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2024
Mountainside Elementary School
Literacy Night
Fort Carson, CO
February 9, 2024
Colorado Springs, CO
April 25 - 28, 2024
Literacy Day
Colorado Springs, CO
May 2, 2024
2022-2023
Mountainside Elementary School
Fort Carson, CO
Sept. 29
Academy Endeavour Elementary School
Colorado Springs, CO
TBA
Chinook Trail Elementary School
Colorado Springs, CO
TBA
Colorado Springs, CO
TBA
Colorado Springs, CO
TBA
2022
Academy Endeavour Elementary School
Author Visit & Presentation
January 7
Colorado Springs, CO
Creative Writing Club
January 20
Colorado Springs, CO
Author Visits & Presentation
January 21
Colorado Springs, CO
Jan. 31 - Feb. 4
(Author #290)
Sharon, MA
Jan. 31
Author Visit & Presentation
February 18
Colorado Springs, CO
Spring 2022
Colorado Springs, CO
Faculty Member
April 28 - May 1
Colorado Springs, CO
2021
Falcon Elementary School
April 5
Colorado Springs, CO
Mentor
January through May, 2021
2020
Virtual Book Club
Facebook Live
Thursday, November 19
7:00 pm MDT
Book Birthday Celebration
Facebook Live
Thursday, November 12
7:00 pm MDT
Second Star to the Right Bookstore
Virtual Book Birthday Bash
Multiple Authors/Panels
Saturday, November 7
10:30 - 4:30 MDT
Denver, CO
Virtual Letters & Line Conference
Faculty Member
September 12-13
re-scheduled for 2021 or 2022
Faculty Member
April 17-19, 2020
Colorado Springs, CO
Young Author's Event
February 11, 2020
Colorado Springs, CO
World Read Aloud Day 2020
Skype visit
February 5, 2020
Vancouver, WA
World Read Aloud Day 2020
Skype Visit
February 3, 2020
Clarendon Hills, Ill
Writers Week Guest Author/Presenter
January 27, 2020
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Discovery Canyon Middle School
Writers Week Guest Author/Presenter
January 27, 2020
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Mentor
January through May, 2020
2019
Prairie View Elementary School
Eden Prairie, MN
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Skype Visit
(4th grade)
Monday, September 23, 2019
Author Visit / Presentation
(2nd - 5th grades)
Colorado Springs, Colorado
#KidsNeedMentors Program
2019-2020 Mentor for the following schools:
Prairie View Elementary School (4th grade)
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
&
Decatur Middle School (7th & 8th grades)
Indianapolis, Indiana
Saturday, May 18, 2019
4:30
Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
Arvada, Colorado
Colorado Book Award Finalists Reading/Book Signing
Sunday, April 28, 2019
11:00-12:30
The BookBar
Denver, Colorado
Tesla Educational Opportunity School
Writing Workshops
April 25, 2019
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Fiction & Nonfiction Writer's Conference
Faculty Member
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Boulder, Colorado
Children's Festival of Stories
Friday & Saturday
March 22 & 23, 2019
Denver, Colorado
Tesla Educational Opportunity School
Author Visit
February 28, 2019
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Mentor
January through May, 2019
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