Lupin Hill students learn power of words




Lupin Hill students
learn power of words


Students in Lynn Shapiro’s fifth grade class at Lupin Hill Elementary School in Calabasas have been busy learning the power of the written word—specifically, the power of their own writing.


In an assignment requiring students to write a persuasive letter, some of the young scribes were so effective in letters they directed to members of the Calabasas City Council that city councilwoman Janice Lee visited their class to address some of the concerns and issues raised in students’ letters.


In particular, Lee was impressed with a letter from Travis Metzger who wrote about safety concerns he has with the creek by his house, where neighborhood children play in an area littered with barbed wire, used appliances and trash. He suggested that the city host a "community cleanup day" and Lee has forwarded his letter to a committee that will implement just such an activity.


Another of Shapiro’s students, Andrew Grossman, was awarded second place in the fiction category in the California Writers’ Club San Fernando Valley Branch’s writing contest. He received a cash prize plus a copy of the anthology of students’ work that included his essay.



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