Stories from Helene 

Stories from Helene & Curriculum Connections

Background of our assignment: In our English classes, we wrote personal narratives about our Helene experiences with a nod to an Appalachian author of our choice as well as a reference (ENG college reading, writing, and research standards) to one of Wilma Dykeman's tenets.  We polished our work by peer editing (ENG writing standard). We created podcasts and a website (TECH standards) and even reached out to community members for interviews and partnerships.  For creative writing we studied Appalachian ballads and composed an original group ballad for ENG 232/ ENG 242, American and British Literature.

Speaking of partners, our stories feature a collaboration with Moon Girl Glass--look for our symbols (ENG literature standard) we connected to our Helene narratives.  We even got to take fragments of glass from Helene and mold them into symbolic art during a healing ceremony at the Moon Girl Glass Studio in Marshall with the help of talented glass artist, Kristen Munoz (Arts  and SEL standards).

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Compiled here are our stories from Helene. Scroll down for individual students' narratives.  Note that these are personal narratives, and that any opinions expressed are not endorsed by MECHS, A-B Tech, or any students involved. 

If you would like your story posted here, please submit it via our Share Your Story page.