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Did you know Suzanne Somers wrote poetry? Did you know Snooki has 'written' three books? A Salute to Guilty Pleasures is a night of cocktails and comedy in which hard-working Deep volunteers take the night off to find the worst writing possible and read it in front of a live audience. Why? It is Deep's belief that a teacher without a sense of humor is a teacher without a sense of humility.

3rd Annual Salute to Guilty Pleasures (18+)
a night of comedy & cocktails

February 12, 2012
7-9 pm | Tickets: $10

Muse Arts Warehouse
703 Louisville Road

Read an example of epic literary proportions: Extra Love by Suzanne Somers

 Disclaimer: Although this is a fundraiser for our middle school students, the event is 18+ and not suitable for children.

Deep's semesterly Book Release & Open Mic is fast approaching. We hope you'll join as as we release seven new Deep anthologies of student work. The anthologies include work from nearly 200 Deep students from: The Boys & Girls Club—Frank Callen unit, Jacob G. Smith Elementary, Southwest Middle, Oglethorpe Charter, Coastal Middle, Ellis Montessori, Islands High, Bartlett Middle, Isle of Hope, DeRenne Middle, West Chatham Middle, Mercer Middle, and Scott Alternative Learning Center.

Deep Fall 2011 Anthologies
Book Release & Open Mic Night
January 27, 2012
7:00 pm
SPACE Gallery, 9 West Henry St.

We hope to see you there!

We had a fantastic time at the Live Oak Public Libraries' Savannah Children's Book Festival last Saturday, November 19th. We met so many fantastic people, spread the word about Deep and our programs, and wrote some amazing stories with Savannah's youth. Each child that stopped by our table helped us write our stories by adding another sentence to the tale—even a few parents helped out! We wanted to share these group stories with you. We hope you enjoy them!

• two highly trained volunteer teachers
• a 5:1 student-teacher ratio
• a thoroughly tested, proven effective curriculum
• a free anthology of their class’s writing at the end of the course, professionally designed and perfect-bound.

Deep provides these highly successful workshops free of charge to the students and school administrators across Chatham County by maintaining an efficient, streamlined budget. We have broken down the cost—which is covered by grants and private donors—to $10 per hour of instruction.

“Basically, I want to discuss some things, like where I will end up at the end of the day.”
-From “Not My Time of Day” by Ayana Louder, Scott Alternative Learning Center

On Friday, April 8, 2011, Craig Reilly, husband to Deep Education Liaison Kim Reilly, was killed in a tragic accident at his job at Colonial Oil. He was a dear friend and will be missed by the entire Deep family.

To honor Craig's memory, the family has asked that a memorial fund be put in place to support future literacy programs for Savannah's youth.

Donations to the Craig Reilly Memorial Fund can be made by mail: Deep, P.O. Box 5582, Savannah, Georgia 31414, or through PayPal at the link below.

Posted By: Catherine Killingsworth

Our fall books have been published! Take a look at our online store to see fruits of our students’ hard work. Thank you to the Anderson Family Foundation, the Hancock Family Foundation, and Target for their support of the 2010 fall workshops. Through partnerships with these organizations, Deep was able to offer 50% more workshops at several new locations, including Bartlett Middle School and East Broad Elementary School.

Posted by: Sarah Bates

For a lesson on building setting by adding descriptive details, my students wrote a story together. We gave five groups a single piece of paper with a few sentences on it. The sentences had four nouns or phrases written on post-it notes.  The students had to replace the nouns or phrases with something more descriptive.