Hello from Reid Park International Academy. We are a magnet school, located in Charlotte, NC, with both a French Immersion and English IB component. The students in the immersion section have their lessons taught all day long in French. The English students have 30 minutes of French instruction daily. Our school prepares students for the middle school pre-International Baccalaureate program, which leads to the high school IB program. Our fifth grade class consists of 11 girls and 13 boys. Following are messages from some of our students.
Hello my name is Ronnie Moore. I am in fifth grade at Reid Park International Academy.
At Reid Park we have about 600 students in the whole school. In every
classroom there are 4 computers. In our classroom we have baby toads. Both
of our baby toads died and the mother toad died too. Everone in our class
was very sad. In this class we have 24 students.
My name is Jaquis Jamal Thompson, and I'm 10 years old and live in Charlotte, NC. I go to Reid Park International Academy. We have about 600 students in the school. At Reid Park we have big class rooms. Our class room has 24 students and the school is longer than a giant's body and it's the best.
Hi my name is John Pressly, and I am 10 years old. My birthday is on March 8, 1989. My favorite sport is soccer. I play soccer in the fall and spring. I am good at soccer. My school has lots of people in it. My school is called Reid Park International Academy. On both sides of my school is a small forest. In front of my school is another school. My school is fun. It snowed here in Charlotte this winter. In Charlotte it does not snow a lot. I wish it snowed all the time in Charlotte. Bye.
We will send more messages soon. Snow is very unusual in Charlotte, and we have had 4 snow days this year. We are in school on Presidents' Day as a result of the unexpected days off. We will be in session on another teacher workday and two days of our spring break. The March teacher workday falls on the day after we return from our class trip to Washington, DC. I wonder how many students will come to school that day?
Kathy Novak
Hi from Fairfield Elementary School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
Virginia is a state in the middle of the east coast of the United States of America. Virginia Beach is in the very southeast corner of Virginia. Our city has about 450,000 residents. We border the Atlantic Ocean to the east and Chesapeake Bay to the north. Our southern boundary is the border with the state of North Carolina. Our school is about 10 miles from the ocean and 7 miles from Chesapeake Bay. Virginia Beach and the 6 cities immediately around us are called "Tidewater" or "The Tidewater Area" because of the amount of water we have that is directly effected by the ocean tides. This is a really good place to live if you like the water.
We have about 500 students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade. We call ourselves "The Falcons".
Here are introductions from some of our students:
Hi, my name is Nicholas Alexander, but I go by Alex. I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. Directly behind my house is a stream, if you go to the left you will find Lake James, to the right is a pipe that leads to the Elizabeth River. I enjoy playing Football, Baseball, and Golf. Some of my favorite breakfast foods are bacon, eggs, and waffles, lunch sub and corndog, and dinner ham, chicken, and almost any kind of pig. I am a descendent of John Hancock. On rainy days I enjoy to playing video games and watching TV. I work every other Saturday; I am a salisoter (I pass out fliers for a roof and housing company) and my boss tells me I always put the most effort forth because I run. I have earned the nickname speedy from my partners. We pair up 2 per team (one per side of a street) and each team has a different street. We get a lunch break at 12:00 till 12:30 and stop around 3:00. We get aching legs but its worth it and it's a good exercise. That's how I do, like, and have fun with life.
By Alex
Hello my name is Gregory, I like to do things on the computer. My favorite part time game on the computer is a game called Freespace. I'm in 5th grade. I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. I live right about on the Virginia - North Carolina border and near the Chesapeake Bay. I live right next to the world's largest naval base. My favorite animal is an orca or killer whale.
Hope to type ya soon. bye.
Hi, my name is Nikita. I enjoy soccer, sleepovers , online shopping , and shopping at Limited Two. One of my friends names is Rachel which is also involved in this. I live in VA. Beach, VA. I have a boy dog who's name is Rocky. I attend Fairfield Elementary. I'm in Mrs. Fuller's 4th grade. Bye
Hi! My name is Rachel, I like to play basketball, football, softball, horseback riding and, soccer. I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I am ten years old and have a big family, which includes my mom, my dad, my sister, my guinea pig, my rabbit, my cat, and my three fish. I am in forth grade and in Mrs. Fuller's class and attend Fairfield Elementary.
