Subject: schoollink
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:41:00 -0300
From: "rodpro" 
To: sjfeld@erols.com

Hello. I am a teacher in Brazil and I am interested in linking my school with yours. i am sure it is a greatopportunity to learn english. Would you like to try?Thanks regards teacher Cida Proença rodpro@bol.com.br

Dear Cida,
Thank you for your email. It would be wonderful for our students to link to one another. How many or your students speak English? What are their ages? Are you connected to the web in your classroom? How many of your students have the Internet at home? Do you have a web site my students can visit?My students' site, Learning About Leonardo has been evolving for over 4 years and has many multilingual activities that your students can enjoy.I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Steve Feld
John F. Kennedy High School
Bronx NY
http://home.con2.com/jfkhs/jfkm.htm

Subject: schoollink
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 16:50:27 -0300
From: "rodpro" 
To: sjfeld@erols.com

Mr. Steve. I am sure our link will be wonderful. Well, my students are between 1o to 16 yrs old. As I told you they are from low economic background as yours. I contact mysuperiors about our link and as soon as I have the names I will get in touch. Yes, it is better to write to school address. Next time I will send you the address of school. Send yours too. I will talk to them about
To: sjfeld@erols.com

Hello Steve, how are you? Dear I have no words to tell you how my students were about our linking. They are madabout this. They just love USA. Steve, they do not have email at home just a few of them. Today I ask my students to make some questions to yours. Could you ask your pupils to answer them? Unfortunately my students do not have emails facilities yet. But we will have it in our school up to the end of the year. So, we could exchange works, letters, everything you want to by postoffice. Please do not say NO. Even my mayor city is interested in our link. My school principal wrote a note to your principal. I will just finishing typing and send it to you. I will choose some qustions and email them to your students by the end of this week. First I need tocorrect them. Dear, they do not speak english. They are learning it and this is the incrediable opportunity tothem to learn it. Today when i told about you and pupils they got mad. We are (teachers, students, principal ,mayor and comunity ) giving our best in this unique and wonderful opportunity of learning.Imy school address is:
EMEF. Do Jardim Silveira / Teacher Cida Proença
Av. washington Luis 510 Jardim Silveira Barueri
São paulo Brazil 06433170.
School phone 55 011 41946915
email:no yet
use my personal email: rodpro@bol.com.br
I wait news very quickly. I am eager!!!!!
My sweet regards Cida Proença

Subject: schoollink
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:02:45 -0300
From: "rodpro" 
To: sjfeld@erols.com

To Mr. Steve Feld

Hello, my school principal has a note to yours. Please give this message to him/her.

Mr. John F. Kennedy’s principal. It is a great pleasure to make link with your school.My name is Mr. João Ap. de O. Bastos.

I am 35 yrs old and I have been working for 12 years in education. Myschool is newlybuilt.It has 18 classrooms, 01 video room, 01 computing room,01 arts room, 01 laboratory and 01 library. There isalso a administrative building where there is apedagogical center to help the students with problem in learning. There are secretaryship, orientation and coordination’s rooms, a storekeeper room. We also have abig gymnasium, a kitchen and a canteen( a place wherechildren can buy snacks).

Nowadays there are 990 students in my school (elementaryschool) year 6 to 9.My city Barueri is a very dynamic city.
Our mayor is very worried about education and he makes investments in
schools and teacher’s course.I am so happy with teacher Cida Proença’s project and she has my support. I am sure you will support yourteacher (Mr. Steve Feld). This way even we are so far I am sure we can exchange ideas and of course improve oureducation knowledge. Maybe it will be a begining of a great friendship. I am eager to hear from you very soon.
My regards
Mr. João Bastos School Principal

Subject: schoollink
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 20:58:25 -0300
From: "rodpro" rodpro@bol.com.br
To: sjfeld@erols.com

hi, mr Steve. Did you receive my last 2 emails? Sorry but we are so eager to have your answer. I am already selecting some questions and students names to send you.As I told you They do not have email address. We can exchange letters, photos, post cards or whatever you want to by post office. My whole school is mad about talking to USA. I made a project that I called. Schoollink. All school subjects and teachers are ready to talk to you. Did you get my principal's note? Even the city journal came to make an interview with us(my school students and teachers. As soon as it is ready I will send it to you. By the end of the week I will send you the students'questions with their names. I wait news verysoon. bye God bless you
Cida proença

Dear Cida, I received both emails from you and passed it on to my Principal Ken Harvey. He was very pleased and surprised to receive this note. I too am eager to share your students questions with my students. I am also willing to share these questions with other subject teachers in my school to broaden the scope. I am now waiting for your students' questions so we can begin our linkage.

