It was the “Day of the Writer” last week at Manteca High School when students took pen to paper and chalk to concrete during all their classes – even in PE.English IV teacher Elyce Silva organized and coordinated the event with her peers across campus bringing focus to the “very important craft of writing.” She asked every student, teacher, staff member, and administrator to spend at least a part of their day writing.“It is important that our students not only hear us say that we value writing, but also see us participate in writing,” she said. Administrators and other staff members visited classrooms throughout the day to take part in the writing activities that fed into the high school’s fifth annual writing contest.