Hi my name is Chelsey, I am 11 years old. My favorite subjects are Math and Science. My hobbies are going on AOL, playing with my dog, and swimming in the summer. I play on an all girl soccer team and at school I like to play kickball. Some of my favorite foods are macaroni & cheese, beef stew, and fruit and vegetables. My dog is a schnauzer and her name is Sophie. When I grow up I want to be a veterinarian. I live in Virginia Beach near Fairfield Elementary. There is a stream in the back of my neighborhood that goes into the Elizabeth River. That is the River that we are doing the Water Project on. On Easter my dad, mom, sister Lindsey and I all go to my grandma's house. At Thanksgiving my whole family comes over and eats at my house. My aunt invites us to her house every Christmas Eve. On Christmas day my family goes to grandma's house. All my cousins come and we give each other presents. Bye
We are looking forward to reading your e-mails. The Falcons
From Bluebonnet Elementary School, Round Rock, Texas
Dear Project Participants:
We are a Talented and Gifted class (grades 2-5) with our fourth graders and some fifth graders participating in this particular project. Our TAG program covers Language Arts and Math. We will be doing this project under our Language Arts and using communication skills. Since we are in Central Texas where we are experiencing low rainfall and drought conditions, this topic is very pertinent. We live in Round Rock which is just north of Austin and is the home of Dell Computers. The children are going to introduce themselves:
My name is Christa. I play softball.My favorite foods are ribs and spagetti. I have 3 sisters and 7 pets I'm 10. I'm really looking forward to having one of you to be my E-Mail partners.
My name is Carl Kalisvaart. I have been playing piano for four years. I have a Play Station. My favorite Play Station game is ''Syphon Filter.'' I have five cats and one dog. My favorite animals are cheetahs. I hope you choose me as your E-MAIL partner!
My name is Sean .C. Gooden. I like to play sports. Here are some of the sports I play.
I play basketball, softball ,track , and football. I'm 9 years old. My birthday is March 16 in 1990. I have 1 pet it is a dog . His name is Sinder. I have two brothers . Well, I hope you like me as an E-MAIL partner!!!
My name is Juli. I play soccer. This is my third year to play soccer. My favorite food is pizza. I have 2 cats and 1 dog. I am an only child. My favorite group of singers are the Backstreet Boys. I am 10 years old. I have 2 best friends. My best friends are Christa and Savannah. I look forward to you being my e-mail partner.
My name is Liza. My favorite animal is the cat. I love ice cream, hot dogs, pizza,& chicken nuggets.
I have 2 dogs & I might get a kitten from my cousins. I have goldish-red hair.
I have a brother in 5th grade & a sister in 10th grade. I hope you are my new E-mail partner!!
Dear Water Project participants
Introduction of the 5 grade 4 classes of Stirling Primary, East London
Grade 4 B
General information:
My name is Robyn and I am in Mrs Brown‚s class. We Have 180 children
in Grade 4. Most of the children in our Grade are 9 turning 10 this year.
I live in East London on the East Coast of South Africa which is the most
southern country in Africa. East London is on the coast and we have the
only river port in South Africa. We have very temperate weather with summer
rainfall. Our winters are mild and temperature seldom drops below 18 degrees
Centigrade. Our summer can be very hot and humid with temperatures reaching
35 degrees Centigrade. East London is one of the oldest cites in South
Africa, with many German settlers arriving in the late 1800‚s. It was found
by the Brittish soldiers who were fighting the Xhosa tribe then. We have
11 official languages in our country and we learn English, Afrikaans and
Xhosa at school.
Grade 4B
My name is Neo and I am in Mrs Brown‚s class. We have 37 children in our class. There are 22 girls and 15 boys. Most of the children in my class are 9 years old turning10 this year. Our favourite hobby is definitely spending time reading by most of my class, closely followed by reading by most of my class, riding our bicycles, playing computer games and TV games, gardening, painting and drawing, and playing with lego. Only a few children collect stickers, rubbers and stamps. The sport most enjoy in my class is swimming. The boys enjoy cricket in the summer and rugby in the winter, and the girls enjoy netball and hockey in the winter. A few play tennis all year. Pizza and spaghetti is our favourite food, followed by chicken, hamburgers and chips. Ice-cream is also popular.
Grade 4LW
There are 36 pupils in the class and most of us are 9 years old. Our school offers lots of sport and so we are kept busy during the afternoons we can still work on the computers in our computer department, play chess, do drama or art or if we are lucky enough go horseriding. Most of us play some sport like Cricket,Tennis, Squash or swim in summer. In winter we can play Netball, Soccer, Hockey or Rugby. We live at the sea side so our free time is spent at the beach. Body boarding, surfing, fishing with our folks or walking with our moms and looking at all the sea life. Some of us are quite creative and so we are given extra art lessons at the art club,or we learn pottery or fabric painting. Moms come in and help teach us all these things. We really are lucky.
