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﻿ Local Centers in CT
Middle and High Schools across CT have successfully implemented peer-based writing centers in their schools.

Windham Middle School [[image:http://www.windham.k12.ct.us/schools/wms/images/school.jpg width="188" height="132"]]
Windham Middle School was recently awarded the Millenium Project Grant. This competitive grant, administered by the Connecticut State Department of Education through EETT and American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) funds, supports the integration of literacy and technology in Windham Middle School's Writing and Technology Center. The WMS Writing and Technology Center, spearheaded by Ms. Sydney Gilbey, is located in the back of a computer lab. Tutors and Tutees are able to collaborate on writing assignments using laptops. In addition, the student tutors are responsible for advertising their center using websites such as Xtranormal and Google Docs, computer software such as Microsoft Powerpoint, and computer equipment that allows them to print their own posters and flyers. Student tutors are selected by Ms. Gilbey and their teachers, and work in the Writing Center for one of their specials. When they are not tutoring, they work on their own writing pieces, publishing them on wikispaces. Check out WMS's wikispaces below (Note: These are school wiki spaces. Please identify yourself to Sydney Gilbey when you request to join): WMSCaughtReading WMSCaughtWriting WMSOwl

Bolton High School [[image:http://www.alumniclass.com/school_images/6444/logo.jpg]]
Bolton High School recently established a peer-tutoring writing center in their school with the help of the UConn Outreach Program last year. They plan to present their knowledge of writing centers at UConn's Third Annual Conference for Secondary School Writing Centers on October 8th, 2010. To see their website and commercial advertising their new center, [|click here].

E.O. Smith High School
E.O. Smith's Writing Center was initiated with the help of the UConn Outreach Program in 2008. Since then, Megan Magner and Denise Abercrombie were able to grow the center into a class offered to students. In the class, students are trained to be peer tutors and staff the center during and after school.