OLS alum, author makes alma mater visit
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
The students in Our Lady of Sorrows School, Mercerville, were excited the day when published author Edward Bloor visited their school. And what made his visit even more exciting was learning that Bloor was one of their own.
Bloor, a Trenton native and graduate of Our Lady of Sorrows School and Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, returned to his grammar school alma mater to tour the school, visit with former classmates who are now retired teachers and share some of his experiences writing numerous novels for children and young adults.
During his time with the younger grades, he read his favorite children’s book and then asked the students to share about their favorite books. With the middle school grades he led a discussion on his book, “London Calling,” which the students had previously read in class, then shared about his life and authorship of several books including, “Tangerine,” “Crusader,” “Story Time,” “Taken Memory Lane,” “A Plague Year” and “Summer of Smoke.”
Bloor noted that his interest in publishing began during the three years he was an English teacher in Florida from 1983 to 1986. As he once stated, “My teaching job led to a job in educational publishing where I was actually required to sit and read young adult novels all day long. So I decided to try it myself.”
While Francesca Gioe, a school staff member, noted how “honored” Our Lady of Sorrows School was to have Bloor visit and “we look forward to many more visits in the future,” students such as Bryson Laurente, president of the student council, found Bloor’s visit to be “really cool” that he is a graduate of OLS and went on to become a “big time author.”
“My favorite part was when he was talking about when he was my age because it made me feel like I can be anyone I want if I strive for it and create goals for myself,” Laurente said.
Olivia Okupski, a student council member, has found all of Bloor’s books to be “very fascinating and mysterious.”
“It was really cool to be able to have an author who graduated from my school, come and talk to us about his writing career and all the excitement in it.”
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The students in Our Lady of Sorrows School, Mercerville, were excited the day when published author Edward Bloor visited their school. And what made his visit even more exciting was learning that Bloor was one of their own.
Bloor, a Trenton native and graduate of Our Lady of Sorrows School and Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, returned to his grammar school alma mater to tour the school, visit with former classmates who are now retired teachers and share some of his experiences writing numerous novels for children and young adults.
During his time with the younger grades, he read his favorite children’s book and then asked the students to share about their favorite books. With the middle school grades he led a discussion on his book, “London Calling,” which the students had previously read in class, then shared about his life and authorship of several books including, “Tangerine,” “Crusader,” “Story Time,” “Taken Memory Lane,” “A Plague Year” and “Summer of Smoke.”
Bloor noted that his interest in publishing began during the three years he was an English teacher in Florida from 1983 to 1986. As he once stated, “My teaching job led to a job in educational publishing where I was actually required to sit and read young adult novels all day long. So I decided to try it myself.”
While Francesca Gioe, a school staff member, noted how “honored” Our Lady of Sorrows School was to have Bloor visit and “we look forward to many more visits in the future,” students such as Bryson Laurente, president of the student council, found Bloor’s visit to be “really cool” that he is a graduate of OLS and went on to become a “big time author.”
“My favorite part was when he was talking about when he was my age because it made me feel like I can be anyone I want if I strive for it and create goals for myself,” Laurente said.
Olivia Okupski, a student council member, has found all of Bloor’s books to be “very fascinating and mysterious.”
“It was really cool to be able to have an author who graduated from my school, come and talk to us about his writing career and all the excitement in it.”
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