San Mateo

San Mateo, California

San Mateo Dickens Day of Writing

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Students in the San Mateo area will come together for a morning of creative and critical engagement with Charles Dickens’s short essay “Night Walks.” Students will read, discuss, and write either a critical or creative essay connecting Dickens’s essay to social issues within their own communities.

The first San Mateo Dickens Day of Writing will take place at The Nueva School.

Schedule on February 7th (subject to change check back for updates)

8:55 am – Introduction and reading of Charles Dickens’s “Night Walks”

9:30 am – Discussion and brainstorming activities

10:00 am – Drafting and writing of essays

10:55 am – Submit drafts for mentors feedback

Student Registration:

Students interested in participating should contact Brianna Beehler (bbeehler@nuevaschool.org).

Mentor Registration:

Please complete this Google Form.

Please note that mentors will not attend the event on February 7th, but will provide written or recorded feedback on a student’s draft by February 14th.

Student Registration

Mentor Registration

Release Forms

Other Locations

Santa Cruz, CA

Atlanta, GA

Cleveland, OH

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Support for this event comes from Julie Minnis, The Friends of the Dickens Project, The Jordan-Stern Presidential Chair for Dickens and Nineteenth-Century Studies, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Monterey Peninsula Foundation (host of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Pure Insurance Championship Impacting the First Tee), UCSC’s Department of Literature, Department of Education, The Humanities Institute, University Library, Sentinel Printers, and David A. Perdue and The Charles Dickens Page, The Charles Dickens Museum, CATE: The Association of Teachers of English Central Council, and the many Dickens Project High School and Teacher Scholarship donors.