The Best of Stories that Soar!
Best of Stories that Soar! 2016-2017 Soars to New Heights A special message from Sharon O’Brien, Artistic Director of Literacy Connects’ Stories that Soar! How to sum up the efforts and success of an entire season of creativity, connects and story sharing magic in using only words? Starting with gratitude, one of the things I […]
You’re Invited…
…to stay at home and enjoy your favorite beverage over a good e-book! I’d like to share some of my favorite stories with you. Will you join me? All you have to do is click here to scroll through our e-book to experience exciting and heartwarming stories from our Stories that Soar! student authors. […]
STS! Gets Curious at the Tucson Festival of Books
by Sharon O’Brien – Stories that Soar! Artistic Director Another wildly successful Tucson Festival of Books has passed! I feel so blessed to have this amazing show of support for literacy celebrated in our community each year. Since the Festival’s beginning nine years ago it has supported our work here at Literacy Connects with thousands […]
Why We Write – STS! Kid Authors Express Themselves
Guest blog by Sharon O’Brien – Stories that Soar! Artistic Director The last Stories that Soar! show of 2016 took place in December at Blenman Elementary, and it was a show to remember. The Stories that Soar! (STS!) cast and crew delivered a beautiful and well-rounded show that brought so many people together to laugh, […]
STS! Celebrates 15 Years at Sam Hughes Elementary
On a sunny, 90+ degree day in October of this year, the Stories that Soar! team brought their A-game to the stage at Sam Hughes Elementary. The performance marked the 15 year anniversary of our relationship with Sam Hughes Elementary. That’s fifteen years of incredible student stories coming to life on stage. After the show, […]
Literacy and Creative Expression Come to Life
For the second year, Stories that Soar! brings its magical potion to Mission Manor. This special blend of literacy, arts and self expression transforms normal elementary school students into playwrights, poets and scribes. Creating eager young writers might sound farfetched, but a talking, balloon-burping, bejeweled box that begs students to “feed it” with stories is […]
