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St. Louis Park High students launch school-based writing center; staff seek sustainable funding
Summary
Students and staff described a new student-run writing center at St. Louis Park High School that offers peer coaching after school and during WIN time. Presenters emphasized coaching training, a feedback loop for improvement and a modest SLP Community Foundation grant but said sustainable funding remains a need.
A group of students and teacher Callie Hovstad presented a new student-run writing center to the St. Louis Park Public Schools board on Oct. 28, describing its goals, training and operations. "My name is Callie Hovstad, and I teach English at the high school," Hovstad said as she introduced the initiative and the student coaches.
The students told the board the writing center grew from a former learning lab and summer planning by teachers and students. The center’s core beliefs include that "writing is a process," that "all writers benefit from feedback regardless of skill level," and that peer collaboration can be an…
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