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Names of participating Windsor schools:
Clover St. School
J. F. Kennedy School
Oliver Ellsworth School
Poquoncock Elementary School
Email address of class/contact person: Windsor Online4
Grade Level and number of students: Sixteen 4th Grade Classes - approximately 22-24 students per class
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 41.5 N and 72.4 W
Last day of school: June 22, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Windsor, CT is the oldest town in Connecticut. Our first school was established in 1657.
1.
Name of teacher/contact person: David Wilson
Name and address of school:
Elgin Avenue Public School
80 Elgin Ave.
Simcoe, Ontario
N3Y 4A8
Canada
Email address of class/contact person: davwilso@fc.gedsb.net
Age Level and number of students: 10-11 years old, 25 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban centre in a rural region
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 44.2N, 79.5 W
Name of nearest large city: equally London and Hamilton
Last day of school: June 28, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Simcoe is over 200 years old and people used to build "Aligators" on the Lynn River that goes through town.
2.
Name of teacher/contact person: Maureen Baniky
Name and address of school:
Mennies School
625 East Grant Ave.
Vineland, New Jersey, USA
Email address of class/contact person: mbaniky@vineland.org
School web page: www.vineland.org/mennies
Age Level and number of students: 10-11 years old, Grade 4, 25 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban / rural
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 40N, 70W
Name of nearest large city: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Last day of school: June 19, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We are an agricultural area but are considered an urban school district. We are the largest city in the New Jersey area.
3.
Name of teacher/contact person: Mark Ekster
Name and address of school:
Danvers Public Schools
Danvers, Massachusetts, USA
Email address of class/contact person: ekster@massed.net
School web page: www.danvers.mec.edu
Age Level and number of students: 11-12 years old, 23 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 42N, 71W
Name of nearest large city: Boston, Massachusetts
Last day of school: June 23, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: The famous witch hysteria of Salem, MA, actually took place in Salem village, which is part of Danvers.
4.
Name of teacher/contact person: Lynelle Connelly
Name and address of school:
Wanniassa Hills Primary School
Email address of class/contact person: lynelle.connelly@whps.act.edu.au
School web page: www.whps.act.edu.au
Age Level and number of students: 9/10 years old, 33 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 35.1S, 149.1E
Name of nearest large city: We are a large city
Last day of school: December, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We are the capitol of Australia.
5.
Name of teacher/contact person: Kirsten Page
Name and address of school:
Westbrook Elementary
75 June Place
Brookville, Ohio, USA
Email address of class/contact person: bvelkpage@MDECA.org
Age Level and number of students: Grade 3 - 19 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 39N, 84W
Name of nearest large city: Dayton, Ohio
Last day of school: May 31, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Brookville, Ohio was established in the 1700's. It is a close-knit community with approximately 4,900 people living here. Many people graduate from high school here and move away for a time, or attend college, but return to raise their families in our town
6.
Name of teacher/contact person: Margie Rogers
Name and address of school:
Benito Martinez Elementary
2640 Robert Wynn Drive
El Paso, Texas, USA 79936
Email address of class/contact person: mrogers@sisd.net
Age Level and number of students: 10-11 years old, 16 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 31N, 106W
Name of nearest large city: El Paso, Texas
Last day of school: June 29, 2001 - We are on a year-round school calendar, so we get our summer in bits and pieces!
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We are located in the Chihuahuan high desert, on the border of Mexico. Did you know that El Paso is closer to Los Angeles, California than Houston, Texas (which is in the same state!)?
7.
Name of teacher/contact person: Cathy Rosing
Name and address of school:
John F. Kennedy Montessori elementary
3800 Gibson Lane
Lousiville, Kentucky, USA 40211
Email address of class/contact person: crosing1@jefferson.k12.ky.us
Age Level and number of students: Grades 2 & 3, 24 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 37N, 86W
Name of nearest large city: Louisville, Kentucky
Last day of school: May 23, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We are a public Montessori school with an emphasis on environmental education. We have garden plots our students maintain, and community plots that are cared for by families in the community. We have a butterfly garden.
