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SUMMER201 8 WRITE | SUMMERWRITE 2018 CLASSESWORKSHOPS | & TO REGISTER,TO 473-2590 X107 CALL | WAB.ORG 1 SPRING & SUMMER YOUTH CREATIVE DAYCAMPS & WORKSHOPS Things to Know Group Size and Instructor Ratio: Workshops are limited to a total addition, daily playground break-time or other outdoor activities are scheduled for enrollment of 12 students with the exception of a few specific classes. Most workshops each group. Some classes also take place at our rural facility, Gell: A Finger Lakes are led by one adult teaching artist and one high school or college apprentice. Creative Retreat, located on 24 acres in scenic South Bristol. What to Bring: Unless otherwise noted in the description, all you need is Map & Directions: a pen and paper, water bottle, and lunch if you’re staying all day. Please leave cell Writers & Books is located at phones and other electronic devices at home or turned off completely and tucked in a 740 University Avenue between backpack or bag. Merriman Street and Atlantic Avenue in the Neighborhood of Food: Snacks are provided for breaks, though please bring a water bottle. Full day the Arts. participants bring their own lunches. Please make note of any allergies or dietary restrictions on the registration form and we will do our best to accommodate. Where to Park: There is parking in our lot, which can be entered from University Avenue Choose Full Days or Half Days: Workshops offered are either half Emily DeLucia photo by days or full days. A morning workshop may be combined with an afternoon workshop or Atlantic Avenue. Parking is for a full day of programming. Students staying all day will be supervised during the also available on the streets lunch hour, 12 pm-1 pm. surrounding W&B. Please be aware of signs for parking restrictions. If you wish to park close to the entrance, we Supervision and Hours: Participants must be checked in and signed suggest arriving early to ensure that a space is available in our lot. Please do not out by an adult. Supervision by staff and instructors is provided continuously 8:45 park directly in front of our door as this blocks our accessible entrance. am–4:15 pm. Any student arriving earlier than 8:45 am or departing later than 4:15 WAB.ORG pm is expected to register for, and pay for, extended care. Referral Program: The highest | form of flattery is referring your friends Extended Care: Extended care is available if a child must arrive more than 15 to us! You could earn a $10 credit toward minutes before class begins or stay more than 15 minutes after class is over. We need SummerWrite for each new child you refer to know your extra care needs at least two weeks in advance to be sure we can fill to us. Just be sure your friend mentions your request. Payment is based on the week: your name when registering. Questions? Call or email us: (585) 473-2590 x107, Mornings: JY18-EA (plus week number [1-9].) [email protected]. 7:30 arrival = $45/week 8:00 arrival = $30/week Membership: It pays to be a member! Sign up for a student or Afternoons: JY18-EP (plus week number [1-9].) household membership and receive discounts on SummerWrite classes, along with other benefits. Our special Turning Pages Readers’ Circle membership allows a TO REGISTERTO 21 SEE PAGE 5:00 departure = $30/week 5:30 departure = $45/week unique way of discovering books while also supporting Writers & Books programs. Four times each year a surprise book will arrive in your mailbox, and there will Registration: Online registration now available! Visit wab.org. Additionally, be exclusive events that will illuminate the selections. For more information on you may mail or fax the form on page 21. To register by phone, call (585) 473-2590 membership, call (585) 473-2590 x107, or visit www.wab.org. Become a member x107. today using our registration form on page 21! Field Trips and Final Presentations: Several of our workshops Scholarships: Writers & Books is committed to making our programs take advantage of arts institutions close by, such as the George Eastman Museum available to all members of the community. We offer partial and full scholarships and the Memorial Art Gallery. Many use dramatic arts as well—and therefore may end based on need. Visit www.wab.org for an application or contact Sarah Brown with with a presentation on Friday, and/or a group publication. questions: [email protected]. Payment: Full payment for each workshop, for each participant, plus membership Summerwrite Blog: During the week(s) your child is in camp, please fee if due, is required at time of initial registration. visit summerwrite.tumblr.com to see a list of activities your child participated in during his or her class, which are sometimes accompanied by photos and other Withdrawal Policy: A full refund is given in the event that W&B must interesting tidbits about the SummerWrite program! cancel a class. If you withdraw up to one week before