Katrina Penpals

[Unregistered]

Is anybody interested in having your students correspond with people involved directly with Hurricane Katrina?

I'm a college-level instructor and have students ranging from 17-60, but they all need practice with their writing skills. All of these students were impacted in some manner by Hurricane Katrina. Some lost their homes, some lost relatives, and all of them have felt the impact since the hurricane. We are located just outside of Baton Rouge and the whole atmosphere and conditions have changed since Katrina.

Possibly...rather than actually having a correspondence...my students could write to your class describing their experiences. That way your children can hear accounts first hand but you don't run the risk of corresponding with adults, which I know can be a touchy matter.

Let me know if anybody is interested! :)

[Unregistered]

I teach 9th-grade students who do not read well. We are studying the concept of the journey throughout the year. I would love to have some letters from your adult students to discuss in class. Please feel free to email me at my school address: cmahoney@aacps.org

Carol Mahoney
Southern High School
Harwood MD

[Unregistered]

I work with a small group of 6th grade students. One of the areas we are focusing on is empathy. We have already constructed a letter to your students and would like to e-mail it to you. Please post your e-mail address so that I may forward our information to you.

Nora S.
East Greenwich Public Schools

[nurdan]

Dear NORA,

Hello from Turkey.I’m an English teacher at a private primary school in Turkey. I live in Kusadasi where is on the west coast of Turkey. It ‘s a lovely,small town with a lot of historical places in a city called Aydın.
This school year we want to start a project such as inviting a group of students to our school and placing them in the houses of our parents who have children at the same age and sex( if you want ) as your student.
These students will have social and cultural activities ( different cities,museums,cinemas,discos suitable for their ages,visiting Virgin Mary/Ephesus…..etc ) with the familiesAnd also our students will come to your country. The students will pay only 150 pounds for the arrangements and their passport ,plane tickets and visas (if necessary)expenses.At the same time I have students at a private primary school. I am the head of English department. They can be all penpals. Just tell me the age group or the class level you would like to have.IT'll be pleasure for us to cope with you.
If you are interested in this project I’ll give you all the other information you require.
My mail address : www.nurdanicel@yahoo.com

I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards.

NUrdan

My school’s website address is given below. You can have some idea about us.
www.tedaydin.k12.tr

[Linda Withrow]

We are studying about hurricanes in my science classes. We have discussed Katrina and the damage and devastation it has caused. I would be interested in having some letters that I can read and discuss in class and that we could possibly respond to. My classes are made up of 7th and 8th grade middle school students. We are located in a suburb in Pennsylvania about 20 miles south of Pittsburgh.
Thanks,
Linda
You can respond to me at my school email -
withrowl@clairton.k12.pa.us

[Unregistered]

I AM!!!!! how do we get the childrens addresses though!?

[Carilis]

I would love to have my students interact with your class. My students are eighth and ninth graders. My email is carilis_cabassa@yahoo.com

[Unregistered]

Hi,
I teach students with learning difficulties, we are doing various projects on citizenship, and the world around us.
I would be really interested in corrisponding with your class RE: the experiences that they have had so i can discuss this with my students in order to show them what goes on in the world and how people live and cope in situations.
I would be most gratefull if you could email me at lornabreslin@hotmail.com
My students are aged 16 to 19 and we are from the UK.
Many Thanks
Lorna Breslin

[ipozniak@wtps.org]

I have resource classes and a BSI ENglish class at the Middle Level (7-8).
Receiving a letter from those stricken by Katrina would certainly help me have students understand the use of Language ARts in everyday life... I would definitely like to receive letters from your students

[Karen Henderson]

Thank you for posting your openness to such a great cause and learning experience. My students and I had been tracking Hurricane Katrina's path and now brainstorming and discussing ways to raise funds, ship school supplies, or any ideas to help you get back on your feet. We would love to talk to your students and help in anyway we can. I look forward to hearing from you.

My email: henderson5@comcast.net

Your friend,
Karen

[Unregistered]

Nora,
I am not sure how to reach you. My e-mail address is rknopp@waitsburgsd.wednet.edu, and I am interested in having our class (also sixth graders hear from you.

Russ

[Lori]

I homeschool my children both aged 12 and they would be interested in writing other children from Hurricane Katrina ( and Rita ) please write me *one is a boy one is a girl*
PixieDevil2003@hotmail.com

[Unregistered]

I work with a small group of 6th grade students. One of the areas we are focusing on is empathy. We have already constructed a letter to your students and would like to e-mail it to you. Please post your e-mail address so that I may forward our information to you.

Nora S.
East Greenwich Public Schools

JWHITE@Bellaire.k12.oh.us please consider my 6th grade class from Ohio for your letter also home email is muzikman1@verizon.net

[C Canaday]

I would like to know more about how we can correspond with you. I have 22 students in an Adult Living Class and we tracked Hurricane Katrina and did several activities on how to respond to crisis. Please let me know if corresponding is a possiblitility.

Please e-mail at ccanaday@esu8.org.

Thanks,

Cheryl

[Unregistered]

I'm a fifth grade teacher in California whose students would love to be a friend in need for Katrina-affected kids. We have 82 fifth graders at our school who would be interested. Any ideas?
Jan

[Unregistered]

Jan: Have you checked this website:http://www.amazing-kids.org/AKPenPals.htm?

