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My name is Sayward Parsons. This is my 20th year teaching high school English and my 11th year at Newtown High School. This year, I am teaching both College Prep and Honors English I, Poetry, and Creative Writing.

I earned my Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in Secondary English Education from the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education.

For more information about me, please check out my "About the Teacher" page. Thanks for stopping by!

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“What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.”

— Anne Lamott

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“Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost.”

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SALT

NHS Lit Mag

“Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost.”

--Nicole Krauss