Dec 8, 2020 2 min "We were the pioneers—both Butler and Shortridge students alike—of an impossible task... This semester was different. Signing up for this course, I was shown countless pictures of Shortridge and Butler students coexisting and...
Dec 1, 2020 2 min "It broke the monotony of being alone and stuck in the house every day..." This semester, I looked forward to writer’s workshop every week and was thrilled to learn that we would spend the remainder of the...
Apr 24, 2020 2 min "They helped remind me why I fell in love with writing in the first place..." 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....
Dec 6, 2019 1 min Poetic Reflections from Shortridge 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...
Nov 29, 2019 2 min "I've learned more from Shortridge students than I could probably ever teach..." 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...
May 6, 2019 2 min Mutual Vulnerability and the Rewards of Being Known 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...
May 6, 2019 2 min "The resiliency, self-awareness, and talent I witnessed was remarkable..." At first, my decision to enroll in the Writing in Schools course was a purely logistical one. It fulfilled both my Indianapolis Community...
Apr 24, 2019 1 min Butler Writers program preps tenth edition of IPS student work A new print edition of Reverberations, a literary journal for the poets and storytellers of Shortridge High School, will be released this...
Apr 10, 2019 2 min "Few spaces inside a school have felt safer than Butler Writers..." Even when I consider my own high school experience, few spaces inside a school have felt safer than Butler Writers at Shortridge. It has...
Apr 10, 2019 2 min "I think we will be able to take on anything..." 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...
