GCHS Writers Week

Grayslake Central's annual week-long celebration of writing, featuring novelists, journalists, poets, songwriters, screenwriters, comics, and more.

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Solid end to an awesome Writers Week with an engaging performance from @MattMuse12 #gchsww

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GCHS students enjoy a workshop with Kenny Metroff and the long-form improv troupe Droppin’ $cience during #GCHSww!

[Melissa Thurlwell @GCHSThurlwell]

GCHS Art teacher, Mr. Divis, explains that his own personal art — oil painting — is about “relationships...and how things/ideas either intertwine or juxtapose.” #gchsww #RamsLife

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What a beautiful start to the last day of Writers Week 2019: @jim_m_love reminding us, “My obstacle will always be a part of me, but it will never define me.” *snapsnapsnap* #gchsww

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GCHS alum Callie Calamia opens for Poets With Class by sharing their own work. #gchsww

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“I write my stories to be mirrors for some, windows for others...Art matters. Representation matters. YOUR VOICE matters.” Love the inspiration from @sam_aye_ahm—THANK YOU for sharing your voice with us today! #gchsww

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Learning blues chords and some Muddy Waters tunes with Morry & Mondo in the 5th hour Writers Week Workshop! #gchsww

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“I write these stories because they are girls who persist” @sam_aye_ahm on telling Maya’s & Layla’s stories in her two novels “Love, Hate, and Other Filters” and “Internment” #gchsww

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Margo Stonyte & Ben Robins open up for the band’s last performance at #GCHSww...thank you for sharing your music!

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Simple but powerful advice from the band’s frontman: “You need to write bad stuff in order to write good stuff.” Thanks to Morry Sochat and the Special 20s for waking up early and rocking out with us today! #gchsww

[Mikkel Storaasli @MStoraasli]

What's going on at #RamsLife #GCHSww ? Just some jazz, bluess, and tap dancing! https://t.co/YYe53F5oE0

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Thanks to Vanessa Castillo for getting things started 2nd hour by sharing her poetry at Writers Week. #gchsww

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Some unexpected tap dancing from Morey Sochat, who didn’t start tapping until he was 45! “It’s never too late—if you want to do something, do it.” #gchsww

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Thanks to freshmen Ashley Reiser & Alondra Sanroman for being our very first student presenters for the 7th Annual GCHS Writers Week! #gchsww

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Morry Sochat and the Special 20s will get things started in the GCHS theatre for Writers Week Day 2, followed by @sam_aye_ahm and Poets With Class. Come down and see what we've got going on! #gchsww #ramslife

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When you get an unexpected live performance of the song you used to close the contest play and all the feelings come rushing back 😭. Thanks, @carlhauck, for letting us use your amazing music to help us tell our story! #gchsww #ramslife

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@MrEvansBeard @carlhauck #gchsww wouldn't be possible without you!

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Advice from @carlhauck for aspiring songwriters: "Put yourself out there, but it's ok to have a little self-doubt about what you create. That's healthy." #gchsww

[Maureen Ritter @RittaOnTwitta]

When @carlhauck comes back to @gchsWritersWeek and makes sure @MrFarrellGCHS is well-represented in his presentation 😂...once a colleague, always a colleague #gchsww

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A beautiful message from @GnatCorky: "Share your light with the world and seek it out in others." Thank you for bringing your stories to us today! #gchsww