December 23rd, 2019
As the light returns this holiday season, consider making a generous, year-end gift to California Poets in the Schools. Help us spread this life-enriching work to more California youth in 2020. We are almost 3/4 of the way to our goal of raising $60,000 by December 31st. Thank you to the hundreds of supporters who have already given.
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Most Beautiful
The most unique thing is my
mind popping with ideas.
The strangest thing I ever saw was
other people thinking,
with their elbows smack on the table and their pencils
moving like cheetahs.
The most beautiful thing is the stars
looking down on me.
The brightest thing I ever saw was
a unicorn dancing in the sun.
The most colorful thing I ever saw was a rainbow in
the bright blue sky.
The warmest thing I ever felt was my kitty's heart
pounding with love.
The most beautiful thing I ever saw was a world
spinning and spinning.
The sweetest thing I ever saw was my family
looking into my heart...
But I will never know what they are thinking.
Blooma Goldberg, 3rd grade
Park School, Marin County
Julie Herrara, Classroom Teacher
Prartho Sereno, Poet-Teacher
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What your donation to California Poets in the Schools means:
• We will offer over 22,000 K-12 students throughout California in 2020 an opportunity to find and explore their unique, creative voices through poetry
• We can initiate new poetry-in-schools programs in artistically underserved counties, as we did this year in Merced
• We will host over 50+ poets and educators alongside high level workshop leaders at our statewide symposium in 2020, as we did in San Juan Bautista last year with Juan Felipe Herrera, 21st U.S. Poet Laureate
• We will continue to respond swiftly when disaster strikes - sending Poet-Teachers into schools all over California that have been highly impacted by wildfires and mudslides to offer poetry as a tool for processing trauma and fear
• We will publish hundreds of K-12 youth from California in our climate-themed statewide anthology of student poetry in 2020, offering free copies to each
• We will continue to increase student motivation and sense of purpose in school
• We will offer professional poets throughout the state a meaningful pathway to give back to their local communities as Poet-Teachers
Your donations make a difference! We are just over halfway to our goal of raising $60,000 by December 31st. Please give what you can to support this important work. There are many ways to donate; You can visit our website to make an online gift, mail a check (P.O. Box 1328, Santa Rosa, CA 95402) or add a name to the 1,000 Hearts for Poetry Wall below.
Warm thanks for your ongoing support of poetry,
Meg Hamill
Executive Director
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Welcome Merced to CalPoets!
California Poets in the Schools is incredibly happy to welcome the county of Merced to the list of California counties with an active poetry-in-schools program administered by CalPoets. Dawn Trook, a multi-talented artist/performer and recent creative writing professor at UC Merced, has taken on the role of Area Coordinator of Merced County. Click to read more.
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California Poets in the Schools in the News
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We don’t have to convince you of the facts about arts education... But we do need your help in making sure other people know. California Poets in the Schools is joining dozens of organizations, communities, and leaders across the state to demand that the arts are part of every student’s education. JOIN THE ARTS EDUCATION MOVEMENT AT CREATECA.ORG. (Scroll down to join the movement.)
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Blue Whale Poetry Reading
On the third Sunday of each month, published, featured poets from Santa Barbara and beyond read their work. The second portion of the program is an Open Reading in which all in attendance are invited to participate. A donation of $5.00 is requested.
Date & Time: October 20th, 3:00pm (open-mic before featured reader)
Location: Unity of Santa Barbara, 227 E. Arrellaga Street, Santa Barbara
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California Poets in the Schools is generously supported by the :
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The "Keep Arts in Schools Voluntary Contribution Fund" can be found in Voluntary Contribution Section 110 (425) of the "540" individual state tax-return form, and the minimum donation is just $1. Click here for more information.
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