Sydney Hoff is a graduate of Emory University. She scored 780/800 on the writing section of the SATs and has years of experience tutoring university-level students to foster their writing abilities. Sydney performs copywriting and copyediting work for various organizations. She currently runs a business based in New York offering writing services for students from elementary through higher education.
Join the Brighter Bee team to enter the Amazing Woman Writing Contest presented by the National Youth Foundation.
Overview
Join the Brighter Bee Team this summer to enter the National Youth Foundation’s writing contest. The team will create a 20-30 page book that incorporates the theme of local heroines.
Team Composition
Teams will be composed of 10 students enrolled in grades K to 8.
Course Objectives
Participating students will collaborate, divide responsibilities, and develop writing and artistic skills while working towards a meaningful goal.
The purpose of this course is for children to learn to work in a team, engage in creative thought, and strengthen their written skills.
Course Content
Children will be coached by Sydney throughout each stage of the writing process. They will learn how to generate ideas, select story elements, outline their book, draft, revise, and edit – all while collaborating with their teammates.
Course Dates
This course begins in early July.
Contest Details
This contest requires teams to submit a 20-30 page book featuring text and artwork that incorporates the theme of Local Heroines. The winning team will be awarded $500 and their book will be published. You may read more about this contest here.
Registration Information
Taught by Sydney through Brighter Bee Academy, an after-school program located in Jersey City. You may register on Brighter Bee’s website, here.
“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.”
Meg Cabot
In 2013, Ms. Lauren Bridgeford graduated with a BA in Languages, Literature, and Criticism from Hunter College. She has also obtained her DELTA (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certification from Cambridge University. Currently, Ms. Bridgeford is a Registered Instructor accredited by the Institute for Excellence in Writing, and she is pursuing her master’s degree in Secondary Education.
Deanna Heikkinen has been privately teaching writing as well as history, literature, and art history to students grades 2-12 for over six years. Prior to that, she was a tenured professor of humanities at Los Angeles Valley College with a focus on teaching the Great Books of Western Civilization. Additionally, she taught world history, western civilization, Native American history, and anthropology at the college level. Whether teaching elementary, middle, or high schoolers for Rose Writing Center, Deanna's diverse background allows her to serve as our test prep, academic support, and custom lesson specialist.