8.
Name of teacher/contact person: Patti Strout
Name and address of school:
Ribet Academy
2911 San Fernando Road
Los Angeles, California, USA 90065
Email address of class/contact person: pstrout@ribetacademy.com
School web page:
Age Level and number of students: Grades 1-6
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 34.1N, 118.4W
Name of nearest large city: We are in Los Angeles.
Last day of school: June 9, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Our school name is Ribet, named for our founder Jacques Ribet. It is pronounced Ree-Bay, but we know our name looks like a frog sound (ribbet). Our mascot is the FROG!
9.
Name of teacher/contact person: Kim Hughes
Name and address of school:
School 1
Wood Avenue
Linden, New Jersey, USA 07036
Email address of class/contact person: khuges@linden.k12.nj.us
School web page: linden.k12.nj.us
Age Level and number of students: Grade 5, 18 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community:
Name of nearest large city: New York City, New York
Last day of school: June 22, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: multicultural
10.
Name of teacher/contact person: Barbara Prock
Name and address of school:
Maplecrest Elementary
901 Maple Lane
Lebanon, Missouri, USA 65536
Email address of class/contact person: bprock@llion.org
School web page: schoolweb.missouri.edu/lebanon.k12.mo.us/prock
Age Level and number of students: 8-9 years old, 25 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 38N, 93W
Name of nearest large city: Springfield, MO
Last day of school: May 30, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We are a 3rd grade eMINTS classroom. This a technology oriented classroom, we have one computer per 2 students, we enjoy working on the computers and look forward to participating in this project.
11.
Name of teacher/contact person: Mr. Wan Mohamed
Name and address of school:
Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)
9 Ah Hood Road
Singapore (329975)
Email address of class/contact person: wanmn@moe.edu.sg
School web page: schools.moe.edu.sg/acsp
Age Level and number of students: 10 years, 200 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 1N, 104E
Name of nearest large city: Kuala Lumpur
Last day of school: November 17, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We are an all-boys multi-racial school. This is the first time we are doing a collaboration with pupils from other countries.
12.
Name of teacher/contact person: Barbara Langley
Name and address of school:
Ventura Elementary School
275 Waters Edge Drive
Kissimmee, Florida, USA 34743
Email address of class/contact person: langleyb@osceola.k12.fl.us
School web page: www.ves.osceola.k12.fl.us
Age Level and number of students: Grade 4, 29 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Rural
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 28.3N, 81.3W
Name of nearest large city: Orlando, Florida
Last day of school:
Write one unique fact describing your school or community:
14.
Name of teacher/contact person: Marc Davis
Name and address of school:
Edge Hill State School
Pease Street
Edge Hill
Cairns 4870
Australia
Email address of class/contact person: msdcairns@yahoo.com
School web page: www.edgehillss.qld.edu.au
Age Level and number of students: 9-10 years old, 27 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 17S, 146E
Name of nearest large city: Brisbane, Australia
Last day of school: Cairns is the premier gateway to the rainforest, great barrier reef and outback in North Queensland.
Write one unique fact describing your school or community:
15.
Name of teacher/contact person: Jenifer Bittner
Name and address of school:
Hueco Elementary School
300 Old Hueco Tanks Rd.
El Paso, Texas, USA 79927
Email address of class/contact person: jbittner@sisd.net
School web page: www.sisd.net/schools/hueco/index.html
Age Level and number of students: 10 years old, 22 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Rural
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community:
Name of nearest large city: El Paso or Albuquerque, New Mexico
Last day of school: May 30, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Hueco School is implementing a new technology program called TechPilot, to integrate more online projects for all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders.
16.
