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This is by my third grade buddy:

In House 43 my teacher ,T.F, developed a relationship with a teacher, who teaches in New Orleans, Louisiana, She teaches at a school named the Lusher School. They thought it would be cool if their students became something a little bit more than pen pals. Now, I have two new pen pal buddies, R. and W. I got to learn all about Louisiana. I learned that Louisiana has parishes instead of counties. They have a special treat called a beignet. My buddies wrote to me that it was something like a doughnut. They sent us a King Cake for Mardi Gras. It was delicious. And I even found the baby inside. There is always a baby inside a King Cake. This is a Christian tradition mostly celebrated in Louisiana. In return, we sent our buddies New York City bagels. The best you can get! We also sent postcards, poetry, letters and artwork. One of the poems we wrote was called “I am From.” It shared about where we are from and what we like about our hometowns. They recommended a restaurant in New Orleans call Café du Monde. If they come to New York I would recommend going to Chinatown. They have great food there. I would like this relationship to go on even past the third grade. Soon our classes will do a project to help raise awareness and help rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. That is our goal!