[Unregistered]

Sorry it has taken me a while to get back online but with Hurricane Rita hitting nearby our area has once again been affected.

Those of you who wish to receive letters or want other information, you can reach me at all4udear@hotmail.com.

I'll do my best to get back to each of you and any letters should be going out in the next week or so. We're very excited about sharing our experiences and hearing from others as well.

Cheryl Ferguson

[fetrow_p@ccsdistrict.org]

I work with a small group of 6th grade students. One of the areas we are focusing on is empathy. We have already constructed a letter to your students and would like to e-mail it to you. Please post your e-mail address so that I may forward our information to you.

Nora S.
East Greenwich Public Schools

We would love to have some sort of correspondance from you ........Let us know how we can help

[Unregistered]

I would be interested in having my class communicate with some of your students about the hurricane and how it impacted the lives of those involved. I teach both science and English in a small private school in Washington State. Sometimes things that happen so far away from us, though they are still in the United States, can seem almost unreal. Hearing the reality would benefit my students. Please contact me at debbys@arlingtonchristianschool.org

Thanks!

[Amazing Kids!]

Jan: Have you checked this website:http://www.amazing-kids.org/AKPenPals.htm?


Hi everyone! Thanks so much, "unregistered" (whoever you are!) :), for posting information about the Amazing Kids! PenPals for Hurricane Survivors program.

I just wanted to clarify: the link you posted is not the correct one. (It is missing the "l" at the end of "html"...

The correct link is: http://www.amazing-kids.org/AKPenPals.html

The purpose of the program is to help students who were affected by the hurricanes to find a new friend and pen pal "buddy," someone with whom they can share their experiences, thoughts and feelings, so they feel less alone and afraid in their new surroundings. We hope it will help them with their emotional recovery needs, once their immediate physical needs have been met.

The response to the program has been incredible! :) We now have thousands of students registered to be pen pals from across the U.S. and from several other countries.

We are inviting teachers (K thru 12) to register their students to become pen pals to children who are survivors of the hurricanes. We also welcome teachers with displaced students enrolled in their classrooms to register those students who would like a new friend and pen pal their own age.

Please note that there is no registration deadline. We will be taking new registrations on an ongoing basis, indefinitely. We know many displaced students may not be ready for a pen pal quite yet; we want them to know we are here for them, if and when they are interested in finding a pen pal.

We are also looking for teachers and others who wish to volunteer to help with spreading the word about the program in their local school districts, or who would like to help with the matching process in their local area.

Please feel free to email me with any questions: info@amazing-kids.org.

Thanks again for your support and interest!

Alyse Rome
Amazing Kids!
www.amazing-kids.org

[cinderella_9]

I would happily have some pen pals for my lessons to spread word and discuss the problems of surviving that desaster. I teach EFL in Germany, at school and at adult evening classes. Please send everything to cinderella_9@lycos.de and title it Katrinapals. Thanks in advance
Heidi

[Mrs. Thomas]

My third grade classroom is studying the devestation of natural disasters and I am wondering if there is anyone in the Louisiana or Texas area who has a lower level classroom that we could connect as penpals with. My children are all exceptional in their writing skills and would love to correspond and help with students on thier grade level who have been directly effected by this disaster. If so we are located in New Jersey with two third grade classes that have twenty students each. You can contact me at Sweetpeace24@hotmail.com if you are interedted or for more info.
Thank You

[Unregistered]

I work with a small group of 6th grade students. One of the areas we are focusing on is empathy. We have already constructed a letter to your students and would like to e-mail it to you. Please post your e-mail address so that I may forward our information to you.

Nora S.
East Greenwich Public Schools
www.nurdanicel@yahoo.com

[Unregistered]

www.nurdanicel@yahoo.com
Betboutin@yahoo.com

[Unregistered]

Hi! I am a second grade teacher from Saltillo, Mississippi - I would love to have your children send us some letters we are trying to make a class book about Hurricane katrina- We would love any first hand letters that we could read to learn more about Hurricane Katrina- my school address is Saltillo Primary School- 1806 Hwy 45- Saltillo, Ms 38866 my e-mail is neavesmark@hotmail.com we want to help Thanks Marti Neaves

[ceflynn]

We would love to have Katrina related stories added to our site http://www.clubhistorian.com

It is free and easy to use. It is our goal to get projects from all over the world on our site, making it a great resource for future generations.

Check it out and let me know if you have any questions.

Chris FLynn

clubhistorian @ gmail.com

there are no spaces in the email.

[Unregistered]

Greetings. I teach a Social Justice class, and my students and I are interested in supporting a family who was in Hurricane Katrina. My students would like to write letters and send monetary donations. Please contact me at scoleman@sachigh.org if you are able to connect us.

[Unregistered]

are you a boy

[Unregistered]

I am responding to the pen pals offering with the kids that were involed in hurricain Katrina. I am an english teacher at BOCES 2 in new york. I have kids in my class that would love to interact with other kids from diffrent places. if you can contact me at moraccotorrie@yahoo.com that would great. the students in my class are ages 14-17. thank you very much for your post.


Here is there school's address:
3555 Buffalo rd.
Rochester, NY
14624

[Unregistered]

I teach a 9th grade earth science course. We will be learning about hurricanes soon. I would definitely be interested, please email me at devonau@hotmail.com if you are still interested.

Thanks, Devon