First period…what an enthusiastic bunch at 7:15 in the morning! These sophs are spectacular. (Former students would recognize props from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Macbeth…garlands and sheets and crowns and whatever else was usable from the sack o’ stuff. 😂) Good times. ❤️

The 2022 National Book Awards Longlist: Fiction newyorker.com/books/page-tur… via The New Yorker

We LOVE ❤️ our peeps!!

Woohoo 🙌 Game Day Spirit to get our Friday going ! Vero Beach High School Fighting Indians 🏈

'Great poetry is the place where we come to get the strength to heal.'

Ada Limón was named the next U.S. poet laureate. She begins her tenure in the fall, becoming the 24th person to hold the position. nyti.ms/3O55rtw

Do not trust the eraser poets.org/poem/do-not-tr…

❤️Congratulations!❤️

Answer. That you are here—that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
(“O Me! O Life!”, Walt Whitman)

Many thanks to Laura Riding Jackson Foundation for our contest awards and steadfast support of writers in our community.

You're almost to the finish line! The 2022 AP Exams begin tomorrow. spr.ly/6014zBfVo

#PocketPoem in Carrie Adams today! So much fun! Can’t wait for someone to find it👀

Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day! Poem in Your Pocket Day was started in April 2002 in New York, but is now celebrated in all fifty US states thanks to Academy of American Poets. We encourage you to find a poem that resonates with you, keep it in your pocket, and share with one another.⁠

AP Daily: Live Review begins today!

April 18-29, prepare for AP Exams with live review sessions on the Advanced Placement YouTube channel. There will be lessons for every AP course led by expert teachers, with Q&A.

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⁦⁦Vero Beach High School⁩ Math Team took home 2nd place in the small schools division & 8th place in poster at the Mu Alpha Theta state competition in Orlando last week! Way to go, Math Team & Ms. Hoekzema! ⁦VBHS STEAM Program⁩

#PopRhetoric 👍😊❤️

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Another classic for #PopRhetoric :

Metaphor - a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

'I am a rock
I am an island'
— Simon and Garfunkel

What's your favorite example?

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For Banned Books Week, USA TODAY staffers defend some of the most-challenged books and their rightful place in our world. usatoday.com/story/entertai…

I’ll tickle your catastrophe, you fustilarian! You scullion! You rampallian! merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/…

Once You're My Student, You're Always My Student weareteachers.com/always-my-stud… via We Are Teachers