Name of teacher/contact person: Mrs. Barb Korthout & Ms. Auriol Heary
Name and address of school:
Ardross Primary School
Links Rd
Ardross
Western Australia 6153
Email address of class/contact person: ardross@iinet.net.au
School web page: www.iinet.net.au/~ardross
Age Level and number of students: 14-7 years old, 12-8 years old, 26-12 years old
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 31.5S, 115.5E
Name of nearest large city: Perth
Last day of school: December 20, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Our very friendly, sporty, beautiful school's colours are the same as Australia's colour, green and gold.
17.
Name of teacher/contact person: Pat DeVitto
Name and address of school:
Northeast Elementary
2 Deon Rd.
Brentwood, New York, USA 11940
Email address of class/contact person: pdevitto@bufsd.org
Age Level and number of students:
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 44N, 78W
Name of nearest large city: New York
Last day of school: June 22, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Our school has a racially diverse population who coexist harmoniously.
18.
Name of teacher/contact person: Karin Nanos
Name and address of school:
Upland Hills School
2575 Indian Lake Rd.
Oxford, Michigan, USA 48370
Email address of class/contact person: Kcnanos@aol.com
School web page: www.uplandhills.org
Age Level and number of students: 10-12 years old, 16 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Rural
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 42N, 83W
Name of nearest large city: Detroit, Michigan
Last day of school: June 6, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Our 7th and 8th grade students built by hand the longest pedestrian bridge in Oakland county. It spans 175 feet, 20 feet above the ground.
19.
Name of teacher/contact person: Kate Brown
Name and address of school:
Greenwich Township School
255 W. Broad Street
Gibbstown, New Jersey, USA 08027
Email address of class/contact person: kbrown@greenwich.k12.nj.us
School web page: www.greenwich.k12.nj.us
Age Level and number of students: 9-10 years old, 23 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 40N, 75W
Name of nearest large city: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Last day of school: June 14, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: The oldest log cabin in the United States is in Gibbstown. It was built around 1642 by Swedish settlers.
20.
Name of teacher/contact person: Katie Feuling
Name and address of school:
Raymond School
2659 S. 76th St.
Franksville, Wisconsin, USA 53126
Email address of class/contact person: feulkat@raymond.k12.wi.us
Age Level and number of students: Grade 4, 20 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Rural
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 43N, 88W
Name of nearest large city: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Last day of school: June 1, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We are a K-8 school located between two major cities, Milwaukee and Racine. Regardless of this, our school has maintained a small town and "homey" philosophy. Franksville was once the saurkraut capital of the United States.
21.
Name of teacher/contact person: Michele Savvides
Name and address of school:
Solomon Schechter Day School
275 Mckinley Ave.
New Milford, New Jersey, USA 07646
Email address of class/contact person: msavvides@ssdsbergen.org
School web page: www.ssdsbergen.org
Age Level and number of students: 10-11 years old, 19 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 41N, 73W
Name of nearest large city: New York City
Last day of school: June 21, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We are a dual curriculum school - Jewish and general studies being taught.
22.
Name of teacher/contact person: April Hodgins
Name and address of school:
John Ross Robertson P.S.
130 Glengrove Ave. West
toronto, Ontario, Canada
Email address of class/contact person: april.hodgins@stel.tdsd.on.ca
Age Level and number of students: 11-12 years old, 27 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 44N
Name of nearest large city: Toronto
Last day of school: June 26, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: K to 6 school dual track (French Immersion/English
23.
Name of teacher/contact person: Pam Gow
Name and address of school:
Maplecrest School
901 Maple Lane
Lebanon, Missouri, USA 65536
Email address of class/contact person: pegow@yahoo.com
School web page: schoolweb.missouri.edu/lebanon.k12.mo.us/gow/
Age Level and number of students: Grade 3, 27 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Rural
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 37.7N, 92.7W
Name of nearest large city: Springfield, Missouri
Last day of school: May 30, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We are part of the state grant for technology called eMints. We have student computers, a Smartboard, digital camera, scanner, color printer and much more in our class.
