Literary Arts Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 3

The Process of Creating The Carlos Rosario School’s literary-arts magazine is an original collection of adult basic education students’ writing and art. This collection came out of an initiative to increase student reading and access to high-interest reading material in 2008. Our annual publication is produced by a student editor, trained on Adobe InDesign CS6, with teacher support. All students are encouraged to submit their best work throught a school-wide multilingual campaign, resulting in over 500 submissions annually! Through rounds of review, the student editor selects which submissions to include in the magazine and collaborates with the teacher advisor on all aspects of the magazine production, including layout, design, promotion and distribution. We are proud of In Our Own Words for its contribution to the community of adult learners and for capturing the multicultural, adult learner perspective and spirit. A collection of student art and writing 3