• Middle Ground article Read Mr. Polochanin's article about teaching middle school students
• Education Week column Mr. Polochanin's opinion piece about starting school
• Glastonbury summer reading Follow this link to print out your summer reading list and organizers
• Mr. Polochanin's article in ASCD Follow this link to check out an article that Mr. Polochanin wrote about teaching writing, published in November 2006
• Classroom Leadership article An article about teaching writing
• Plot organizer Click for interactive plot diagram - Under Lessons:
• Month of the Young Adolescent podcast and artwork contest This contest is sponsored by the National Middle School Association
• Under the Same Sky eboard Follow this link to read and post responses to the eboard
• Listen to a life essay contest You can win $25,000!

Summer Prose, Glastonbury's creative writing workshop for students entering grades 6, 7, and 8, continues in the summer of 2008 - the 7th consecutive year the program has been offered.

More than 200 students have participated in this exciting writing class since its inception. 

The class is intended for students who write well indepedently and enjoy writing. The class runs for one week, from June 23- 27, and there are morning and afternoon sessions for the workshop. Morning classes run from 9 a.m. to noon; afternoon classes run from 1 to 4 p.m.

Stay tuned for an updated brochure on this website. If you are interested in registering early for the class, please contact Mr. Polochanin at (860) 652-7800 or email polochanind@glastonburyus.org.