My son needs your postcards for a class assignment

[Pigsty333]

We have a project in our geography class called "Post Card Exchange." Pease help me and see how many cards we get.

The objective is to familiarize students with communities around the United States and beyond 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 we did.

Thanks

 

[spiceycat]

I think you get more people if you posted on the community board - but I will send you one!

 

[decaff38]

Sending one tomorrow!

 

[Pigsty333]

I think we posted on every board and some of you have even posted on others, which is great. I know he started getting some because he told me that his teacher mentioned that his class got some and she had to go through them and present them today to the class. I'll find out when he comes home today and I will post results.

Thank you and keep those post cards coming until May 2005.

 

[Pigsty333]

I spoke with the teacher because I was getting questions about sending cards in envelopes.

If you postmark them in different towns (some post offices will do that for you), then yes, you can put them in an envelope and send them like that to save on stamps. Remember, they must be postmarked in separate cities, if they are from only one person. If other people send (lets suppose you, a spouse, child, friends, siblings) send also, then they can have the same postmarks as yours.

I hope this clears up some of the questions and makes it easier.

He received 13 postcards today - Boston, Minneapolis and he has to document the others. I will be going to his class and help his teacher enter it all into the database.

She was excited today to start getting some.

 

[wdwprncess77]

I live in NYC which is a huge city. If I send postcards from different zip codes within the city - will that count? If it won't then I'll just rally some of my friends to write out a postcard for him. I love helping kids win stuff at school.

 

[auntie]

Be on the look out from ours from Long Island NY! Hope it helps out!

 

[Kirby]

I mailed one Saturday.

 

[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.

 

[Morganpics]

Sent one to him yesterday from Maine.

 

[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.

 

[Pigsty333]

It is very exciting. Here is a note that Kevin posted on the other boards regarding his postcard assignment:

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

We are so excited and 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.

 

[Rhongepooh]

I'll send one from Mississippi before the weekend is over. Would you please return the favor for me though? I teach gifted kids grades 2-6 and will be starting in late October a unit on geography where I ask for postcards from everywhere also. The address is


Tylertown Elementary School
% Rhonda Kennedy's Project Challenge Class
705 Broad St
Tylertown, MS 39667

 

[dizneycc]

What a cool project! Thanks for keeping us updated. We are going to Ocean City MD for the weekend. I will be sure to send one from there and send another from home next week.

 

[Belle1997]

What a fun and great idea.

I will be sending one from Barrie Ontario and one from Toronto.
Hope that counts as 5 points each. Different country.
Where are they putting all these post cards? By May there could be a whole room full.

Glad to help out

Ruth

 

[Pigsty333]

They are mapping each location on a map with a pin and then she is storing them in a box and they go through them as they arrive, talk about and research the area they are coming from.

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.

 

[remyandhollandsmommy]

I will send one too! I went to Boldt Castle on Heart Island (it's in Alexandria Bay, NY) recently and got some nice postcards so this gives me a reason to send one!! I will put our info from Ft Drum, NY on it. Good Luck on more postcards!!

 

[Pigsty333]

Thank you, thank you to each and everyone of you. Kevin has been doing great with the postcards. He has received some from very far away places and some celebrities.

Here is the latest: NY Governor George Pataki, baseball teams Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland As, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Steve Irwin (the Crocodile Hunter), cards from Hawaii, England, New Zealand have started coming in.

He is so excited. His teacher told him that after the end of the contest in May 2005 she will give him all the cards. We plan to do a scrapbook with it and document each and everyone of them.

He is so excited to talk about each one, the pictures and where they are from. What a great way to learn about the world. It has become a pictorial tour of the world.

Remember, this is ongoing so get your friends and family to send and keep them coming through May 2005.

He is in 1st place now.

Thank you all.

Anyone in the Orlando area who wants a tip or would like to meet us in one of the parks, send me a message.