This semester was different. Signing up for this course, I was shown countless pictures of Shortridge and Butler students coexisting and...

This semester, I looked forward to writer’s workshop every week and was thrilled to learn that we would spend the remainder of the...

At the beginning of the semester, I was excited to work with Shortridge students and hoped I could pass along my love of writing to them....

we haven’t written as much as we hoped for but that’s okay. what really matters is the time we shared. the laughter. As this semester...

I certainly am hopeful that, even if in just some very small way, I’ve been able to make an impact on a student or students at Shortridge...

I hadn’t expected my voice to shake. Putting down my emotions to complete a task is a skill I’ve come to manage so well that I’m pretty...

At first, my decision to enroll in the Writing in Schools course was a purely logistical one. It fulfilled both my Indianapolis Community...

A new print edition of Reverberations, a literary journal for the poets and storytellers of Shortridge High School, will be released this...

Even when I consider my own high school experience, few spaces inside a school have felt safer than Butler Writers at Shortridge. It has...

One of the best parts of the experience at Shortridge was the community we built. No matter how many or little students showed up to the...

In the weeks leading up to Shortridge, we were told often how great the students were not only in general but also in their writing...

After a semester of Butler Writers, here is what I know now: do not underestimate the high schooler. They are intelligent young people...

At the beginning of the semester, the primary expectation I had for myself was to try as hard as possible to step outside of my comfort...

I am incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to be a mentor for the semester at Shortridge. As I had stated at the beginning of...

Our after-school space being more freely-structured allows the students to be more open and about themselves and about their writing....

On Tuesday, April 18, the Butler Writers met for one final time at Broad Ripple, with the school's unfortunate closing on the horizon. In...

If you had asked first-year me what I thought the class that would affect me most at Butler, I do not know what my answer would have...

I went to school in a 4-star corporation. We always had the newest technology when it came out (i.e. Elmo projectors, Smart Boards, class...

I grew into my role as a tutor and mentor over the course of the semester. I fell in love with being at the school and working with all...

There have been no winter blues for the Shortridge Blue Devils, with a special string of events to cap the fall semester and commence the...

It seems strange to me that the simplest things are those that we often forget. How easy is it, really, to just listen? As it turns out,...

My grandfather was many things. Most importantly, he was a grandfather (a thing many grandfathers forget to be). By trade and education,...

Volunteering as a mentor at Broad Ripple is one of the best decisions I have ever made. I remember the first few weeks of classes made me...

Before walking into Broad Ripple High School, I had no idea what to expect. This was mid-September and at this point, I’d only lived in...

Spending time at Broad Ripple Magnet School has helped return me to the simpler joys of life. As someone who is at least ten years older...

Arriving at Broad Ripple Magnet School on the first day did not feel as odd as it did for my peers. I had just been in high school a few...

It’s weird being at a school that’s going to close. It’s weird being there with students who know this, and may not know where they will...

Broad Ripple High School is a continual bundle of surprises. Being an Australian exchange student I have been bombarded with questions...

The first day at Broad Ripple felt about the same as any first day of high school ever had. The nerves and stomach knots were almost...

Writing in the Schools wrapped up its programming for the 2016-17 school year with magazine release parties at Broad Ripple Magnet School...

For the first time in the program’s history, Butler Writers was proud to unveil two separate print publications of student work. Young...

When I was growing up, my teachers were always the ones that I looked up to the most. They always seemed to know everything, and they...

Stepping into Broad Ripple Magnet School for the first time was like a breath of fresh air, sprinkled with sentiments of nostalgia and...

The students at Broad Ripple continue to amaze me every time I’m in the classroom with them. Being a creative writing student at Butler,...

“Sorry. I don’t like eye contact. It freaks me out.” “That’s fine. I don’t like shaking hands with people.” This exchange lasted...

Sessions at Butler Writers always start the same way. Questions, questions, questions. What’s your favorite book? What do you want to be...

The first time I walked into the science laboratory at Broad Ripple Magnet School for Butler Writers, I had no idea what to expect. I had...

Each day we go into Broad Ripple Magnet School, we set out with the goal of getting the students we mentor to grow. As the course title...

I am consistently surprised by the creativity and ability that these kids are showing at such a young age. They’re all so different, and...

On the last day of our Fall semester, our full complement of Shortridge writers joined us for Hot Takis and camaraderie. Though it may...

“Friends never say goodbye” — Elton John OK, more like mentors never actually say goodbye. After this long, exhausting and equally...

During this semester, I have struggled with understanding why so many teachers leave the school or do not take the time to really get to...

Butler Writers is an experience. You may think you’re ready, but you have no idea what you’re getting into when you step into this...

Who knew that the most chaotic and stressful part of my semester would be the best thing I’ve ever done in my life? That’s not an...

To say I was terrified of mentoring at Broad Ripple—since we were, in a sense, lab rats in mentoring at a whole new school—is a drastic...

I’ve only ever seen I— write one sentence. On the first day of Butler Writers, he came in, looked around, took a chair from a nearby...

Wow. It’s hard to describe this program. It’s exhausting. It’s gratifying. It’s terrifying. But most of all, it makes me want to get...

I have said it many times and I’m not scared to say it again: being at Broad Ripple is like stepping into a time warp where I’m thirteen...

Like most of the class, I was nervous about the first day at Broad Ripple Magnet School. I had never been in a teaching or mentoring...

First Day Jitters We walked orange streaked hallways with imposing red lockers. Around the corners, whispers in huddles. We readied the...