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Our Mission: 826 Seattle is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to helping youth, ages 6 to 18, improve their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. At 826 Seattle, we believe significant learning happens with individual attention and that strong writing skills are essential for future success.
What to Read in the Rain 2012
Great news: What to Read in the Rain - 2012 (or as we fondly refer to it, "The Hotel Book") has arrived. This new anthology is filled with writing by 826 Seattle students and some grown-up writers like Dave Eggers, Karen Finneyfrock and Tom Robbins. Get your copy today!
The Adventures of 826 Seattle
The 2010-2011 annual report (our first!) is here. We invite you to dive into "The Adventures of 826 Seattle": our programs, numbers, publishing projects, supporters, and much, much more. Included in this story? Well, you. Read on to find out more.
SOLD! Auction of Basses Comes to a Dramatic Close
Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament and legendary Northwest guitar & bass builder Mike Lull teamed up to support 826 Seattle by auctioning off two hand-painted bass guitars! The auction ended on January 26th and both basses sold for a total of $17,000! Amazing. Click HERE for more info. (Photo credit: Anna Knowldon)
We Won!
Executive Director Teri Hein, and Student Mentor Meron Kasahun, went to the White House to accept the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities! More details in The Latest.
(Photo by Steven Purcell)
Our Programs
After-School Tutoring
After-school tutoring, homework help and writing enrichment clubs are available throughout the school year.//details
Workshops
Our workshops inspire imaginations and teach fundamentals, appealing to reluctant writers and aspiring authors.//details
Field Trips
We invite teachers to bring their classrooms to our writing lab to experience theatrical, fun, and collaborative writing.//details
In-Schools
Trained volunteers head to classrooms around King County to support teachers in their writing curricula.//details
Publishing
With the help of excellent teachers and gifted book-making professionals, we publish select student work.//details
What’s Happening
2012 Write Like I Do Schedule Announced
Our 2012 "How To Write Like I Do" series has been announced and posted. Head on over to the event page and take a look. This year we are featuring art critics, editors, fiction writers and the dynamic fraternal duo, Davy and Peter Rothbart of Found fame. Tickets are $35 each or, if...//more
826 Seattle’s Meron Kasahun is a Comeback Kid
LAST SUMMER Teri Hein—executive director of 826 Seattle, an after-school tutoring center for children—learned she could take one of her students to the White House in November//more
Seedfolks Stories
These stories are the product of an In-Schools collaboration between 826 Seattle and Ms. Coots’ 5th grade class at Madrona Elementary in SeaTac, Washington. To start, the students in Ms. Coots’ class read the novel Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman--a collection of stories from the point...//more
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2010-2011 Annual Report
We are thrilled to announce the release of our 2010-2011 (the very first!) annual report, which is designed in the style of one of our favorite fieldtrip books. We invite you to sit back and read up on what the past year looked like at 826 Seattle.
In its pages you can...
• Feast your eyes on illustrations by 826 Seattle volunteers
• Read up on our core programs and projects
• Be introduced to a few of our students, volunteers, teachers, and staff
• Be blown away by how much we accomplish
• Two words: dogs and coupons
We are incredibly proud of both the content and the design. Won't you take a moment to read "The Adventures of 826 Seattle"?
826 Seattle is a chapter of 826 National.
