Volunteer Spotlights!

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This week we are highlighting a few of our superstar volunteers, Shay Glorius Martin (a.k.a. Glo Pesci), Kitty Kilmer, Trisha Collopy, and Robyn Lingen!

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Apr

26

Spring Projects at The Lab

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Spring semester is coming to a close for The Lab as we wrap up our programming with students and begin planning for next year. In the next few weeks, there will be final celebrations and showcases for many of our students doing 1 on 1 mentorships and small groups; as well as the two schools that have been coming all year for the Enrichments.

Among the many groups that started this semester and are concluding this month, two new offerings have been gardening and shoe design.

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Apr

23

Sneak Peak at New Poetry Anthology

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The Lab’s Poetry Anthology, Volume 7

Here’s a sneak peak at Volume 7 of The Lab’s bi-annual poetry anthology, set to drop this May! Local graphic designer, Kim Arps, volunteered with Donny, a student in The Lab, to design the book’s cover and chapter pages. The following are three of the over 90 poems you will find in this book.

What is True?

How do thou know what ‘tis to be true?
For if they asked me who I was, I couldn’t really tell you
They say we’re made, but I beg to differ
People are often slow,
But I’m a little swifter

D.
(Murray Junior High Student)

I Come Here To

I come here to write
I come here to learn
I come here to follow my dreams
I come here to meet my goals
I come here for me, myself and I
I come here to do the things I
Know that are best for me
I come here for me
I come here for you
I come here to…

D.
(St. Andrews PAS Student)

Judgment

I see you looking at me
Like I’m disgusting
Who are you to judge?
We might not have the same color skin
But I’m not what you think.
Yes I am black and proud
That doesn’t give you the right to think I am lazy.
You’re white and I don’t judge you
Tell you I hate you for what your people have done to us
I treat you like an equal
Like you were one of my people.
Please don’t judge what you don’t know
Because I do get good grades.

L.
(Como Senior High Student)