We love different food but our favourites are pizza, hamburgers, spareribs, ice-cream and waffles. We also love to have a braai. A braai is when we cook meat over some coals on a fire. This is a family time for us or time for our friends to visits. The parents sit around the fire and talk and laugh and we get the chance to play with our friends. Do you also have something like a braai? Nelson Mandela was the first black prime minister in South Africa. He has now retired and Thabo Mbeki is the prime minister of South Africa.
Grade 4M
My name is Melissa Taberer and I am in Miss Mulder`s class. We have
35 children in our class. There are 17 girls and 18 boys. Most of the children
in my class are 9 years old, turning 10 this year. Our favourite hobbies
are modelling, walking, reading, playing games with friends, cooking, playing
chess, doing Math sums, playing TV games, doing art and fabric painting,
drawing, playing Monopoly, riding bicycle and racing. The sports we enjoy
are swimming, high- energy dancing, ballet, cricket, soccer, netball, hockey,
rugby, horse riding and playing golf. We enjoy eating pizza, hamburgers,
sausage rolls, lasagne, roast chicken, fish and chips, crisps, pancakes,
ham and cheese, waffles and spare ribs.
Grade 4 L
My name is Victoria Zake and I am in Mrs Leslie‚s class. We have 36 children in our class. There are 22 girls and 14 boys. Most of the children in my class are 9 years old, turning 10 this year. Our favourite hobby is definitely spending time reading and doing Art by most of my class, closely followed by swimming, fishing, playing chess and doing sport. Some enjoy listening to music, watching TV, dancing and riding motor bikes. A few enjoy cooking, writing poetry and super tubing. The sport most enjoyed in my class is swimming. The boys enjoy cricket in summer and rugby in winter, and the girls enjoy netball and hockey in winter. A few play tennis all year, participate in athletics, cross-country and enjoy horse-riding. Pizza is definitely our favourite food followed by hambugers, chicken and pasta. Chocolate and ice-cream is also popular.
Grade 4 E
My name is Tamzyn and I am in Mrs Everard and Mrs Thorp‚s class. We have 36 children in our class. There are 20 girls and 16 boys. Most of the children in my class 9 years old, turning 10 this year. Our favourite hobbies are reading and collecting things, closely followed by going to the beach, swimming and listening to music. A few children enjoy playing on the computer, baking, cooking and drawing.
The sports we enjoy are swimming, running, cricket, tennis, rugby, soccer, hockey, netball, squash and baseball. We enjoy eating pizza, hamburgers, spare ribs, Kentucky Fried Chicken, macaroni, hotdogs, pies, and of course sweets, crisps and ice- cream.
Hi there from 4P @ Pacific Academy, Surrey, BC, Canada.
We recently brainstormed some of our uses for water and this is what we came up with.
Living, heating/cooling, electricity, drinking, sewage, washing dishes, washing clothes, washing cars, washing food, irrigation, brushing our teeth, sewage, car radiators, water beds, ice, snow sports, keeping our bodies clean, cooking, water sports, transportation: steam trains, boats, ferries, mixing instant foods.
We also had one of our parents come in as a guest today and he talked about the quality of our drinking water in Vancouver. He is one of the environmental engineers who is in charge of our water quality. It was very interesting to find out how we get the water that comes out of our taps.
Vancouver is on the West coast of Canada. Sometimes we call it the
Wet Coast because we get so much rain.
My name is Matthew N. I like skateborading and other games.
Hi my name is Justin W. I like skateboarding, bike riding and games.
Hi my name is Lesaya N. I'm 10 years old and I like to listen to my music and watch T.V.
Hi my name is Brianne. H. I'm 9 years old. I like cats and I like to do hair.
Hello my name is Spencer D. I'm 10 years old and my favorite coulor is Blue. I like gymnastics, my hair colour is brown and my eye coulor is brown too. My birthday is January 25,1990.
Hello my name is Timothy B. I'm 9 years old and my favorite sports are soccer, baseball,
volleyball and football. My favorite colour is blue and red. I have blue eyes and my hair is dark brown. My birthday is on April 8, 1990. I was born in Surrey Hospital. My favorite animals are elephants and dogs.
Hello my name is Vanessa M. I'm 9 years old and have six people in my family. I have brown eyes and blond hair. My name means butterfly. I was born on May 7, 1990. I love animals. My favorite animal is the giraffe. I have five pets. My favorite colours are purple, blue and pink.
Hi my name is Austin V, I"m 10 years old and I have blond hair and blue eyes. My favourite sport is baseball my favourite colour is orange.
Hi, my name is Ben B., I am 9 years old. My favorite thing to do is bike riding.
Hey dudes my name is Calvin G. I'm 9 years old and I turn 10 in June. I like recreational sports like skating, biking, tennis and swimming. I also like to read and play piano (I'm in third year of piano).
