Iao Katagiri (center) from the Rand Corporation, reads excerpts from a fourth-graders writings during the 47th Annual Literature & Arts Program at John Adams Middle Schools on Wednesday, June 13, 2007. All the fourth graders on stage, who had  their names projected up behind them, had their literature read by Katagiri and the rest of the panel,  SMPD Chief Tim Jackman (seated-right) and Nathaniel Trives (seated-left)  from the New Vision Foundation.