The fifth grade Spanish class completed a project in November that involved writing letters to children from Nicaragua.  This project came about through a connection with a university class teacher, Lynne Ensworth.  Her college classes used bonus points generated through scholastic book orders they had placed to order books in Spanish for less fortunate schools and children in Nicaragua.  The fifth grade part was to write letters about themselves in Spanish.  Many students included drawings and decorated their letter beautifully.  We even put together a small book containing pictures and captions about PLS and Iowa.   Ms. Ensworth was able to hand deliver these books and letters when she traveled with the Waterloo Rotary to Chinandega, Nicaragua.   She plans to visit our class in the near future to share her experiences while visiting Nicaragua and the pictures she took.

You can click on the following link to see the article about this project that appeared in the local Courier newspaper!

Courier Article