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 * Selecting a Poet Laureate Process**
 * 1) Each participating school will hold a contest to select their poet laureate.
 * 2) The contest is open to all students in the school, not just creative writing or English classes.
 * 3) Each student who enters must submit at least three original poems, typed or neatly handwritten on separate sheets of paper with name and grade attached. An electronic file of the poems may be sent as well through an email.
 * 4) Each school will submit the three best packets of student work to an outside judge.
 * 5) The outside judge will choose the best entry from each school.
 * 6) When your poet is selected, announce to school and provide names, poems and a short biography about that one student to the High School Poet Laureate coordinator for submission to //Word//.


 * High School Poet Laureate Duties**
 * 1) Represent their school in programs planned by the Friends of the Greensboro Public Library and the Greensboro Public Library.
 * 2) Promote poetry in their school.
 * 3) Additional duties as determined by the individual schools.


 * Ways to celebrate**
 * 1) Poetry reading, slam.
 * 2) Coffeehouse.
 * 3) Read for Food canned goods drive.
 * 4) Poetry projects around campus (poetry wrap, poetry pillows, poetry tents at lunch)
 * 5) Invite a poet to work with students.
 * 6) Read a poem, get a cookie. (pull stacks of books, set up a mike and ask students to read poetry during lunch. Free cookies for readers)
 * 7) Write an occasional poem for Awards Day or Graduation and read.
 * 8) Poetry annoucements
 * 9) Poetry films. [|Voices and Visions i]s available online here.
 * 10) Poetry tea or outdoor reading.