Register your child for Mighty Writers!
Along with our flagship After-School Academy, Mighty Writers offers literary arts workshops, mentorships, college and career prep, mindfulness classes, online programming and much more. There are field trips, summer camps and events that bring parents and caregivers together with their children for activities.
Returning students can contact their location's site director or reach out to Family Engagement Manager Kiarah Cannady at 267-239-0899 x1 or kcannady@mightywriters.org.
Core Programs
Academy/SEL:
The Mighty Writers After-School Academy is our flagship high-quality out-of-school-time curriculum, running Monday through Fridays at our centers from 3 to 6 p.m. Students get homework help, work on long-term projects in narrative, informative, or persuasive writing, and engage in Social and Emotional Learning activities to build self-awareness, compassion, and resilience.
Literary arts workshops:
These workshops, tailored to diverse age groups, offer arts-integrated activities that foster creativity and inspiration through music, visual arts, theater, dance, literature, and more. They happen outside of Academy hours and welcome children from across the city or region, helping to drive MW’s reputation in the community. Past workshops include Hip-Hop Poets, Girl Power Theater and Musically Mighty.
One-on-one mentorships:
Students are paired with community-based tutors to achieve academic and social-emotional goals. Students meet with their mentors, who are chosen for compatibility and expertise, for four hours per month. They work as a team on three goals, at least one of which is writing-related.
Teen Programs:
Mighty Teen weekly programs are unpaid experiences in which cohorts of youth in grades 9-12 build community, write together and explore areas of interest (SEL, service learning projects, cultural identity, or others). Teen Fellowship is a program that pays teens in grades 10-11 to develop long-term projects focused on community storytelling. Teen Fellowship only runs at sites when and where it is funded. All 12th graders are invited to participate in our College Essays Program, which is 100% virtual.
Family Write Night:
Kids and families spend quality time together, participate in cultural activities, create art, eat dinner and improve reading and writing skills. At our bilingual sites, families meet other Latino families and build communities of support.
Summer Camp:
Mighty summer camps are full days (minimum seven hours per day), running Monday through Friday for six weeks for ages 8-14. Mighty Writers provides breakfast, lunch and snacks, and all youth commit to joining us for the entire summer. In addition to writing workshops, summer camps offer interdisciplinary programs, sports and field trips.
Questions? Concerns? Special circumstances?
Reach out to our Family Engagement Manager Kiarah Cannady at 267-239-0899 x1 or email kcannady@mightywriters.org. Calls received outside of business hours will be followed up within 24 hours.
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Mighty Writers is a class 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2009. All of our programs are free. We serve communities in and around Greater Philadelphia and New Jersey.