John F. Kennedy High School
99 Terrace View Avenue
Bronx NY 10463 USA

HI DEAR CAN I CALL YOU MY FRIEND? THAT IS RIGHT. THE QUESTIONS WILL ARRIVE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. i AMALREADY PREPARING SOME PHOTOS AND STUDENTS'S WORKS ANDALSO I WILL MAKE A SHORT FILM. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND ME? iWILL FILM MY STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND SENDIT TO YOU. SORRY MY MISTAKES. SOON I TALK TO YOU.
SWEET REGARDS
TEACHER CIDA PROENÇA

Subject: schoollink

Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 18:57:18 -0300

From: rodpro rodpro@bol.com.br

To: sjfeld@erols.com

Hello Mr. Feld. How are you? Many thanks for your correspondence. I have received it from my principal last monday. I just came back to school last monday. My students are so happy with it. We are already preparing things to send you. Probably you will receive it by the beginning of June.

My students will send yours postcards, letters, some works they have done. Some teachers will make questions to your friends teachers. I hope to hear from you very soon.

Regards

Cida Proença

hello I am preparing something to send you. Is everything ok? I am sending post cards. I hope your sts like them. Can you send us some post cards too? have a nice day hugs from Brazil Cida

Dear Cida,

Our schoolink project has inspired our new TQ NYC project about King Tut. The new project has been approved by ThinkQuest and will launch in August. We have redesigned your page of questions and have added more links.

/13681/data/millennium/cida.htm

You told me earlier that your school will be connected to the Internet in June. Has this happened? I am hopeful your students will be able to see the fruits of our labor. I look forward to receiving the postcards your students have written to mine and continuing our Bronx-Brazil partnership. We would love to post any jokes your student contribute, to add to ours. Sincerely, Steve

Hi Steve. Thanks for answering so quickly.
No internet yet in school. I am going to take some pictures of my school to send you and also I am developing a work with a camera. I will send to you the tapes. Is it possible? But it will take a liitle longer. But you will receive the postcards first. My students just want postcards from NY and also Holliwood in fact they postcards from all over the USA. are you going to watch world soccer cup? do you have ICQ number? hugs from your friend in Brazil Cida PS. My students want photos from you and also your students bye

Dear Cida,

My students are eager to get their questions answered since they spent considerable time in answering all of your questions. Also, they would like your students to share their favorite jokes so we could add them to our page. We have placed Statue of Liberty postcards on your Internet page, And another picture of Lincoln Center that I photographed, which you have received.I am a computer arts teacher teacher. Although your postcard exchange project is an excellent one, it is not within my content responsibilities. My Social Studies colleages do not have time, since their students are preparing for the Regents. For those student who are wired to the Internet at homecan use our online postcards to send greetings to their friends

http://www.all-yours.net/cgi-localbin/dp20/start20?write31045502

. Our project is a wonderful multicultural resource but it is one-sided without the Brazilian perspective. We look forward to receiving answers to our questions, and receiving a few of your students favorite jokes. Sincerely, Steve Hello, Steve thanks for answering me. I will post your answers and post cards up to the of this week. Sorry my delay. But there wa a festival in my school and I had to do another thing. Talking about your school site, my sutdents do not have acess in internet. The ones who has internet at home does not understand english or spanish. Sorry. What you mean about jokes?

see you later hugs

Cida Proença

Dear Cida.

