Build literary skills and creative development through spoken word poetry.
High school students hone their writing craft, refine their performance skills, and analyze poetry in this multi-week residency. Through guided practice with a BAM teaching artist, they create a fun, supportive environment that encourages peer-to-peer critique and deepens their understanding of poetic devices and language.
As students create and perform new works, they develop their individual and collective vision, voice, and power.
There are two ways to bring Word.Sound.Power. to your students!
General Education Residency: This program can be offered as a mini-residency, consisting of 7 sessions, or a full residency consisting of 14 sessions, each 45 to 60 minutes long.
Inclusive Residency: Developmentally appropriate and responsive to each student's abilities, the inclusive residency offers schools 7 workshops, each 45 to 60 minutes long
Word. Sound. Power. In the Classroom All-Residency Cipher Tuesday, February 9, 2027 @ 11am in Fishman Space
Please contact Mikal Lee at mlee@bam.org to enroll.
General Education Residency: This program can be offered as a mini-residency, consisting of 7 sessions, or a full residency consisting of 14 sessions, each 45 to 60 minutes long.
Inclusive Residency: Developmentally appropriate and responsive to each student's abilities, the inclusive residency offers schools 7 workshops, each 45 to 60 minutes long
Word. Sound. Power. In the Classroom All-Residency Cipher Tuesday, February 9, 2027 @ 11am in Fishman Space
Please contact Mikal Lee at mlee@bam.org to enroll.
Build literary skills and creative development through spoken word poetry.
Grades 9—12
VENUE
BAM teaching artists bring this program directly to your classroom.
All performances will adhere to protocols developed in accordance with New York State regulations and in consultation with medical professionals for the safety of our artists, audiences, and staff
For more information, please contact Mikal Lee at mlee@bam.org
Leadership support for
BAM's strategic initiatives provided by the
Jerome L. Greene Foundation 
Leadership support for BAM programming provided by
Leadership support for
BAM's strategic initiatives provided by 
Leadership support for
BAM Education Programs provided by the
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation and
The SHS Foundation
Leadership support for
poetry at BAM provided by
Hawthornden Foundation 
Support for
BAM Education programs provided by:
Epstein Teicher Philanthropies;
Jody & John Arnhold;
Tiger Baron Foundation; and
The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation
Additional support for
BAM Education programs provided by
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
