Upper School

The Adelson School proudly offers our 6th-12th grade students the opportunity to submit writing to our in-house contest, the Brett Fonfa Writing Awards. Named for the late, talented Fonfa -- a dear friend of the school's -- the awards honor three outstanding Middle School writers and three outstanding High School writers with a certificate and cash prize provided by a generous grant from the Fonfa family.

The Jewish Lives Unessay Contest invites 9th-12th grade students from all over the country to submit to its annual Unessay Contest in which participants express in the medium of their choosing (song, visual art, drama, spoken word, etc.) how they'd spend a day with a chosen figure from Jewish History.  

Roaring Literacy is our annual literary magazine, edited by a team of Upper School students and featuring work from K-12 students. Click to enjoy the full mag from 2021-2022!

Middle School Creative Writing Club meets weekly in order to develop stories, poetry, plays and memoir pieces. In 2021-2022, writers were invited to appear on a panel as part of the Las Vegas Book Festival as well as published an anthology of work titled Fever Dreams. 

Adelson students in the 7th-12th grades consistently shine in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, receiving awards in all categories including art, poetry, fiction and memoir. 

The Adelson Slam Poetry Week is among the most revered and well-loved events on campus. Guest poets from the valley visit campus for a week-long writing workshop open to interested 9th-12th graders and then emcee a slam featuring the best of the best.