Hi! my name is Sherry S , I'm 9 years old. My favorite things to do are draw, read , play sports and swim. I play the piano and I like it . My favorite color is green.
Hi! My name is Spencer .M. My favourite sports are hockey, soccer, basketball and laccrosse. I play on a basketball team our record so far is 10-2, we are the best team in the league. I also play soccer and our team is okay.
Hi my name is Alexandra P. I am 9 years old and I love to play hockey, soccer and tennis. I have been in soccer for 4 years, it's fun!
Hello, my name is Stefan G. I am 9 years old and I love to play wrestling, soccer, volleyball, football and rugby. I ve been in soccer for 5 years.
Hello. My name is Kathryn F. I am 10 years old. I like to play the piano and I love to bake cookies and cakes. I also like to draw!
Hi. My name is Andrea. I am 9 years old. I like to ski and I like to play the piano and I really like to bake buns. I also like Art!
Hi. My name is Timothy G. I am 10 years old. I like to play the piano and I really want to learn guitar. My favorite subjects are probably Art, P.E. and Music. I also like devotions.
Hi, my name is Matthew B. I'm 9 years old turning 10 in June 25, 2000. I like to play
outside. My favourite things to do are draw, build, and play Sony Playstation.
Hi, my name is Victoria. I'm 9 years old and I am turning 10 on May 6, 2000. I like to dance, ride my bike, sing, eat junk food, play games, do art and P.E.
Hi, my name is Taylor L. My favorite sport is hockey and I like being in goal because I can save all of the shots. My favorite colour is orange. I have two brothers and one sister.
Hi my name is Jessica H. I am 9 years old. My favorite things to do are draw, watch TV, read books and play outside with my friends. My favorite colours are pink blue and purple.
Hi my name is Nathniel F. I'm nine years old. My favorite things to do are play Playstation , watch T.V., play on the computer and work in my basement. I have one brother and he is in grade 7.
Hi my name is Melissa M. I'm 9 years old and I have a sister in grade 6 .
My favourite colours are red, black and blue. I like to play sports and make stuff.
Hi my name is Melissa.B. I'm 9 years old. My birthday is on March 9th, 1990. I have 3 brothers. My favourite colours are blue, green, gold and silver. I like sports and P.E.
Hi my name is Joshua Lin. I'm 9 years old and my birthday is July 7. I have one sister.
My favorite colours are blue, green, silver and gold. I like to play hockey, Nintendo 64 and I like to draw.
Hi, my name is Nathan.A. I'm 9 years old. I have 3 brothers and my birthday is in about 2 months. I like skateboarding and P.E.
Hi, my name is Mr. Powell and my favourite colour is purple. I grew up in South Africa in Durban and so am glad that there is someone else in the group from East London. I miss Durban's sunny weather. I prefer their humidity to Vancouver's.
From Simkin Middle School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
My name is Erin Goldberg. I am a student at Simkin Middle School at the Gray Academy of Jewish education. I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. There are nineteen students in my class. I am in grade six and eleven years old. Some sports I like are baseball, basketball, volleyball, and badmiton. I like to play the bass clarinet and to horseback ride.
It is winter here right now. It is very cold. There is lots of snow on the ground. In the winter I like to ice skate, toboggan and play with my dog in the snow. My dogs name is Coco and my birds name is Smoochie.
The Grey Academy goes from Junior Kindergarten to grade twelve. The principals name is Mrs. Hasinoff and my teachers name is Mrs. Doctoroff.
I'd be interested in learning about your school.
My name is Carly Holt and I have been informed that your class of 34 kids have been wondering about Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canada is located in the North America. We live in Winnipeg, which is the capital city of Manitoba. My class and I gad a vote on our favorite food. The vote was anonymous, we all love pizza. The sprots that are most often played are football, basketball, tennis and, basball. My hobbies are singing acting and dancing. My class and I love to have parties whenever possible. After school some girls like to listen to music, go shopping, or just hang around. Although the boys may get together and watch the super bowl, have a small football game, or they are lazy and become couch potatoes. We all hate homework! Who couldn't? Anyways, enjoy your nice, warm winter, while us Canadians freeze our little fingers off.
My name is Maya Thau-Eleff. I am writing to you and your class on behalf of my entire class. There are 19 of us and we are 11 and 12 years old. We go to a Jewish school on Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
In our school we have recycling bins in every classroom and in our multipurpose room. We are very consious of our environment. Our playstruture is made out of recycled materials. Right now in Science we are doing projects about Environmental issues:Acid Rain, The Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming, Water Pollution, and Tropical Rainforests, which is the one that I'm doing.One of the things I have learned is that in the Dinosaur age, one species went extinct per 10 years. In the Rainforests, tens of thousands of species get destroyed every year.
