Hello Greenwood Elementary School students in Des Moines, Iowa USA.
We received a note from your teacher that you are having fun learning about Rwandan Fifth Graders during your Computer Lab class. Perhaps someday you will visit Rwanda and meet the people and trek in Volcanoes National Park to see the mountain gorillas. Keep up with your great work at school and enjoy the winter holidays! See you back here at Art for Gorillas! Here are a few photographs for you of the endangered mountain gorillas. Aren’t they beautiful?
Mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Photo by Molly Feltner 2009.
Mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Photo by Molly Feltner 2009.
Thank you, Mary, for encouraging your kids to explore the world around them!
A comment from Mary, teacher at Greenwood’s Computer Lab:
Yesterday, 25 U.S. Fifth Graders spent their Computer Lab class reading your blogs and studying the accompanying photographs. We listened to the beautiful song, “Sow a Little Kindness”, and watched children their age plant trees and celebrate their hard work. They asked question after question about the Rwandan children, their lives, their homes, and their schooldays. I was moved by the complete focus and interest these 25 students expressed. We’ll visit you again!!
Donations made here are
Dec 30th Nicole D USD 25.00
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We would like to thank Mary James for sharing this with us during our computer class. The gorillas are beautiful!! We also loved the artwork done by the students about conservation. We discussed what we do in Iowa to reduce, reuse, and recycle and drew our own pictures. Thank you Julie for sharing with us! We look forward to learning more about Rwanda and their conservation efforts.
Fifth Grade Room 216
Greenwood Elementary School
Des Moines, Iowa USA