Write on Sports

Edison Middle School

A Literacy Enrichment Program

Eligible students must live or attend school within West Orange.

Edison Middle School has partnered with Write on Sports to offer an Afterschool program for its sixth-grade students for more than a decade. The Afterschool program often leads to students joining the summer sports writing camp programs hosted at Montclair State University

Edison Middle School
75 William St
West Orange, NJ 07052

Programs Offered

After School

Dates: TBA

Eligibility: Current 6th grade and students must live or attend school in West Orange

Tuition: Free

Contact: Jen Blume, jblume@westorangeschools.org

“I loved Write on Sports because as a kid I wanted to go into sports casting, and after doing the camp I was sold on the idea… The camp is the reason I joined West Orange High School's television station and the reason why I'm majoring in Journalism and Media Studies.”

Leadership

Andy Beutel
Education Program Director
Andy Beutel has been working with Write on Sports since 2007. As the Assistant Program Director of WoS, he helps update and adapt the curriculum as well as provide consultation and feedback for after-school programs and affiliates. He is also the Lead Teacher for the two summer camps held at Montclair State University. He is a veteran middle school social studies teacher who has written and presented about curriculum and pedagogy.

Great futures start here: YOU can make a difference!

Write on Sports works with at-risk middle school students to improve their creative writing skills by tapping into their passion for sports at our writing programs.