the first day of a class, W&B will give a full refund, minus a 10% administrative fee. Within one week of a class, W&B Accessibility: Writers & Books welcomes and encourages people with disabilities to participate in our programs! Our facility at 740 University Avenue will refund 50% or give a full credit toward another class. After the first class and up is equipped with a lift and elevators to provide full wheelchair accessibility. to the day of the second class, W&B will refund 50% or give a pro-rated credit. After Accessible parking is available in our lot at the rear of the building near our the second class there will be no refunds or credits. main entrance off Atlantic Avenue. If you would like to make a request for any SUMMERWRITE 2018 CLASSESWORKSHOPS | & accommodation, please email us at [email protected] at least 10 days | Cancellation Procedure: In the rare event that a class has to be prior to the workshop. canceled due to low enrollment or other unforeseeable circumstances, you will be notified within a minimum of one week before the scheduled start of the class. Questions?: Please don’t hesitate to be in touch with us! Contact our Director of Youth Education, Sally Bittner Bonn, at [email protected] or (585) 473- Facilities: Our beautiful 1903 Claude Bragdon building on ArtWalk in the 2590 x109. Or, during the summer, for day-to-day questions, to report absences, Neighborhood of the Arts is fully wheelchair accessible, with three sun-lit, air- or to figure out logistics of your child’s day, please contact the SummerWrite 2 conditioned workshop rooms, a computer lab, and a performance space. We use our Coordinator at [email protected]. landscaped grounds and the playground next door for outdoor time during lunch. In SPRING & SUMMER YOUTH CREATIVE DAYCAMPS AND WORKSHOPS STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kyle Semmel DIRECTOR OF YOUTH EDUCATION Sally Bittner Bonn GRAPHIC DESIGNER & COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR Sarah Brown SUMMER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Chris Fanning DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & ADULT PROGRAMS Daniel Herd MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Emma Lynge | SUMMERWRITE 2018 CLASSESWORKSHOPS | & DIRECTOR OF GELL Kathy Pottetti DONOR RELATIONS MANAGER Alexa Scott-Flaherty COORDINATOR OF COMMUNITY READING PROGRAMS Karen vanMeenen WRITEOUR MISSION Writers & Books Promotes Reading FRONT DESK STAFF A Note from the Director of Youth Education Sarah Collins and Writing as Life-Long Activities for Desirée Duncan Dear Families, People of All Ages and Backgrounds Emma Lynge GELL STAFF This year marks a significant milestone for our community, and our Edgar Brown SPONSORED BY Carl Davis country as 2018 is the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’s birth. Rochester was his home for 25 years, and the place where he did some VOLUNTEER of his most important abolitionist work. Douglass fought hard for equal Scott Evans rights for all people. Here at Writers & Books, we are calling on the PHOTOGRAPHY spirit of Frederick Douglass this summer, with several camps that will Emily DeLucia (emilydelucia.com) Sarah Fink focus, in age-appropriate ways, on his life and times, and also on social justice issues. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trevor Harrison, President Look for the special 2018 City of Rochester logo to identify the camps that will place Bruce Gianniny, Vice-President specific focus on these issues. Many of our other camps, not marked with this logo, REGISTER,TO 473-2590 X107 CALL Christine A. Eichelberger, Treasurer may also call on inspiration from Douglass. Jennifer R. Kellogg, Secretary Elizabeth Berry Mark Boylan Additionally, I would like to call your attention to the new Claire Allen Memorial Eric Cook Scholarship Fund, for teen girls from Livingston County. We were deeply saddened Susan Desino to learn of Claire’s passing last fall, but we are proud to honor the memory of this Peggy S. Fox talented former SummerWrite student whose time on this planet was too brief. For more information Teresa Galbier Beverly Gold see page 17. Grace Gonzalez Tokeya Graham We would also like to pay tribute to a literary icon of Rochester, Stephanie Squicciarini, founder and William Hall director of the Rochester Teen Book Festival, who passed away earlier this year. She was a champion Grant Holcomb Frank Interlichia of youth literary programming, and we will miss her presence in this community a great deal. Please Joanne Gianniny Will Irwin visit page 17 for more information about the 2018 Teen Book Festival taking place in May. Danielle Massare Gilbert K. (Ken) McCurdy As always, please take time with your child to peruse the pages of this catalog—the more your David J. Mihalyov Kimberly J. Mura child can be involved in the decision-making process, the more invested in the experience of the | workshops your child will be.