24.
Name of teacher/contact person: Margaret Tokarsky
Name and address of school:
Hartford Heights Elementary
15020 Ardara Road
North Huntington, Pennsylvania, USA 15642
Email address of class/contact person: miteach98@earthlink.net
School web page: wiu.k12.pa.us/norwin/schools/hartfordheights.html
Age Level and number of students: Grade 4, 48 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 40.5N, 80.2W
Name of nearest large city: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Last day of school: June 7, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Legend has it hat General Edward Braddock buried treasure chests filled with his army's pay (gold coins) in an area now known as Circleville. Unfortunately, Braddock was killed in battle and the chests were never recovered.
25.
Name of teacher/contact person: Wendy Hoskin
Name and address of school:
Prenzlau State School
Prenzlau Rd
Prenzlau, Australia 4311
Email address of class/contact person: wendy.hoskin@prenzlauss.qld.edu.au
Age Level and number of students: 10-12 years old, 16 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Rural
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 27.3S. 152.3E
Name of nearest large city: Ipswich
Last day of school: December 15, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Our school was established in 1894 and we are still in the same wooden building.
26.
Name of teacher/contact person: Valerie Tasker
Name and address of school:
Hillcrest Primary
3880 N. Revere Rd.
Richfield, Ohio, USA 44286
Email address of class/contact person: mrstaskersclass@revere.k12.oh.us
Age Level and number of students: Grade 2, 23 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 82W, 41N
Name of nearest large city: Cleveland, Ohio
Last day of school: June 7, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We have over 800 K-3rd graders in our building
27.
Name of teacher/contact person: Corrine Currey
Name and address of school:
Coomera Primary School
Dreamworld Parkway
Coomera 4210
Queensland
Australia
Email address of class/contact person: corinne.currey@coomerass.qld.edu.au
School web page: www/coomerass.qld.edu.au
Age Level and number of students: 10 years, 27 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 27S, 153E
Name of nearest large city: Brisbane
Last day of school: December 14, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: We are located next to the wonderful beaches of Australia's major holiday destination, the Gold Coast.
28.
Name of teacher/contact person: Victoria Nelson
Name and address of school:
Central School
1526 Thacker St.
Des Plaines, Illinois, USA 60016
Email address of class/contact person: victorianelson@desplaines.k12.il.us
School web page: www.desplaines.k12.il.us
Age Level and number of students: Grade 4 & 5, 25 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 44N, 82W
Name of nearest large city: Chicago, Illinois
Last day of school: June 6, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Ray Kroc built the first McDonald's franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955. The 1,000th McDonald's was built here in 1968 and the 2,oooth was built in 1972.
29.
Name of teacher/contact person: Bill McClelland
Name and address of school:
Finely Farms Elementary School
350 s. Columbus Drive
Gilbert, Arizona, USA 85296
Email address of class/contact person: Bill_McClelland@gilbert.k12.az.us
School web page: finley-es.gilbert.k12.az.us
Age Level and number of students: 9-10 years old, 27 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 33.25N, 112.1W
Name of nearest large city: Phoenix, Arizona
Last day of school: May 25, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: One of the fastest growing communities in the United States, from 60,000 population in 1990 to 120,000 in 2000.
30.
Name of teacher/contact person: Pam Berrier
Name and address of school:
Riley Elementary
1324 Walnut Street
Fostoria, Ohio, USA 44830
Email address of class/contact person: rile_st_pb@noeca.org
School web page: www.fostoria.k12.oh.us
Age Level and number of students: 8-9 years old, 23 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 41N, 83W
Name of nearest large city: Toledo, Ohio
Last day of school: May 25, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Riley is the biggest elementary building in Fostoria with around 400 students.
31.
