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PeaceBike
Classconnect
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Your class can partner with a classroom from
another region or even another continent!
- ClassConnect can work with classrooms of any level!
- ClassConnect can work with email and good ol´ paper letters too.
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- Class-to-class friendships can continue on as person-to-person
friendships for a lifetime but often it takes a teacher to open the
door.
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Imagine your class busy writing letters and doing spontaneous,
enthusiastic research on foreign cultures out of the pure desire to get to know
their friends from
another country!
PeaceBike visits about one school every week and most of the teachers at
these school want to connect with another classroom to share letters, pictures,
and packages throughout the year! Many classrooms in the U.S., Canada,
Mexico, and Central America are already sharing their cultures with each other
in this way. Your students can join in this adventure as soon as you apply
to PeaceBike Classconnect.
The Application Process: In the PeaceBike ClassConnect Form
(link at the
bottom of this page) you, the teacher, will be asked a few questions that help us
match classrooms.
First, you will be asked to include such items as your
school´s address, students´ interests, and any special requests you might
have.
Second, PeaceBike staff will reply to your application by
email and begin working on a match.
Third, in our email reply will ask you to send
a letter on your school´s letterhead to PeaceBike with a $30 dollar fee
(This fee is waived for schools in developing countries.) requesting to join
PeaceBike ClassConnect. On receipt of your official letter and fee we will
send you ¨getting started¨ information with your matching classroom your
matching classrooms contact information. This program is fully supported
by educators and we are ready to work with you on ideas, questions, or help out
should any problems arise. If you have more questions about PeaceBike
ClassConnect please email us at classconnect@peacebike.org
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Why is there a $30 fee?
- This fee is used to defer the costs of helping schools in developing
countries pay for postage, paper, envelopes, and writing supplies for
this program. Because of this fee we can make this program
accessible to every class that wants to connect!.
- This fee is also used to defer costs of PeaceBike staying in touch
with the PeaceBike Classrooms that are in the PeaceBike ClassConnect
program.
- Application letters and fee can be sent to: PeaceBike, P.O.
Box 761, Lafayette, OR, 97127. For further questions on this
program please email us at classconnect@peacebike.org
or call us at 1(503)-864-2749.
- If not from the U.S. please email us at classconnect@peacebike.org
about payment options.
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