My son needs postcards for a school project

[Pigsty333]

Florida School Post Card Exchange Contest

My son needs your help. He is 11 yrs, and is in 7th grade. 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

 

[Tantor]

and it's from Canada (a 5 pointer!)

I'll get it out this weekend!

 

[crazy4themouse]

I'll have my DS10 send one out tomorrow from Nebraska. We live close enough to the Kansas, Iowa, & Missouri border, that between now & may we should be able to get a couple out. Sounds fun!

 

[Pigsty333]

Thank you, thank you. He has been so excited coming home to read the posts on the boards. He can't wait to get the cards. As soon as they start coming in, I will post where they are coming from.

He is so funny, he did not tell his teacher that we emailed this board so he told her, "Ms. Flake, you are in for a big surprise." So he has everyone guessing. Anyone know any celebrities - that would be real night, or a politician.

 

[danacath]

This sounds like a fun class project! My cousin is married to a congressman in Illinois. I'll see what I can do. Also, I'm going to a party to meet a congressional candidate next month. Maybe he'd autograph a postcard for me if you'd like. Is it helpful to have more than one card from Nebraska? (I noticed that crazy4themouse will already be sending a card from Nebraska.) If you don't need another NE one, maybe I could send one from Anaheim, CA when I'm there next week.

Did you post this on other boards, too? DVC is a popular one, as well as the community board, or maybe the family board, etc.

Best of luck, Kevin!

 

[Tantor]

 

[weluvdizknee]

Have postcards from a few West Coast states coming your way soon! Please keep us up to date on your project.

 

[eeyore25]

Sending one out tomorrow. Sounds like a very fun project

 

[8 Ears]

Kevin, you have one coming from Maine.

I will E-mail friends and family to hopefully help you out some more. I also teach locally, hope you will get some from the "Wilton" area as well.

Best of luck, looking forward to hearing how you do.

8 Ears

 

[Tantor]

 

[patsal]

Will send one as well, and if I travel I will get some then too. Maybe I can catch Hubby before he leaves for his business trip.

 

[jendon1997]

Mine will be sent tomorrow, from Sunbury, Pa. Can't wait to see how you make out. Good Luck!!

 

[lap3]

Expect to see one from Simi Valley, CA...home of the Ronald Reagan Library!

 

[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.

 

[Pigsty333]

Postcard from Hawaii arrived Thursday. They are getting excited now to see where they are all coming from. Kevin told me that their most exciting time of the day now is when their teacher starts to read the postcards and they have moved into FIRST PLACE.

UPDATE 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 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.

 

[Blackunicorn]

A postcard from Colorado will be in the mail tomorrow. Sadly, I wrote really, really small and still didn't have enough room...I wonder if I could get away with sending more postcards in my children's names?

 

[Pigsty333]

Yes you can, he can receive more than one from the same town, but they must have different names on it.

 

[tn4mickey]

I'll pick up a couple and send from DH and I. We live in Las Vegas.

 

[Pigsty333]

Boy are they excited. After missing two more days from school because of hurricane Jeanne, he went to school today to find approximately 30 postcards. I will go to school this week to see and document where each one came from. However, he did receive postcards from the Oakland As (baseball team) and from NY Governor George Pataki.

They are so excited and tell me that they can't wait to get to class to see where the next batch is from.

Thank you to each and everyone of you who has taken the time to send one and keep them coming.

 

[mtmona]

What a fun project! Look for postcards from Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota! I'll try to get our friend from Australia to send one. Good Luck!