By jokes from your students I mean humorous stories that make them laugh, or funny things that your students say. The page is filled with my students answers, but where are your students answers to our questions? The postcard link I gave you for your students is multilingual. There are 23 languages available for your students to create and send musical greetings. I look forward to hearing from you with these answers and jokes. Sincerely, Steve

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hello Steve. I will be posting you letter this thursday now. I am trying to send you the jokes but I am not sure if i will be able to put them in english. I have tried many times to open your web site, the emails address you sent me but it is impossible.

hugs,

Cida proença

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Dear Cida,

If you are having difficulty seeing your page it is because TQ prevents you from going directly to the page. What you need to do is click on the small Vitruvian Man picture you see at the bottom of the page. This will let you through to go your page. Try it. You will see your page.

I found a nice example page of jokes here: http://www.indianchild.com/school_jokes1.htm

Sincerely, Steve

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Subject: schoollink
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 20:05:16 -0300
From: "rodpro"
To: sjfeld@erols.com

Hello mr. Steve I have already sent you a pack for you. It will arrive by next week. How are you my friend? As I told you before my students are crazy about our link in fact everybody is.

Today my school principal said that will compete in a project they have here called "golden chalk" they choose the best project of the whole city. Even the city mayor is interested in our link.

The city journal had made an article about our link. it is very important to us.So, as soon as you receive the pack let me know. I just sent the post cards and some Brazil maps. I am preparing others activities. Would you like to have the newspaper about our link? I am trying to send you the jokes. I still could not open your website, but I won't give up. Is it possible to install ICQ in your schooll computer? There is just one computer with internet in out school. I am thinking about making another project using ICQ with your school. What do you think about it? Steve, when I tell my students I have friend from ICQ they could not imagine how. As I told you they are very poor. They have no idea what ICQ talk is. Could you help us? I will prepare some pictures and films for you. Just wait. It will come soon.

A huge hug from my whole city and also mine
Cida Proença

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HELLO MY FRIEND HOW ARE YOU? HOW IS YOUR VACATION? ARE YOU ENJOYING YOURSELF? WE WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS OFF. I AM PREPARING MATERIALS TO SEND YOU. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT. i JUST LOVED YOUR WEBPAGE . IT IS WONDERFULL! CONGRATULATIONS. JUST BECAUSE OUR PROJECT I AM IN A COMPETTION THAT HAPPENS IN MY CITY WHICH THE NAME IS GOLDEN CHALCK. EVERY TEACHER WHO STARTS A PROJECT AND IS WORKING ON IT WIHT THEIR STUDENTS TAKES PART ON THIS COMPETITION. THE WINNER GETS THE "GOLDEN CHALCK". I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE CHOOSEN TO TAKE PART ON IT. MY STUDENTS ARE CRAZY ABOUT OUR PROJECT. COULD YOU SEND US SOME PICTURES AND POSTCARDS? i AM TRYING TO SHOW MY STUDENTS YOUR PAGE, BUT AS WE HYAVE JUST ONE COMPUTER CONECTED TO INTERNET, IT WILL TAKE LONGER. ANYWAY THANKS FOR BEING MY PARTNER. I WILL WAIT NEWS FROM YOU. HUGS

CIDA PROENÇA AND STUDENTS

Dear Cida, I am enjoying my summer vacation. I am delighted with your news about the competition, and that you have seen the web pages we have developed. I have written an article about the project for Cable in the Classroom Magazine. I hope you like it. -- You can access this article here -- /13681/data/millennium/tutcable.htm

When we began our Leonardo Internet project 5 years ago we had only one computer, and we used it to bring more computers to our school. Good luck with the Golden Chalk Award! Best personal regards, Steve

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Subject: Re: hello from Brazil
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 09:50:45 -0300
From: "rodpro" rodpro@bol.com.br
To: sjfeld@erols.com

Hello my dear friend. you are a genius!! i just love the idea about the magazine article. Could you pls send the magazine to us by post office? At the moment I am with no computer at home. It i in repair. You do not have idea how important is our link to us. thanks again for this great opportunity of learning and knowing wonderful person as you. keep in touch. I will send you soon some pictures and also film tape. I developed another project inside ours called"Barueri on tour" students made the study about our city and then we made a small tour around it. everything is recorded to send you.Just wait ok.I would like to have a photo of yourself. I am sending mine and also the student's. bye Cida proença