In her 12 years of life, Audrey Watkins has produced hundreds of pages of writing and is deep into her first novel. So passionate is she about the craft that her mother, Amy Watkins, asked Island storyteller and writing teacher Merna Hecht to coach the sixth-grader.
The Vashon Island School District has tried begging and even guilt-tripping parents to get their kids to ride the bus…
A wonderful thing happened in our house this year. My 12-year-old son began coming home from school and diving into his homework without prodding. He now works on projects for hours, humming to himself, lit up by the joy of learning that his humanities teacher has inspired.
