Upcoming Classes and Camps
Summer Camps
2023-2024 School Year Programs
2023-2024 School Year Programs
Write with us this summer! We run week-long, half-day camps all summer long.
Registration for summer 2023 is open now. Register early - summer camps fill quickly!
2023-2024 School Year Programs
2023-2024 School Year Programs
2023-2024 School Year Programs
We offer a wide variety of enrichment workshops for students in grades 3-12.
We also offer Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) curriculum for students in grades 6-12.
Meet Your Teachers!
Casey Midkiff
Casey Midkiff
Casey Midkiff
Miss Casey is a graduate of Elon University and has been teaching for 23 years. She taught public school in Alamance County and Wake County before moving on to homeschool her own two children. During her years as a homeschooling mom, she began tutoring and running writing groups at her kitchen table on Sunday afternoons. In 2013, she decided to move her groups into a classroom and give her little community of authors a name - Young Writers' Institute. Since then, she has had the privilege of working with hundreds of amazing young authors who come together to learn, grow, and express themselves confidently through the written word.
Alice Hancock
Casey Midkiff
Casey Midkiff
Mrs. Hancock graduated with a Master’s in Education from North Carolina State University, holds a BA from North Carolina State University, a teaching certification from Meredith College and has over 20 years of teaching experience. She has taught public, private, and homeschool students. She has been privately tutoring and teaching writing classes to the community, helping students to become stronger and more successful writers.
Dawn Bertrand
Dawn Bertrand
Dawn Bertrand
Miss Dawn has a MS in Education and holds a NC teaching license. She has been a Certified IEW Instructor since 2014. She has been working with children of all ages for over twenty-five years, both in the public schools and in private facilities. She has been with YWI since 2016, tutoring students in reading and writing, as well as teaching IEW classes. She loves working with students and helping them to achieve their writing and educational goals.
Kirsten Bock
Dawn Bertrand
Dawn Bertrand
Miss Kirsten holds a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s in Education from Holy Family University. She taught for ten years in the Pennsylvania public schools as a classroom teacher and then a reading specialist before moving to North Carolina. Since then, she has been tutoring students, running a preschool literacy program called Reading Giraffe, and working to publish her own children’s books. Miss Kirsten is passionate about writing and loves to share that passion with others.