Happy First Day of School, Connecticut. We Did Our Best @CWPFairfield To Keep Literacy Efforts Going

It's hard to believe that CWP-Fairfield summer work ended and I working tirelessly at getting the student writing for the 6th edition of POW! Power of Words. This summer, 20 teachers and 180+ young people from local schools arrived to Fairfield University to explore creativity, innovation, imagination, sports, novels, politics, Shakespeare and language acquisition. We are still picking up from the labor but know that today, of all days, a Tuesday, everyone is heading back to the scholastic schools to begin their grind.

We hope that everyone will return, however, with more pep in their step, more ingenuity and more possibility for what can be composed, crafted and created.

Here's to the 2019-2020 school year (and I know, I know. I'm still partying like it's 1999). Phew! That went fast.

Thus begins another 180 rendition (give or take a few with those inevitable snow days).

I am forever grateful to Mindy, Jessica, Stafania, William, Abu, Justin, Colin, Michael, Emily, Shaun, Dave, Kim, Gina, Kevin, Denise, Julie, Kara and Shannon for leading this summer's charges and providing an awesome summer experience. We have such spectacular curriculum and outcome from all the hard work and I can't wait to jump into it in celebration of everyone's achievement.

The cicadas returned early this year and last night, the evening of anxiousness, excitement, and despair, the coastal air hinted that we are upon soccer and football seasons, cheerleaders, marching bands, and new locker combinations.

I'm cheering all of you on from the University and sending the best wishes imaginable that this will be the best year yet.

You got this.