DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, Bronx
Region 1, Admin. District 10

Serving a community of 143,000 in north central Bronx, DeWitt Clinton has worked with Behind the Book since our inception in autumn 2003.    Norwood is home to a diverse range of nationalities.

2006-07

The WITT Seminar
Standing for Word, Image, Technology, & Team, The WITT Seminar is a newly formed class of about 20 diverse students brought together to research, study and interview activists. The seminar works in conjunction with Behind the Book to provide the students with the tools to address issues pertinent to them and to foster a forum in which they can discuss these issues with their peers and their community.

This year, students study the works of Katha Pollitt, author of Virginity or Death! And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time; Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family and Louis Reyes Rivera, co-editor of Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam.

"...an activist is someone who is informed, passionate, and/or outspoken as he or she engages with others about critical issues...
in this publication, we are trying to gain the attention of other students
to see eye to eye that there are issues in our community...
We wish that every student become a great leader by standing up for what they believe is right." *

* from the prologue of Magpie , ed: winter 2005-06

Advanced Placement Spanish Language Class
Students read the Spanish version of the book.   Author visits and class assignments are conducted in Spanish.

Marisela Rizik, El Tiempo del Olvido ( Of Forgotten Times )
Nelly Rosario, El Canto del Aqua: Una Novela   ( Song of the Water Saints )

Literary Criticism Class
Students study the following books this semester:

Marina Budhos, Ask Me No Questions
Francine Prose, A Changed Man
Colson Whitehead, Apex Hides the Hurt: A Novel

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