![Katie Xin Katie Xin](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_24405182/Image/newsImages/Beacon/637768186603400000.png)
Congratulations to Palm Desert High School’s Katie Xin for being named the Riverside County Office of Education’s Teen Poet Laureate. Katie and four other DSUSD finalists were honored at a reception and reading on November 5, 2021 in Riverside. A total of 318 poems were submitted by 74 different students from across Riverside County. The work from the top 26 finalists were published in a chapbook, and Katie was named the inaugural Riverside County Teen Poet Laureate.
“Poetry isn’t just an idea and I write it down. It’s being mindful and observant and trying to find the little flowers in your everyday life so you can make a poem.” - Katie Xin, Riverside County 2021-2022 Teen Poet Laureate
Katie also read a poem out loud at the November 16, 2021 board meeting.
Click below to view:
![Katie Xin Poem Katie Xin Poem](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_24405182/Image/Capture3.PNG)
![Katie Xin Katie Xin](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_24405182/Image/Katie%20Xin.jpeg)