Event Calendar

September 14, 2006
National Poet Laureate Ted Kooser of Washington, D.C. will visit District 200 and its communities. A schedule of events will be posted closer to Mr. Kooser’s visit.

March to Present
Selected high school student poets and teachers from District 200 have been invited to read a poem at the beginning of the Warrenville City Council meetings.

June 20, 2005
Students and community members read their own work at the Memorial Park Bandshell during "Poetry in the Park."

May 12, 2005
Poetry students from Wheaton North visited the 7th grade Language Arts classes at Franklin Middle School to teach a lesson in poetry.

May 10, 2005
Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein read from his work at Barrows Auditorium on the campus of Wheaton College. He also taught several high school classes and presented checks for $100 each to the two high schools for the purchase of poetry collections for the school libraries.

April 26, 2005
Wheaton poet Don Westlake read from and discussed his work at Community Bank in Wheaton.

April 21, 2005
Poet and entertainer George David Miller performed for students throughout the day in the Wheaton North Library.

March 22, 2005
Students from both high schools gathered at Borders in Danada to read their favorite poems from GOOD POEMS, an anthology edited by Garrison Keillor.

February 17, 2005
Sponsored by both high schools, a "coffeehouse style" evening was held at Wheaton North where poets from both high schools read their original work in a public forum. Nearly 150 students attended.

January 24, 2005
Children's poet Jim Aylesworth entertained and taught students at Whittier Elementary School. In the evening, he gave a reading and book signing at the Warrenville Public Library.