Just a quick reminder, Thursday, May 2nd, is the final day to register for the English department's college essay summer sessions. Please re-read the information from Mr. Bishop and Ms. Ellam, which was sent out to families on March 11, 2019:
Dear Parents & Guardians:
You are receiving this letter because you have a student who is completing his or her junior year at Hopkinton High School. As you know, in the next several months, your son or daughter may need to write a college essay. We would like to help your child accomplish that task during the summer months.
Essentially, we will spend part of the time teaching writing strategies, and part of the time teaching the students to use a process called descriptive feedback. This process will allow students to look closely at their own and others’ writing using a method that suspends judgment per se, but invites participants to first offer general impressions of a piece of writing and then offer several rounds of focused, increasingly analytic descriptions.
Students should leave the workshop with two positive outcomes: the first will be a completed college essay, and the second will be an increased writing repertoire, including strategies for reviewing their own work. As for the instructors, we are excited to witness the ways in which students compose a piece and return recursively to their work.
If you are interested in having your student participate in this program, please have your child register in the school counseling office by Thursday, May 2. Forms will be available in English classrooms, and a fee of $75.00 must be paid at registration as well as an indication of which session you’d like to attend. Checks can be made out to Hopkinton Student Activities. If you have any questions, please contact our English Department Subject Matter Leader, Sarah Ellam, by email or phone at Hopkinton High School at sellam@hopkinton.k12.ma.us or (508) 497-9820. Students must be available to attend all sessions in the week. For a session to run, we will need fifteen students to register.
Session I – June 24 - 28 (10:00 – 11:30)
Session II – June 24 - 28 (12:00 – 1:30)
Session III – June 24 - 28 (2:00 – 3:30)
Session IV – July 29 - August 2 (1:00 – 2:30)
Please don't hesitate to reach out to Ms. Ellam or your child's school counselor if you have more questions. This opportunity is certainly well worth it, especially for its affordability, so please capitalize upon it while you still have time!
