 All year long, PenPals have been exchanging ideas in a variety of different ways. Whether writing poetry, designing flags, or analyzing the impact of technology, over 349,000 PenPals from 150 countries have connected to learn, create, and share together. Like the winners from our School Pride Contest, Catherine, Iris, Lauren, and Ava from Florida, USA! These PenPal Stars created a slideshow presentation sharing what makes their school special! “We did a Google slides on how our school is special. We walked around campus, taking pictures about the unique things about our school. We put 1-2 photos on each slide, with a paragraph to explain how it is special.” Or PenPal Star Lera from Ukraine, who won the Gratitude Photo Contest this year!  PenPal Stars Yasmin, Isabella, Paty, and Isaac from the Dominican Republic were some of the winners from the Fake News Contest. They created a presentation to help people identify and combat fake news!  Amelie and Naomi from New Zealand won the Global Poetry Contest with the original poems they wrote expressing their experiences during and after the New Zealand terrorist attack that affected their community in Christchurch. Our Darkest Day By: Amelie T The whole world is crying For those who are dying Old ones missed Young ones kissed The whole lock down Shook the whole town Kids at school till six o'clock What about the big climate change flock? Police all around This empty town Although this brought death There might be something beneath 50 lives, too many I'm sure But it brought us together, right to the core No matter what race No matter what place We are now one Explore more conversations that students have been having with global PenPals.
We’re grateful for all of the students and teachers who made time for global collaboration this school year. Learning is better together, and we’re so glad to be your partner for global education! Happy PenPal-ing!
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