot of people about it, that they should come and try this, even my roomate."

• Students build skills and their confidence expands

   "I never thought I'd be able to do that. Never. Get up and perform? Ray made the impossible seem pretty easy." 

• Students learn improved communication skills

"I think it's easier to get up and express myself now 
wherever I am." 

• Provides lasting values and learning

"Best English class I ever had. 
I can really use what I learned here." 

    Program meets core values, and nets a positive impact on students, school, department, and community

    If you'd like to hear comments like these from your students and others, take one more step and contact Ray for the details.