Celebrating Jennifer Walcott

4/9/2014

In her roles as an English teacher and Director, Teacher Development, Jennifer made a lasting impact on our community. The current and past parents, alumni, staff and friends filling the Lodge for this event are a testament to the difference she made for so many.

Jennifer is passionate about helping students find their unique voices as writers. Knowing the value of constructive criticism from other writers, Jennifer brought in several authors throughout her time at Greenwood to read and provide feedback on student work. Four of these authors joined us on April 3, giving short readings from their novels and collections. Following an introduction and tribute to Jennifer by Emma Hambly (’10), guests were treated to readings from:

Dennis Bock, who read from his novel Going Home Again
Pam Mordecai, who read from her poetry collections The True Blue of Islands and Subversive Sonnets
Wendy Morton, who read from two of her Elders Project poetry collections
Andrew Pyper, who read from his novel The Demonologist

These four writers were then joined by Pete Wilson (’07), a Greenwood graduate and author of two published novels, for a short question-and-answer session. The group shared their feelings on why it’s important to write, and what we can do to encourage a love of reading and writing in ourselves and others.

Throughout the evening, guests had the opportunity to share their memories of Jennifer in a tribute book, filled with well-wishes and photos from the Greenwood community. Check out more photos from the event in our photo album.

We sincerely thank Jennifer for her contributions to Greenwood, and we wish her all the best in the many adventures to come.

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From left: Pam Mordecai; Andrew Pyper; Wendy Morton; Dennis Bock; Jennifer Walcott; Emma Hambly ('10); and Pete Wilson ('07).

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