The celebratory reading will feature about a dozen students ages 14 to 18 who will present selections of their poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction.
Volunteers are needed to help clean the trail of winter debris, rake leaves, pick up trash, replace lost markers and hand-pull invasive plants such as garlic mustard, celandine and winged euonymous.
“There are bigots and racists in the world, but Monument doesn’t have to be the way the world is out there...we can influence our community by the way we treat others and ourselves.”
--- Student Senate President Teddy Michaels
“Poetry has solidified for me the importance of art in my life. It's easy for me to discount my propensity for drama as a hobby, but this is my passion. Sharing emotion with people is probably what I love to do most, and I think this experience has reinforced that I should be doing precisely that.”
-- Caroline Sprague, state champion in the Poetry Out Loud competition
