Hisar School is proud to be home to the first writing center to service a K-12 school in the region.

Hisar School, Istanbul, Turkey
Joined February 2022
Our hearts continue to be with the earthquake victims in the east of Turkey -- some students we were working with are still missing and we are anxiously awaiting news.
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Hi everyone. We grieve for our friends and family in Southeast Turkey who have been affected. Some of our teachers have lost loved ones. If anyone can help, I am attaching contact numbers.
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WRITERS' THREAD: If you published a book this year, with a press large or small, let us know about it here. Let's support each other and pass it on. 🤍
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Our Center ran a math writing workshop for our middle school math department to encourage writing in math....Here are a few 6th grade gems!
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College Essay Tip 2: Use a strong organization method like narrative structure -1. Inciting incident 2. Conflict with rising action. 3 a resolution. Ex: 1. My robotics team got sick the day of the competition. 2. I found and trained a new team. 3. We placed!
Our Space Week Writing Contest Winners for Middle School: 5th Grade Short Story: Emir Ünal 8th Grade Poem: Lidya Braunstayn with honorable mention to Sarah Braunstayn, Nasya Nas Usta. #spaceweek2022 #worldspaceweek
College Essay Tip: Start with a present tense story as a hook. Put your reader IN a specific situation. 🧙‍♀️ #collegeessay
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Current Issue lotus-eatermagazine.com/issu… Our director Jeff Gibbs is in this issue!
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Our director got a short story published in Lotus Eaters Current Issue! lotuseatermagazine.files.wor… #lotuseaters #shortstory
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We love our university centers but were wondering -- are there any other high school centers out there outside of North America?????? #writingcenter #WritingCommunity
We opened our year with our book release with Columbia Student Press Initiative #hisarschools #WritingCommunity #writingcenter
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Our consultant Defne Konuk has published a book! Up on Amazon now!
Our 12th grade consultants are graduating and we are going to miss them!
To my fellow Writing Center folks: our school has set up a budget for our professional development. Does anyone know of courses specifically directed at Writing Centers?
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Making our final touches for the Columbia Book!