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AuthorFest 2017


The Greenwood School will hold its 15th annual AuthorFest celebration April 10-13.

The week-long event, sponsored by the Greenwood PTO, will bring in nationally recognized and published authors, illustrators and photographers to share their knowledge of composition, story development, editing and publication. 

This year's schedule is as follows. Learn more about each author by clicking the link on his name.

  • Grade K: Scott Magoon, the morning of Monday, April 10th
  • Grade 1: Brian Lies, the morning of Tuesday, April 11th
  • Grade 2: Brian Lies, the afternoon of Tuesday, April 11th
  • Grades 3 & 4: Matt Tavares, 9 AM for all students, followed by grade 4 workshops in the morning and grade 3 workshops in the afternoon, Thursday, April 13th

The goal of AuthorFest is to promote a commitment to literacy and composition, while supplementing the town-wide language arts curriculum and building upon the concept that reading and writing can be fun and creative.

For information about AuthorFest 2017, contact Erika Makseyn at emakseyn@hotmail.com.

Later Event: April 10
PTO Meeting