Post Card for son's school project

[Pigsty333]

My son needs postcards for a school project
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." Please forward 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 Odyssey 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 postcards are 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.

So far Disers have been great. Cards have come in from throughout the country, yesterday we got one from Hawaii and boy, are the kids exciting when mail arrives in their classroom.

Please keep them coming.

Maria

 

[Naisy68]

We'll be sending one or more from here in South Dakota!
Tell Kevin that we wish him loads of luck!

--Renee

 

[Pigsty333]

Thank you to each and every one of you who have taken the time to help him out with this assignment.

It will take me a while posting where they are coming from, since the hurricanes are putting a damper on everything, including our mail. We are supposed to get hit by Jeanne around Sunday morning, so school will probably be closed again this Monday. We have lost 10 school days so far. We used no "Bad Weather Days" last year and we have use all of our allotted ones for this year and some. Kids have to be in the schools for so many extra days - we are giving up part of Thanksgiving, Christmas and Summer vacation.

Keep those cards coming. They really need a morale booster. It goes on all the way through May, so send more than one, whenever you remember him.

 

[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.

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 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.

 

[eller]

It will be a few days before I go out again, but I'll pick one up and send it out. Maple Valley is near Seattle WA.

Good luck with your project!

Lori

 

[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.

 

[Tantor]

 

[buzz2400]

I told my co-worker who has a daughter living in italy and she is going to get her to send one. I can't believe your son got a postcard from Steve Irwin. That is so cool. My son and I are sending out postcards from ct.

 

[Pigsty333]

Sorry for not updating, but can you believe it that with all the hurricanes and the storms (lightning) we have been getting almost daily, all three of my computers crashed. I am actually borrowing a neighbors.

He is in the lead. He has close to 250 points right now. They are coming in from all over the world and the USA. I will be going into his class this coming week to record them all for his teacher, so I will be able to see each and every one and then update where they are coming in from. Don't fret, I will post them here and let you know.

Thank you. Some of the cards are just beautiful from what he tells me. Everyday he comes in really excited to tell me - China, New Zealand, Australia, Africa, UK, Canada and of course, the US and Caribbean.