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Our mission is to encourage the exploration of endless possibilities through the power of writing. Undefined by circumstance, our students build the skills to boldly write their own paths forward. We support new and exciting approaches to writing and inspire student engagement. And we foster generations of creative writers and thinkers, who together will define a better future.

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The Overflowing Sea of Unheard Dreams

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Echenonia

06/01/2022

Grandmother’s Oxtail: A Flavor Eruption

May 15, 2022

To Be Like a Capybara

February 1, 2022

Riding. Yelling. Munching. Splashing. Running. Biking. Singing. Welcome . . . to Coney Island.

June 15, 2021

How to Feel Happy for Other People

March 29,2020

A Note to My Future Self

February 4, 2021

Different

August 7, 2020

The Case for Chicken Nuggets

July 1, 2020

NEWS

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August 15, 2022

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August 2, 2022

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July 2, 2022

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May 31, 2022

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May 2, 2022

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April Volunteer of the Month: Adi Kwiatek

April 5, 2022

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March Volunteer of the Month: Cristina Merino

March 2, 2021

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February Volunteer of the Month: Nik Lokensgaard

February 5, 2021

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January Volunteer of the Month: Su Roy

January 5, 2021

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Fareeda Abdul-Samed

AGE 7th Grade

FEATURED STORY

The Overflowing Sea of Unheard Dreams

We’re the people who choose who we want to be.
Everyone says, “We’re the only ones to make our dreams a reality.”
They are the ones that say no be what they see, they go from sun to the doom of my growing dreams
ones, ones, ones, we are the ones that get to choose my pa ...

Written by Fareeda Abdul-Samed