Thank you for being part of the ForWords community. In this newsletter, we share the latest student publication, success of the SummerBridge to High School program, and our plan for the next few months. ForWords Review: A Literary Magazine Vol.1 No.1 2022: The ForWords Connection Hot off the press is the newest student publication, a … Read More
Newsletters
Winter 2022 Newsletter
Greetings! From all of us at ForWords, thank you for your generous response to our year-end appeal. We are grateful to count on you as part of our community, and look forward to sharing more updates with you as we move into the second half of the school year. To read Winter 2022 Newsletter click … Read More
Fall 2021 Newsletter – In-Person Learning Returns!
Greetings! We hope this finds you well and enjoying the comforts of fall. It’s been a busy year for ForWords, and we’re so grateful for your ongoing support. As we head into the final few months of 2021, we wanted to share a few quick program updates…read more here.
Fall Newsletter & Student Poem: Find the Way into Freedom
Dear Friends of ForWords Literacy Lab; Fall has officially begun, and we wish you a healthy and happy change of seasons. While we all continue to face enormous challenges, we want to acknowledge our incredible community of students, faculty and supporters. ForWords students and staff continue to inspire us daily, and have navigated the world … Read More
Students Still Reading, Writing, and Dreaming
Check out our spring post card! Link here (pdf) Dear Friends of ForWords; First and foremost, we send this in the hope that you and your family are safe and well.ForWords has been called upon to help those students who are the most vulnerable in our community. We have retained all of our staff, who … Read More
Moving Forward During the Pandemic
Dear Friends of ForWords Literacy Lab; These past few months, and the past few weeks especially, have been incredibly challenging and emotional. We hope you and your family are safe and well. All of us at ForWords have been deeply affected by the Black Lives Matter movement we’re seeing close to home and around the … Read More
ForWords Goes Virtual
Dear Friends and Supporters of ForWords Literacy Lab, As we all face the challenges of a very difficult time, we hope you are all safe. We thought it might add a moment of hope to provide an update on our students and programs, and what better way to start than to quote one of our … Read More
Summer Bridge Program, Published Anthology & New Staff!
Dear Friends of ForWords Literacy Lab, We’re launching full speed ahead into our fall programs, and wanted to take a moment to share a roundup of our summer work, exciting staffing news, and what we have planned for the new school year thanks to your generous support. This summer marked the 5th year of our Summer … Read More
Winter 2019 Newsletter
Dear Friends of ForWords Literacy Lab,
Happy New Year!
Wishing you and yours health and happiness in 2019. We’ve summarized the exciting projects coming up in 2019 in our January 2019 Newsletter.…Read More
Summer Wrap-Up Newsletter
Earlier this month, the 2018 ForWords Literacy Lab Summer Program came to a close with an exciting certificate ceremony. Throughout the summer, students explored such themes as discrimination, immigration, poverty, and other social issues.…Read more