STORY SLAM

~ STORY SLAM ~

Ms. Gorman was the youngest poet in U.S. history to speak at a presidential inauguration, when she recited her poem “The Hill We Climb”.

Find your voice in the ultimate artistic form of self expression! Our campers (ages 9-14) will learn how to create and write short stories & poems which are compelling, moving, and impactful! PAW’s Story Slam allows our young writers to express themselves in the most memorable way!

~ Stories ignite our imaginations, leading to new stories and new worlds to explore ~

Learn how to write short stories and poetry at
PAW’s Story Slam Camp!
Our young writers will draw inspiration from their personal experiences, issues they are passionate about, and even current events…then write and compose their own short stories or poems to share with each other.

Our campers are provided with a safe and supportive space as they learn to draw inspiration from their personal experiences to compose their own short stories and poems…teaching them how to express themselves through the written word. They will learn the essential elements that are necessary to create an amazing short story including character, plot, setting and theme. By balancing these principles along with powerful literary elements including rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeias, similes, metaphors, repetition, personification, hyperboles, symbolism, tone, and mood our campers will take their poetry to another level as well!

Finally, our curriculum will promote the development of self-confidence through the medium of storytelling. Within each one-week session, our campers will give their written work a voice as they expand upon their public speaking skills through a series of fun vocal exercises and breathing games to enhance their diction, enunciation, projection, intent and directness while speaking! Our campers will share their stories and poems with each other at their group finale…the “Open Mic Party!”

Our campers are provided a safe and supportive space where they will learn to use these literary skills to articulate their thoughts, feelings, perspectives, and experiences in a series of written poems.  From there, our campers will give life to their written words by participating in the culminating class activity, THE OPEN MIC PARTY! Here they get the opportunity to express their poems in a spoken style with intentional body language, meaningful tone and diction, as well as personal stylistic touches.

PARTICIPATION AND CAMP ACTIVITIES

• We at Performing Arts Workshops work to provide a non-competitive, nurturing and fun environment for our campers.
• Children are enrolled in camp on a first come, first served basis. NO audition or prior experience is necessary. 
• We reserve the right to determine activities, workshops and inclusion of performance pieces for presentation at our discretion.
• Any special clothing, or dress is provided by the parents. All camp recitals are free and attended by the friends and family members of our campers.

CAMP TUITION & EXTENDED PLAY

STORY SLAM CAMP: $540 per 1 week session
(Be sure to select your camp discount when you register!)

SUNRISE STUDENT  8:00am-8:45am
$15 per day when paid by the day as needed or it’s reduced to $10 per day when paid in advance for the full session.

EXTENDED PLAY  3:10pm-5:00pm (where available):
$25 per day when paid by the day as needed or it’s reduced to $20 per day when paid in advance for the full session.

Changing the world, one word at a time!

PAW’s Story Slam Camp empowers children with language arts,
public speaking, and creative tools that transcend the walls
of the classroom, providing them with a platform to share
their perspectives and experiences as they become
the leaders of tomorrow.

Do you have a STORY that needs to get out?