Name of teacher/contact person: Gabriella Farina/Maria Le Donne
Name and address of school:
Il Circolo Didattico
via Vanoni 32
23100 Sondrio
Italy
Email address of class/contact person: didaso2@novanet.it
Age Level and number of students: 9 years old, 60 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 46N, 9.5E
Name of nearest large city: Milan
Last day of school: June 9, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: The children in our school have adopted a child living in Peru.
32.
Name of teacher/contact person: Mrs. Campbell
Name and address of school:
Sanford Elementary
480 Colony Road
Newport News, Virginia, USA 23602
Email address of class/contact person: acampbell@sanford.nn.K12.va.us
School web page: sanford.nn.k12.va.us
Age Level and number of students: 9-11 years old, 23 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community:
Name of nearest large city: Hapmton Roads
Last day of school: June 15, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Newport News is where Jamestown is located. Jamestown was the 1st English settlement in America. We are surrounded by history! Yorktown is right beside Newport News. This is where General Cornwallis of the British surrendered to General George Washington at the end of the Revolutionary War.
33.
Name of teacher/contact person: Mr. Ed Muth
Name and address of school:
St. Williams Public School
Box 10 Queen St.
St. Williams, Ontario, Canada
NOE1PO
Email address of class/contact person: edwamuth@gedsb.edu.on.ca
Age Level and number of students: 9-11 years old, 26 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Rural
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 42.6N, 80.6W
Name of nearest large city: Brantford
Last day of school: June 29, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: St. Williams School is celebrating its last year as we move to a new school next year.
34.
Name of teacher/contact person: Claudia Olivo and Carol Ringold
Name and address of school:
Walnut Bend Elementary
10620 Briar Forest
Houston, Texas, USA 77042
Email address of class/contact person: colivo@houstonisd.org
School web page: es.houstonisd.org/walnutbendes
Age Level and number of students: 9-11 years old, 50 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 29.7N, 95.6W
Name of nearest large city: Houston
Last day of school: May 31, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Walnut Bend students run and operate their own television news station, WBN Kids News. Writing , producing, camera technology, and anchoring are all done by students. Like any news station, WBN is viewed live each morning by the entire school.
35.
Name of teacher/contact person: Claudia Martino
Name and address of school:
Victoria College
1425 J.F.Segui 3947
Buenos Aires
Republica Argentina
Email address of class/contact person: victoria@datamarkets.com.ar
School web page: (temporarily) www.redeseducacion.com.ar/victoria
Age Level and number of students: 4th Form, 37 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Urban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 58S, 34W
Name of nearest large city: Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina
Last day of school: December 7, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Bilingual school (Spanish and English); interested in reasoning and problem solving as tools to learn by.
36.
Name of teacher/contact person: Laurie Wooster
Name and address of school:
South School
100 Holmes St.
Rockland, Maine, USA 04841
Email address of class/contact person: lwooster@msad5.org
Age Level and number of students: Grade 3, 22 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Rural
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 44N, 69W
Name of nearest large city: Augusta, Maine - our capital
Last day of school: June 19, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Each August our town hosts the Lobster Festival. Thousands come to eat our lobster, shrimp, clams, and mussels. Rockland Harbor is guarded by a mile long breakwater built at the turn of the century. At the end, a lighthouse shines each night protecting the ships that come and go in our busy ocean community.
37.
Name of teacher/contact person: Hope Francis
Name and address of school:
Aspley State School
Maundrell Terrace
Aspley (Brisbane) 4034
Queensland
Australia
Email address of class/contact person: hopefran@aspleyss.qld.edu.au
School web page: www.aspleyss.qld.edu.au
Age Level and number of students: 8-13 years old (Year 3-Year 7), 8 classes, approx. 250 students
Suburban, rural, or urban? Suburban
Approximate latitude and longitude of your community: 27.5S, 153E
Name of nearest large city: We are a suburb of Brisbane
Last day of school: December 15, 2001
Write one unique fact describing your school or community: Our school, which was once called Little Cabbage Tree Creek School, is 110 years old, and the original wooden school building and playshed are still in use today!