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Letters from Schools and Students
Boy, oh boy!!! Did you ever make me look good!!! Everyone
loved having you here -- students and staff. You are
wonderful! You have such a marvelous gift and you have
done a fine job developing and sharing it. Thank you again
for a most delightful two days.
A. G.,
Chairman Children's Book Week -- Mesa, Arizona
Outstanding assembly! This was one of the very best for
students, teachers and parents that we have had in our 15
year history at Christa McAuliffe.
K. R.,
1st Grade Teacher
Your program was excellent. We have had several authors
talk to our students over the past five years,
and by far
you are the best. The way you get students
excited about
writing is outstanding.
B. M.,
Principal -- Bakersfield, California |
I really enjoyed your hilarious stories and your awesome imagination. You even made my science teacher laugh. He never laughs. I hope you come again.
Rachel,
5th Grade -- Loveland, Colorado |
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What a marvelous kickoff for our Young Author's day. Your
ability to integrate the art of storytelling with the
importance of writing is marvelous.
C. Y.,
Reading Specialist -- Phoenix, Arizona
Thank you very much for your outstanding presentation at
our school. Your insights into writing and writing
instruction truly helped our students and staff be excited
about writing. We hope to see you again soon.
W. B.,
Principal -- Arvada, Colorado
I wanted to take a minute and personally thank you for the
wonderful day you gave our school. The morning assembly
was one of the best. The time you spent with the grade
levels made a difference in the student's style along with
the teacher's style of teaching writing. The evening
parent workshop was outstanding. We have had so many
positive comments from the community.
M. G.,
Safety Net Instructor -- Sammamish, Washington
Thank you so much for a great day. Your presentation and
workshops really boosted the excitement of writing around
here. I've heard nothing but positive comments from
teachers and students.
A. S.,
Assistant Principal -- Las Vegas, Nevada
The teachers are continually thanking me for arranging you
to visit our campus. You jump started the new school year
for us.
M. W.,
Media Specialist -- Phoenix, Arizona
Everyone loved your assembly today. You are great
with
large numbers of kids! We hope to see you again.
C. W.,
Teacher -- Heber City, Utah
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I really liked your stories and hope you'll come again. In the workshop you made us use our heads. Boy was that fun.
Caleb,
6th Grade -- Idaho Falls, Idaho |
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Thanks for sharing your time and talent. The teachers,
students and parents are still talking about how great
the
day was. It was one of the best things we've done
for our
kids.
K. P.,
Principal -- Salt Lake City, Utah
I just wanted to thank you for spending the day with us
here at Hubbard. Your enthusiasm, experience, and love for
writing were inspirational to all of us. By the way, my
kids are hooked on your books. We hope to have you back in
the years to come.
S. M.,
Teacher -- Pocatello, Idaho
I would love to have him teach a staff development class.
He does a wonderful job relating to kids and getting them
excited about reading and writing. My class can't wait for
me to read all his books to them.
M. S.,
3rd Grade Teacher
I loved how he wove life lessons into his talk. He touched
gently on kindness, compassion, boundaries and goal
setting during the writing lessons and the kids respected
his knowledge and power. I liked how he related the
editing process to video gaming. It was such a perfect
analogy that the kids understood. This is the best author
presentation I have seen.
L. A.,
Kindergarten Teacher
The best thing of all to come out of Gary's visit was that
one of my most unenthusiastic readers came
to the evening
workshop, bought a copy of each of
Gary's books, and is
avidly reading them. He is now
excited about reading! What
a joy it was for me to
see
that, and of course, his
parents are absolutely
thrilled. I don't know who arranged
the visit, but it
was the best ever!
A. C.,
3rd Grade Teacher |
Thanks to you now I like to write stories. I found out it is very fun. I hope that you will come again.
Enoch, 2nd Grade -- Kailua, Hawaii |
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What a wonderful presentation! Your message was clear and
just right for us to understand, as well as FUN!
K. S.,
Teacher -- Phoenix, Arizona
When you visited my class. I could visibly see you "reach" some of my students that definitely want to disappear when
they're asked to write. We've worked on the stories you
started with them twice now.
L. S.,
Teacher -- Boise, Idaho
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