POPS The Club at Steel-High

POPS the Club is a place where kids impacted by incarceration can come together, create a community, and share their stories via writing and art.

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

Everything you need to know about POPS the Club! https://t.co/ps5t7JYjbR

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

Some kids making us proud with their poise and bravery in front of a reporter, others making us proud for their hard work in the weight room 💪💪💪

[Leane Thorn-Beckey @LeaneBeckey]

#ForTheRoom #ProudTeamMom

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

Showcasing the hard work of our students!

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Get your copy of Dream Catchers, our latest anthology, at https://t.co/Fj2LZbEjvY. #PopsTheClub #Artists #ClubMembers #Writers #Photographers #SupportPops

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

Two of our girls are cheerleaders and selling apparel and need some support for new uniforms. If you're looking for Roller gear, please consider supporting Kennedy King and Reagan King by purchasing and entering one of their names at checkout!

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[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

At our very first meeting, I asked the kids who wanted to go to college. No one. And even if they wanted to, they believed they couldn't afford it.

Today, we did a project where we wrote on the outside of a bowl what we want in the future. All of them wrote college.

#soproud

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

I haven't been great at social media updates, but here's what we've been up to: the kids wrote the alphabet, then added one word per letter that described their loved one in prison, their feelings about it or prison itself. Then we made some of the words into resin paperweights.

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

The carnival was a huge success! Another huge turnout - so huge that I'm sore today from working so hard! It was great to see all our kids again & to meet a few new faces who we will hopefully see in a few weeks. Join us Sept 26 at 7am for our 1st meeting of the year!

[Swatara Police @SwataraPolice]

Steel-High School District’s Back to School Carnival has HUGE turnout! https://t.co/hPg7JfwxNH

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

Come see POPS at the Carnival!

[SHSDROLLERS @shsdrollers]

Steelton-Highspire School District Carnival Sept 11 from 6-8PM in front of High School

[Jennifer Morrison @Jmorrisonart]

Mark your calendars @SteelHighPOPS @SHHS_SD

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

Exciting news: one of our artists sold her first piece of art to a POPS Club supporter - and that woman would like to speak with our artist about art school scholarship opportunities. So proud!!

Happy Summer! To the group of you that we missed today: see you in the Fall!

[Kate Fritz @K_Elizabeth513]

We have some Roller authors!! Our POPS (Pain of the Prison System) Club members’ works are published again in the newest anthology and it’s hot off the press!! So proud of them and their hearts! @Jmorrisonart @hbobula @SteelHighPOPS

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

We sure had some proud "Mom" moments the last two nights. These girls were so impressive (and brave.) They are 9th graders, but they stood on a stage with adult college students and were the stars of the show. They were great Thursday, even better Friday. Congratulations to them!

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

So proud of these beautiful ladies. They rocked it tonight ❤ Come see them tomorrow!

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

Come out & support 2 brave young ladies as they participate in this public reading TONIGHT & TMRW NIGHT. Tonight, we are rushing out after the kids are done reading. Tomorrow night, we will be sticking around after the event & most of our kids will be with us. We hope to see you!

[Jennifer Morrison @Jmorrisonart]

@CentralPenn we are so excited for Steel High students to debut in their first Theatrical Coffeehouse at your school!!! @SteelHighPOPS @SHHS_SD Please plan to attend one of the two nights!

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

Blackout poetry project, part 2 this morning. At first, the kids struggled a bit. But after a few suggestions to get them moving, we were very impressed with their work! Most still need illustrated, but we're off to a great start.

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

This week, we started another new project. We took pages out of a book and burned the edges. Next week, we will create blackout poetry with these by highlighting only the words we want to keep and painting over all the others. Transforming one work of art into another.

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

@trfleager Thanks, Tracy! We appreciate the support!!

[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

Our kids will be at these two events, reading their writing & things written by other POPS kids. It takes incredible bravery to get on stage & read stories that are so personal to a live audience. We are so proud of them!

Mark your calendars!

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[POPS The Club at Steel-High @SteelHighPOPS]

@trfleager Thanks, Tracy! That's a way better way to do it - not enough coffee yet this morning 😁