Cpits

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California Poets in the Schools began in 1964 at San Francisco State University as the Pegasus Project, placing poets in the classrooms in the Bay Area to read poetry to children. The poets soon began teaching children to write poetry, and the program evolved to include the students' active participation in the writing process. California Poets in the Schools became a statewide organization in the mid-1970s and there are now CPITS programs in 29 counties from Humboldt to San Diego. It is estimated that since 1964 a half million students have been introduced to creative writing by CPITS poets. Since 1987, CPITS has placed a yearly average of over 150 poets in more than 300 schools across the state to work with 25,000 students in grades Kindergarten through Twelfth. Over 100,000 poems are written every year by students in CPITS poetry workshops; some of the best are collected in local, regional and statewide anthologies every year. California Poets in the Schools began with funding from the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Since that time CPITS has diversified its funding base with support from corporate, community, and private foundations, and a membership and an individual donor program. The program's primary focus is to encourage students to write, using their imagination, life experience, and special perceptions to create poetry. CPITS Poet-Teachers are all accomplished, writers. ...

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