Poetic Archives

Community Program

The Poetic Archives program encourages students to write a poem about a person in history that inspires them.

Participating students receive complimentary passes to a high profile Track and Field competition, plus Team LMio merchandise, and their poems are featured, along with a three sentence bio, in a book archived by each school year.

The book will be used to fundraise for the school’s athletic department. Students are writing themselves into history by becoming authors at such a young age and making a positive impact on their community. Students are also being introduced to the world of Track and Field.

Our first high profile Track and Field competition was the famous MtSAC Relays on April 20th, 2024. We greatly thank MtSAC for partnering with us to make this happen for all the students. Parents attended FREE with their student. Follow us on instagram @TeamLMio for future updates!

To ensure each poem is uniquely written about a different person, the student is required to make their selection from our list of options.

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MtSAC Relays

L’Mio Edwards talks with MtSAC’s Track and Field Coach Gio about the famous MtSAC Relays. Coach Gio invites everyone in the community to come show up at MtSAC Relays and shares his personal story of becoming an Olympic Athlete.

The list of Olympians and famous college athletes that either compete or make appearances at MtSAC Relays includes Carl Lewis, Allyson Felix, Udodi, Sydney McLaughlin, Michael Norman, Athing Mu, Rai Benjamin and lots more.

Success Story!

Over 140 students from Lorbeer Middle School in City of Diamond Bar, California participated in the writing portion of the Poetic Archives program. This means Team LMio Foundation changed over 100 middle school students into published authors and introduced them to the world of Track and Field. The city’s Mayor visited the school to congratulate the students. Parents and students received passes to Mt.SAC Relays and met Track and Field stars.

Thank you Pomona Unified School District Superintendent Darren Knowles, Principal Carlos Aguirre, History Teacher Mrs Crutchfield, Community Member Linda Perez, and all participating students, parents and sponsors for your contribution to help create the book Poetic Archives Volume One – Lorbeer Middle School.

Photo – Student John Pena, grandmother Hermalinda Pena meet Olympic Triple Jumper record holder Willie Banks.

Photo – Olympic speedster Rai Benjamin takes a selfie with high school student athlete Zion Edwards at Mt.Sac Relays.

Photo – Diamond Bar Mayor Stan Liu meets with students, teacher and principal at Lorbeer Middle School.

Photo – L’Mio Edwards and history teacher Mrs Crutchfield hold up a Team LMio t-shirt at Lorbeer Middle School.

Video – Students celebrate their accomplishment becoming authors and hold up their Team LMio t-shirts.

Directions to MtSAC

MtSAC Relays are at Hilmer Lodge Stadium, located at 1100 N Grand Ave, Walnut, CA 91789 and it’s accessible from Highway 10 to the North and Highway 57 from the East. For driving directions MtSAC encourage you to input “Hilmer Lodge Stadium” into your favorite map app for the latest driving conditions. Here are a couple of links to get you started:

Parking at Hilmer Lodge Stadium

Please park in lots R or F for access to Hilmer Lodge Stadium. Please see the Mt. SAC Athletic Facility & Parking Map (PDF file here).

A valid parking permit is required to park in all lots except for 30 minute parking spaces and metered parking. Parking permits can be purchased at the Automatic Parking Ticket Dispensers or at the Information/Parking Booths. Parking charges may be higher during certain special events. Mt. SAC Parking Lots are monitored 24 hours a day. Anyone failing to adhere to Mt. SAC Parking Regulations will be cited.

During certain Special Events additional parking charges may be charged.

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