Lori Can Come To Your School Or Event.

“Thank you so much for your wonderful presentation to Ramona Elementary students, you are a fantastic presenter —your interaction with the students during your presentation is masterful. Thank you again for giving your time, talents and wonderful message.”

Kris Flynn
Coordinator, Media Services
Literacy and Student Achievement
San Diego County Office of Education

“...The staff at our school was overwhelmingly thrilled with the presentation. I received comments on Lori’s preparedness, approachability, and professionalism. We felt that she really got her message across to these young writers on how much effort goes into making a book....I would highly recommend Lori Mitchell as a speaker. She presents excellent material and really engages the audience. She was very easy to contact and to work with”

Donna Nasielski
Authors’ Fair Chair
Adobe Bluffs Elementary School

Options and Fees:
The school talk consists of up to 3 assemblies a day, each 45 to 60 minutes long, with an additional 15 to 20 minutes spent with the kindergarten class. There will be time for autographs at the end of the days assemblies.

There is a free five day lesson plan that can be used after the assembly to reinforce the information covered. There is also an autographed bookmark and coloring book pages that can be downloaded from the website.

The fee is $750.00 for schools in the San Diego area. There will be additional travel expenses for travel outside the San Diego area.

Available in the San Diego area only: One hour with one grade level. The fee is $145.00. Two grade levels maximum per school, per school year.

There is a 10% discount if you book more than 1 school in your area (outside of San Diego).

What Will The Assembly Cover?
Lori talks about all the different people that are involved in getting a book published. She goes over what it takes to be an author, publisher, editor, designer, illustrator, printer, and bookstore owner. Student volunteers pretend to be each of the different people. She talks about where ideas come from and she gives examples of what inspired her and how she never gave up, even after many rejections. She will also point out the San Diego connections, games and pictures hidden throughout the book.

The presentation will also cover diversity and the fact that we are all different yet so much alike.

Lori has given her talk all the way from kindergarten on up to college, and varies the information accordingly.

You can download more information about the school talk at the bottom of the page.

• The program is approved by the Serra Children’s Committee. The Serra Library system includes these California Library districts: Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Escondido, National City, Oceanside, San Diego City and County Libraries, and Imperial Valley Libraries.

I was invited to do my presentation for the following:

I have been visiting elementary schools since 1999. Please contact me if you would like a list of the schools.

Here are a few of the various organizations I’ve presented to:

Greater San Diego Reading Association Authors Fair San Diego County Office of Education Linda Vista, CA Los Angeles Braille Institute Los Angeles, CA 90029 Girl Scouts of America Books Alive, Summer Camp San Diego, CA Upper Education San Diego State University Inclusion Class San Diego, CA Instructor: Doug Fisher Palomar College Child Development Class San Diego, CA United States International University Children’s Literature Class San Diego, CA

Click here to download a PDF of my School Talk information

Click here to download a PDF of my Standard Contract

Click here to download a sheet on How to Raise Money for the School Talk

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For More Reference And Information Go To:

Strike-A-Chord
The Strike-A-Chord Assembly assists teachers and parents in making a positive difference with kids. It cultivates good values, cooperation, tolerance and respect.

The program consist of a one-hour interactive assembly presentation. Visit Strike-A-Chord or call 800-843-0165.

Jeanne and Karl Anthony are a dynamic husband and wife team that have a unique style of communicating with Music and ASL (American Sign Language). It is music for the eyes and ears! Jeanne's graceful movements with ASL silently capture the students and reinforces their experience of Karl's high energy and message filled music! http://www.strikeachord.com/

The Tariq Khamisa Foundation
The Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF) is dedicated to "stopping children from killing children" and breaking the cycle of youth violence by inspiring nonviolent choices through its powerful school-based educational programs. Together, with the support of an ever-expanding family of supporters who are joining with them to create a more peaceful world for our children, TKF is "planting seeds of hope" and "building a new culture of peacemakers" among America's youth. http://tkf.org/get_involved.html

Teaching Tolerance Magazine’s website
A free magazine for teachers with interesting articles and reference material on tolerance. They also have lesson plans for teachers. http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html

The Global Fund for Children
The Global Fund for Children has wonderful books about children from all over the world. The money they raise helps educate children that may not have had the ability to pay for such an education.

“The Global Fund for Children takes an entrepreneurial approach to advancing the human rights of children and youth. Our innovative programs help young people develop the knowledge and skills they need to become productive, caring members of our global society. Children themselves are at the center of our work-from creating unique books that promote literacy to giving kids a stage where their voices can truly be heard.” http://www.globalfundforchildren.org

PEAK Parent Center, Inc.
“Our mission is to ensure that children, youth, and adults with disabilities lead rich, active lives and participate as full members of their schools and communities by providing training, information, and technical assistance, including best practices, to families and the professionals working with them.”

The book, Activities in the Classroom, is only $10.00 and it has lesson plans for holidays that incorporate acceptance and diversity. Order Form available at: http://www.peakparent.org/pages/PEAKCat3.html

One World, Our World
They have assemblies on tolerance, leadership and conflict resolution. There is also information for teachers and parents. http://www.1wow.org

America Writes for Kids
http://usawrites4kids.drury.edu