David Stieber

*Chicago Public Schools and the city of Chicago dis-invested in and subsequently closed TEAM Englewood HS in 2017. The school and poetry program no longer exist*
The Team Englewood Spoken Word team was started in 2008-2009 school year by Missy Hughes and Dave Stieber with a group of freshman. The team has competed in Louder Than A Bomb Youth poetry slam (the world's largest youth poetry slam) run by Young Chicago Authors ever since the team was created. The students are responsible for writing about a 3 minute long poem about any topic of their choice. The team must also perform a four member group poem. The competition allows our poets to meet and create strong bonds with students from all over Chicago and the Chicago land area.