MIDDLE SCHOOL and LICEO POETRY CLUB
February 27th MIDDLE SCHOOL POETRY READING On Thursday, February 27th, the Middle School Poetry Club held its annual reading in the gym. Mary Giaimo, Poetry Club facilitator, with the presence of Head of School Anna Fiore, along with Admir Cungu and Astrit Tena, transformed the gym into a cafe, complete with music. Michael Prater and Nels Pierce created a slide show of poets studied in the Club as well as the poetic paintings of well-known abstract artists. Parents generously brought refreshments as well as their enthusiasm and support. Our poets included Carolina Stocchi, Martina Gallo, Martina Chirco, Sabrina Debler, Pier Francesco Stocchi, Emma Ferri, Adrian Oliensis, Emanuele Cirelli, and Francesco Ferri. The Poetry Club meets after school once a week, from 3:30-5:00. The first semester is geared towards Middle School students and the second is for our Liceo students. Each week the activity begins by reading poems from renowned poets. Then a poetry idea inside these works is found, and the children write their own poems. Poets studied this semester included Robert Herrick, William Carlos Williams, Pier Paolo Pasolini, John Donne, D. H. Lawrence, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Charles Simic, Elizabeth Bishop, and others. The children's work was exquisite. We thank them for their heart, spirit, courage, and poetry. We warmly thank Mary Giaimo for conducting the Poetry After school activity and for organizing this wonderful reading.
June 4th LICEO POETRY READING On Wednesday, June 4th, the Liceo Poetry Club held its annual reading in the gym. The evening began with an introduction by Mary Giaimo, Poetry Club facilitator, with the presence of Head of School Anna Fiore. Michael Prater and Nels Pierce once again created a slide show of poets studied in the Club as well as the poetic paintings of well-known abstract artists. Parents generously provided delicious refreshments. Our poets included Josephine Morris, Bianca Serafini, Luciano Niedermann, Dante Hin-Gasco, Zamansky Twum, and Dualis Castillo. Poets studied this semester with Liceo students included Denise Levertov, William Carlos Williams, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Langston Hughes, D. H. Lawrence, Walt Whitman, Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, Percy Bysshe Shelley, E. E. Cummings, and others.
La Scuola d’Italia
Annual Report 2013-14
The students' work was outstanding. We thank them for their exquisite poetical production.
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