Our grade 6's just had our "Shabbaton". It is a religious Jewish sleepover at the school. Each year there's a theme. Ours was RESPECT. We focused mainly on respect for the environment. I learned a lot.
What are some things that your school does to help our environment?
Please write me back.
Hello! My name is Susan Schipper and I am working on this branch of the online water project that we are doing with your school. We are in grade 6 at the Gray Academy of Jewish Education. The whole school is divided up into three seperate schools. Shore Early Years (grades 1-4), Simkin Middle School (our school, grades 5-8), Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate (grades 9-12). The bulk of our class's favourite foods are ice cream and pizza. We enjoy playing many sports, especially soccer, basketball, baseball and football. Everyone's favourite subject varied, but (suprise, surprise) for the most part it was gym. That's really an activity, but we count it as a subject.
Our school has many things that are to our liking. We have intramurals which are different sports played at recess time. For instance, for basketball, you can chooseto participate by forming your own team of four and playing, but it's not mandatory. Also, we have "Got Milk?" contests one week every month. To play, all you have to do is bring milk to school and bring it to the office, and you get a scratch-and-win card with three circles on it. If each of the circles says the same thing (e.g., each of the circles says eraser, eraser, eraser), you've won an eraser. We have 8 periods to a day, and our main subjects are Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Hebrew, Torah, Judaic Studies and French. We have French and Judaic Studies four days a cycle, but the rest of the subjects we have every day. In social studies we are learning about the Natives, in math we are doing place value, in science we are doing we arefinishing up our unit on the environment, and moving on to weather. In Judiac studies, Hebrew and Torah, we are learning more about the torah, and the Hebrew language and culture. In French we are studying the country of Canada.
We are all excited to be doing this on-line water project. We hope
this will be a good experience and be fun. Ww also want to learn more about
your school and the other schools thast are doing the project. We hope
to get a letter from you soon, and start the prject soon.
We are a grade six class at Simkin Middle School, which is located in the Asper Jewish Community Campus in Winnipeg, Canada.
Winnipeg is a wonderful city in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the prairies so the ground is mainly flat. We get freezing winters and very hot summers. The population of Winnipeg is about 650 000 with 43 different cultural groups.
Every year we have a festival called Festival de Voyageur to celebrate our French- Canadian heritage. It is a winter festival where lots of singing, dancing, eating and crafts take place. There is a snow sculpture contest which people can enter to show off their skill. This year it was the 30th annual and it was very excting.
In Winnipeg there is also a place called The Forks National Historic Site, or the Forks for short. It is where the Assinaboine River and the Red River meet. The site is filled with historey and importance. Many businesses run there along with the Forks building itself. It is a fun place to go.
Another interesting place is the St. Boniface Museum. It is the oldest building in Winnipeg and the largest oak log structure in North America. It depicts the lives of the French and the Metis people. Before it was a mueseum, it was the original Grey Nun's convent.
There are two huge forts in Winnipeg that were built for trading reasons long ago. The Hudson's Bay Company between the years 1830 and 1852, built Lower Fort Garry. It is the oldest intact stone fur trading post in North America. Now the fort is open to the public to walk around and in the restored buildings and talk to costumed characters about life in the 1830's. The other fort was Upper Fort Gary, which was built in the 1830's. It was another fur trading post until it was demolished except for one gate in 1885. You can still see the gate today.
A lovely place to go in the winter, spring, fall or summer is the Assiniboine Park. It has 376 acres for winter sports, eating, walking, cycling, meeting friends and shopping to name a few. There is an outdoor pavilion where you can see concerts, ballets and plays. During the summer you can also got to the wonderful Teddy Bear's Picnic, which is sponsered by the Children's Hospital. It is so much fun for little kids.
Winnpeg, with its many different cultures, is flavorful in the range of restaurants. You can enjoy Greek, Japanese, Ukrainian, Italian, Norht African and Mexican for an example. The best of all though, is the homegrown foods such as goldeye!
In the way of sports, it varies. While kids our age love any kind, there are a few profound sports teams to Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers may not do too well in football but our Goldeyes baseball team and our hockey team, thew Manitoba Moose are pretty good. We also have our wonderful Royal Winnipeg Ballet, which is outstanding. Just last summer we had the chance to hold the Pan Am Games, which was pretty exciting. It was like the whole summer had Pan Am fever!
I hope you enjoy reading this letter and learning about Winnipeg! Sincerely,
Mrs. Doctoroff's Grade 6 class