Carolyn Herman-Loh is, among other things, a high school English teacher in Pawling, NY. She lives on hope in Hopewell Junction with her husband Brian, her son Jasper Renshu the Great and Powerful, and dog Ozzy Pawsborne, Prince of Barkness, Keeper of the Orb of Squeak, Wielder of the Tail of Thwack. They are, respectively, the Categorical Imperatives of husbands, sons, and dogs. She was a fellow in the HVWP Institute for Leadership in the Teaching of Writing in 2022-23. Jennifer Howard is a retired elementary teacher who loves reading, creating writing workshops, and encouraging others. She was in the 2017-18 HVWP Leadership in the Teaching of Writing cohort. Alicia Hudak is a teacher at Marlboro Middle School and a fellow in the 2024-25 HVWP Institute for Leadership in the Teaching of Writing. “Fork in the Road 2013” was inspired by The Clash’s “I’m Not Down” (Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon) written during the year of her birth. Laura Lennox Kufner graduated from SUNY New Paltz, attended countless Saturday seminars, and completed a HVWP summer fellowship sometime around 2010. The Writing Project shaped her teaching practice, and she has passed the culture on to hundreds of students. Kufner currently teaches in the ELA department at Rhinebeck High School. Denise Maltese has been a teacher consultant with the National Writing Project since 1998. Throughout her long career as an educator she has relied on the Writing Project to provide her with support, ideas, and energy to teach middle and high school ELA. She currently teaches at Onteora High School. Samantha Mossman is an ELA teacher for STARS Academy in Pine Bush. She has a bachelor’s in Secondary Education with a concentration in English language arts and a Master of Science in Secondary Education with a concentration in English language arts, both from SUNY New Paltz. She is working on her second master's in Curriculum Design and Instructional Technology from the University of Albany. She has been a fellow in HVWP’s Early Career Leadership Institute (ECLI) and its Institute for Leadership in the Teaching of Writing and is currently a co-facilitator for the ECLI. In her free time, she loves to read mystery novels, walk her two dogs, and watch trashy reality TV.
Harriett Meyer teaches English at Highland High School, and lives in the woods with her husband and her three dogs. “ My Linguistic Artifact” was
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