Florida School Post Card Exchange Contest

[Pigsty333]

My son needs your help. Please don't let him down and help him.

Post Card Contest Request
We have a project in his geography class called "PostCard Exchange." Pease forward help and see how many cards we get.

The objective is to familiarize students with communities around the United States and beyong through communication with friends, family and personal travel.

How the competition works: Students compete with other class periods and their teacher. Whoever has the most postcards in December and then again in May wins. There will be a reward to the winning class in December and a reward to the winning class in May.

Rules:
Florida postcards (since this is where we reside) are nice and welcome, but they will not count towards the tally.
The postcard must have the student's first and last name written in greeting.
No electronic postcards.
Postcards must be sent directly to Oyssey Middle School and postmarked outside of Florida.
REGULATIONS:

Only 1 postcard per individual, per place. In other words, 6 postcards postmarked in Yonkers, NY from Grandma A equals 1 postcard. One postcard from Grandma A and one from Grandpa A equals 2 postcards. However, if Grandma A visits another town, state or country, she is more than welcome to send another postcard that will count towards tally.
Please understand that postcardsare being used for educational purposes. It is perceivable that they will be personal to students, to a certain degree. Be advised that if they are deemed inappropriate (anything that may be obviously embarassing to the student, his or her peers, or teacher) they will not count towards tally.
An international postcard counts as 5 domestic postcards.
Students are strongly encouraged to send postcards to their class when they travel outside of Florida during this school year.
Please send postcards to:

Kevin O'Donnell
c/o Odyssey Middle School
Ms. Flake's Geography Class
9290 Lee Vista Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32829

Not sure what to say: Here is the type of information we're looking for:

Climate Information
Local Landmarks
What people do for a living
Local new stories (write something about what is currently taking place in the area)
Anything related to Geography
Thank you so much for your help and we will try to let you know how he did.

Maria

 

[Scratch42]

Ok, I'm Game!

Scratch

 

[DisneyLisa]

One postcard from Ottawa (Canada's Capital) on it's way. Good luck.

 

[TimNDansMom]

Another, from Woodstock, Ontario, Dairy Capital of Canada!

 

[Lynda Silk]

I already posted this on the thread on the Community Board but I'll send one from Brampton and cabmom and I will be sending one from Toronto too.

 

[kellyla]

I will send one from Hamilton,Ontario.

 

[Susan--Ontario]

I just went and bought a five pack of US stamps. I'm going to get some people from here to help Kevin get that prize.

 

[Yzma and Kronk]

One is on it's way from Atlanta, GA

 

[GrannyEv]

A greeting from London, Ontario is coming his way. Will also contact everyone on all my groups to send one.

 

[melindaandrob]

A postcard from Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada has just left the mailbox. Good luck in the contest!

 

[Pigsty333]

They started coming in, he is very excited as is his teacher. We got an email today from the South Pole! They are sending one but we won't get it until sometime in November because planes will not be going there until October. He is really excited about that one.

I'll keep everyone posted. I will be going in next week to do a database and will post where they are coming from.



UPDATE as of 9/30/04

My son's teacher contacted me and she was very excited. Kevin alone received over 70 postcards today. She is so excited. I will be going in next week to help her catalog each and every one.

So far we have received from SC, MD, NJ, MA, NY, NC, MN, WA, TX, HI, PA, CA, IL, IN, ME, DC, WI, MO, GA, Canada, New Zealand and UK, so far this week. This does not include the ones received today, which have not been documented yet.

He got one from Gov. George Pataki of NY, the Oakland As, Baltimore Orioles and two other baseball teams, but he did not see those yet.

Keep those cards coming. Don't forget, the contest goes all the way through May 2005. They will pick a winning group in December and another winner in May.

Thank you again.

 

[Pigsty333]

Thank you to all that send in postcards. Here is what she gave me this week. Keep in mind that many more have been received, but she did not send me those yet. I will acknowledge them as soon as she forwards them to me:

Latvia Police; Judith McNeice (Belfast, N. Ireland); Philadelphia Phillies Baseball team; United States Senator Evan Bayh (Indiana); Valerie Kohler (Virginia & DC), Dulles, VA; Crystal, Altoona, PA; Miles Jones, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Vera Jones, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, Michigan; Missouri - looks like R. S. Morack (hard to read the signature); Jane Garris, Childersburg, Alabama; Missouri D & PF Donna Milligan (donmil723); South Jersey- Ocean City (no signature); South Jersey - Ocean City, JX3Smom; Baltimore Orioles Baseball team; Kendra Oishi, San Diego, CA; Atlantic City, NJ - John LeGerard; Nathan, Altoona, PA; Tamira, Denver, CO; Paula, South Jersey (disboard); Amanda, Harrisburg, PA; Pawtucket, RI (post office bar code covering name); Dixfield (Portland) Maine (8ears), Tim, Mary, Kyle and Bryan Gray; Central, MA (Boston), goofy4tink; Minneapolis, MN, Tamie Kyes; Cyndee Saunders, NC; Susan (kirby-disboard), North Texas PDC; North TX PDC - Stonebridge CPU, McKinney, TX (Pluto2003); Kendra Oishi, Honolulu, HI; Linda, Lehigh Valley, PA; Hyannis Harbor, MA - Cape Cod, Deb Tokarski; Grand Rapids, Michigan (disboarder - no name given); Woodstock, Ontario Canada, Julie Nanasi (timndansmom); San Juan PR, Mayleen Ayala; Houston, Texas (dis member); Oscar L. Medina, San Juan, PR; Albuquerque, NM, Eric Arthur; Gary, Indiana, Leslie Cefari (Valparaiso, IN); Amy, St. Albans, VT, postmark Burlington; Greenville, SC (Jennifer); Tracy Landress, Atlanta, GA; Tori LeClair, Atlanta (north metro) GA; Paradise Pier, San Jose, CA, Krista Banks (disboard); Denise Arthur, Albuquerque, NM; No signature Disneyland card postmarked from Indiana; Gail Van Berger, New York, NY; Jared, Ocean CIty, NJ, South Jersey, (jccl1991 - disboard); Oakland A's baseball team; NY State Governon George E. Pataki; Carrie Cohen, Norfolk, VA; Sheri, Boston, MA; Eileen Rogean, Cornwall, UK; Detroit, MI, Kimberly Ryba (sunkissed212); S. Harmer, Phoenix AZ; Marcy, Erie PA; Freddy Vargas, NY (Yonkers); Lori Schlossnagle, Cumberland MD; Evelyn Ruby, Des Moines, IA; Ann (pluto2003), Texas PDC; Slickrock Adventures, Provo, Utah; Boise, ID (Vale, Oregon); Barbara Wozniak, Dayton, OH; Martha Diederich, Kalamazoo, MI; Ronda, Falls Creek, TN; Springfield, MA, Keith & Rachel Gammeli; Tara O'Rourke, Yonkers, NY; Grandpa O'Donnell, Yonkers, NY; Mr. Mrs. Loreto Cristini, Eastchester, NY; Linda Ramsey aka lullubelle, Santa Ana, CA; Michael McNamara, Auckland, New Zealand; Showbizjobs.com; US Senator Byron Dorgan, Fargo, ND; Vicki Jee, New Orleans, LA; Paula Murray, Rome Italy; Mueller Household, Houston (Woodlands) TX; Nancy, Reno, NV; Kristy Laitinen, Upper Peninsula of MI (Greenbay); Dale & Kate Ankrom, Redding, CA.

There are more, but I will post them sometime tomorrow. It is a shame that some were not signed, the post office barcoded some names and some we could not make out.

Thank you all. He is in first place.

Maria