NEWS photo Mike Wakefleld

WESTOVER STUDENTS Daniel Bromley and Kevin Murray use
‘classroom computers and other communication tools to hook
up with their new friends in far-flung parts of the world.

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ic “It’s a labor of love,” he) said,
adding that he has received a few

* grants‘and awards for the project, but
much of the funding comes out of his

‘pockets, .

‘. Students and others in countries
as: diverse as Japan, Papua New
: Guinea, Chile and Australia partici-

; pate, in Project Telstar. The exchange

‘is opening up the eyes and ininds of
Westover students.

“Grade 5 ‘student: Brooke Ward
“appreciates having pen pals she
» meets through Project Telstar. Before
‘she. hooked up with her friend in
New. Zealand, she didn’t‘even know.
the country existed, Now, she would :
“like to visit because of the great pets.

Christopher Housley, 10, likes

“ learning about different cultures, pets

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‘and where the coolest malls are
(“probably China’). Along with writ-
ing to his pen pal Jura in Russia
about video games, wlevision shows
and . movies, Christopher has also
learned computer skills like typing,
logging on, saving files, entering
files, typing and drawing.

The last drawing he sent blazing

~ over the Internet was of a surfboard.

Sarah Boshell, 9, has found her
dream pen pal in South Africa over
the Internet. She always writes, likes
coins and lives on a farm, said Sarah.

“Her mom had to pull a baby out
of its mother’s stomach because her
dad didn’t want to,” she said enthusi-
astically,

Sarah’s never had pen pals
before, “and now I have lots.”

And that is the bottom line, said
Hassard. “We learn to appreciate the

differences between, each other and an

acceptance.” :

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