The Dream Flag Project
2009-10 Key Dates List
last updated 1/25/10
RSVP for NCTE Dream Flags Exhibition
Friday, October 30, 2009
All past participants of The Dream Flag Project are invited to contribute a Dream Flag Line for an exhibition at the 2009 National Council of Teachers English convention to be held in February. Email that you will send flags by this date.
dreamflags@agnesirwin.org
Details for sending flags (pdf)Flags Due for NCTE
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Flags due to The Dream Flag Project at The Agnes Irwin School for November NCTE Exhibition.
Details (pdf)Dream Flags Exhibition at NCTE Conference in Philadelphia
Thursday, Nov. 19-Sat. Nov.21
Exhibition in main entry gallery near NCTE booth and Registration.
NCTE ConventionRSVP for Dream Flags Teacher Workshops
Friday, Jan. 16, 2010
Hands-on workshop for Philadelphia regional participant teachers at Philadelphia Kimmel Center--Broad and Spruce Streets. Must be registered for 2010 Dream Flag project. Plans for on-line webinar simultaneously or at nearby date. (Description of last year's workshop)
Click to Register for Jan. Teacher WorkshopRegistrations Due
Friday, January 22, 2010
Requested date for getting all groups registered to participate in the 2010 Dream Flag Project.
Fill out registration form on-line.
Dream Flags Registration Form
If you have any difficulty with the form please email us at
dreamflags@agnesirwin.orgDream Flags Teacher Workshop
Sat., Jan. 30, 2010 11-2
Hands-on workshop for Philadelphia regional participant teachers at Philadelphia Kimmel Center--Broad and Spruce Streets. Must be registered for 2010 Dream Flag project. Plans for on-line webinar simultaneously or at nearby date. (Description of last year's workshop)
Click to Register for Jan. Teacher WorkshopHughes Birthday!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Official Project Start Date, 108th birthday of Langston Hughes, and beginning of Black History Month.RSVP for School Program Information and Philadelphia Celebration Participation
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
>All schools/groups participating in 2010 Dream Flag Project confirm information--number of students, grades, number of teachers, names of teachers. List and reply form will be sent via email.
>All schools participating in April 17 Philadelphia Dream Flag Celebration--sending flags, bringing flags, bringing readers, etc register with Surveymonkey form that will be posted on the web site and sent in email.RSVP for Exhibit Flags
Friday, April 2, 2010
All schools who plan to send or deliver flags for Philadelphia area exhibitions register with Surveymonkey form posted on web site.Display Flags Locally
End of March and beginning of AprilU.S. Groups Send Flags
by Monday, April 5, 2010
All groups mailing flags to Philadelphia send to
The Dream Flag Project
The Agnes Irwin School
Ithan Ave. & Conestoga Rd.
Philadelphia, PA 19010 USA
Readers and Poems for Celebration
by Friday, April 9, 2010
All groups with readers at Philadelphia April 17 Celebration send names of readers--2 per school. Other schools send poems to be distributed in print.
Philadelphia Dream Flag Celebration!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
12 noon to 1:30 pm
Philadelphia Dream Flag Celebration at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia. Participant set-up begins at 10:30.Exhibitions
May and possibly later
Dream Flags on exhibit in Philadelphia region. Will be mailed back to schools by exhibiting location.
The Dream Flag concept was created by sixth grade teachers Jeff Harlan, Sandy Crow, Helen Holt and others at The Agnes Irwin School (www.agnesirwin.org), Rosemont, Pennsylvania, U.S. The Dream Flag Project (www.dreamflags.org) is a collaborative project facilitated by Jeff Harlan and Sandy Crow. Contact dreamflags@agnesirwin.org or Jeff Harlan, Dream Flags Project Director, The Agnes Irwin School, Ithan Ave. and Conestoga Road, Rosemont, PA 19010, U.S. A.
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