Poetry Jam

A stylized black tree with many leaves arches over the bold text %22POETRY%22 in the foreground, with the smaller, italicized phrases %22at Lunch in the Library%22 and %22It's food for thought!%22 below it.

Come to the library during lunch time. Yes, bring your lunch! Become a poet. If you're already a poet and you know it, share your stuff. Come for the fun of it or get ready to share your work at the valley-wide Poetry Jam event. You'll get a free book, poster, and your poetry will get published in an anthology. You will become a school hero! It's free, so do it . . . you just have to show up.

Five children stand on small stages in front of a blue curtain, each with a microphone.

2026 Valley-Wide Poetry Jam
Held at the West Charleston Public Library, the valley-wide event was on April 16.

Aniyah Armstrong
Yailine Bencomo
Rejah Mackengel
Kathleen Oyamot-Bridglal
Kelly Gilbert
Daphnie Serna
Anita Samifua
Destiny Gordon
Aniya Davis

2025 Valley-Wide Poetry Jam
Held at the West Charleston Public Library, the valley-wide event was on April 1.

Suzanna Carsten
Tra'mial Lewis Clinton
Michael Bravo Garcia
Damian Barrera Hernandez
Fernanda Avila Cortes

2024 Valley-Wide Poetry Jam
Held at the West Charleston Public Library, the valley-wide event was on April 17.

Ethan Alvarez
Damien Nishikawa
Suzanna Carsten
Jaelynn Mendez Beas
Shalom Johnson
Zachary Poma
Jay Rios
Hadassa Milanes Velazquez

2023 Valley-Wide Poetry Jam
Held at the West Charleston Public Library, the valley-wide event was on April 18.

Scarlett Thiriot
Lilly Cloud
Hadassa Milanes-Velazquez
Jocelynn Rios
Nathan Naranjo
Arielle Hmura

2022 Valley-Wide Poetry Jam
Held at the West Charleston Public Library, the valley-wide event was on April 5.

Nicholas Zegstroo
Desilu Mendoza Perez
Sharlay Angandja
Scarlet St. Clair
Daniel Morrison
Norman Bassi
Jeremiah Guardad Vasquez

2021 Valley-Wide Poetry Jam
This would have been held at the West Charleston Public Library but it was cancelled because of the pandemic. That said, Woodbury held it's Poetry Jam program and the students that would have represented our school are below.

Sandra Novak
Shay Shrader
Amina Edwards
Emilio Martinez-Rosillo
Xavier Vasquez
Gage Flanigan
Ozwald Corbitt
Sarai Smalls
Abdulah Dukulay

2019 Valley-Wide Poetry Jam
Held at the West Charleston Public Library, the valley-wide event was on April 8.

Erik Moreno Narciso
Hilary Cruz
Marilyn Walsh
Bryan Rondan

2018 Eastern Regional Poetry Jam
Held at the Whitney Public Library, the regional event was on April 18.

Essence Felder
Justin Corbitt
Hilary Cruz
Chaelie Schrader
Gabrielle Duran
Aaliyah Alanis
Marilyn Wash