What I Did on My Summer Vacation If writing were easy, this book would be HUGE
Andrea Aguirre chose to spend eight days of her summer as a Future
Author at the recommendation of her English teacher. The Royal Palm
Beach High School junior was pleasantly surprised by the program.
"It
was a fantastic experience. I thought it would be a simple writing
workshop, but instead it was a re-creation of the entire publishing
process."
Aguirre was one of fifty-five middle and high school
students in Palm Beach County, Florida starting the new school year with
better writing skills, thanks to their participation in the Océ Future
Authors Project. Now in its fifth year, the program is a partnership
between the School District of Palm Beach County and Océ North America
and is designed to help students experience the process of becoming
published authors. Along the way, it empowers them to realize things
they have dreamed of, changing the game for them now, and maybe forever.
Sheryl Pattek, vice president of marketing services for Océ North America Production Printing Systems Division, and author Dwight Stewart with Future Authors, (l to r) Miranda Vogt, a student at Bak Middle School of the Arts; and Shivangi Narain and Eric Teller from Don Estridge High Tech Middle School.
Spanish River High School senior, Whitney Fenelon,
also found the program an effective way to improve her writing. I
learned that I dont need as many words when I write, she says. I also
learned a lot about the publishing process, which will help me when I
try to publish my books.
This years book, titled by the students, If Writing Were Easy, This Book Would Be Huge, will be unveiled on November 10 at a book signing hosted by the City of Boca Raton at the Spanish River Public Library.
Since
the programs inception in 2006, more than 250 students have
participated in Océ Future Authors Project writing workshops. Each year
the program features professional authors who share their successful
publishing experiences with the students. Participating authors this
year included Dr. John E. Becker, an award-winning author of 28 books,
Poets Dwight Seon Stewart and Katrina Sapp-Holder, and Cuban-born
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, the best-selling author of eight books.
We
were once again thrilled by the passion for writing and the quality
works submitted by students this year, says Sheryl Pattek, vice
president, marketing services for Océ North America Production Printing
Systems division in Boca Raton. Océ is proud to work with our other
generous sponsors to help so many Palm Beach County students experience
the unique opportunity to become published authors, which is made
possible through the advent of digital book printing technology.
Assistant
Superintendent for the School District of Palm Beach County, Constance
Tuman-Rugg, Ph.D. added that programs like this demonstrate the power of
programs which bring the private and public sectors together for the
benefit of students. Everyone benefits when creative ideas like this
are put in place, she says. As a result, our students expand their
horizons and get excited about writing. The Océ Future Authors
Project is made possible with generous grants from the Lawrence Sanders
Foundation, BankAtlantic Foundation and Xplor International, a
not-for-profit educational and networking association serving users and
suppliers of document technologies. All donations benefit the Education
Foundation of Palm Beach County in support of Océ Future Authors
Project. For information on how to donate to the program, contact the
Executive Director, Mary Kay Murray, at murraymk@palmbeach.k12.fl.us.
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About Océ Océ is a leading
international provider of digital document management technology and
services. The company's solutions are based on Océ's advanced software
applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and
the Internet to printing devices and archives -- locally and around the
world. Supporting the workflow solutions are Océ digital printers and
scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Océ
also offers a wide range of display graphics, consulting and
outsourcing solutions.
Océ employs around 22,000 people, with
2009 revenues of approximately $3.7 billion, operates in around 100
countries and maintains research and manufacturing centers in the
Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, the
Czech Republic, Romania and Singapore. Océ North America is
headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in
Chicago, IL; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; Salt Lake City, UT and
Vancouver, BC. North American revenues represent approximately half of
Océ's worldwide business, and employment is approximately 10,000. For
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