In 6th grade, I had EPal friends from several different countries: Netherlands (Kayleigh), France (Laure and Lucie),

Sweden (Phoebe), South Korea (Chloe), and New Zealand (Tenika and Alexandra.)

Here is a letter from Kayleigh: heey, I'm kayleigh. I'm 12 years old and live in the netherlands. i have an brother. His name is Damian. Do you have an brother or maybe an sister? My mother works for upc My father for kpn

I have one pet her name is Amber and she is a cat she is really a hug. when she is dead we like to have a dog. what do you have? i do one sport... Pencak Silat. it's a martial arts. somtimes we go to an festival where we go stage.(whit our sport) My hobbies are drawing, computing and my sport. i hope we have much lol together.

but i most go... xxx kayleigh

Here is a letter from Phoebe:

Dear Mackenzie My name is Phoebe. I am eleven years old but I am going to be twelwe in december 12. So 12/12 2012 Ill be 12. Cool. I go to Grimstaschool, Grimstaskolan in swedish. It is called Grimsta because the school is in Grimsta. Its a surburb in Stockholm. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. From Grimsta is 30 minutes to town. In our school we do not have to pay for our school food, like I have heard and seen in movies that people in the Us do. Our parents pay tax for our food. Its 30% of their salary. It goes to, school food and other inportant stuff. No more about my school.

What do you like to do? I like to sing, dance write and photograph. How is your school, city and family? I have one sister her namne is Aghogho Anthonia, but i call her Aghogho. She is ten but she is taller than me. Looking forward hearing from you.

Sincerly, Phoebe

Here is a letter from Chloe: Hi, I have one thousand!'s Yewon. I am 12 years old and was born on July 26, 2002. I live in Seoul. Hand I went to our school comic fan's sister. Sejong in elementary school, I go like mathematics and physical education. I dislike most countries, Japan and North Korea's Cheese, and I like to Badminton. I want to know about your country.

Here is a letter from Tenika:

Dear Mackenzie My name is Tenika I am 10 years old and my birthday is on April 20 I am in an e-learning year 7 class at Rotorua intermediate school we are in Rotorua witch is in the north island of New Zealand . In my family there is me Tenika, my brother Callum he is 12 years old and likes to motorbike, I also have my mum and dad my mum is 37 and likes to play netball, my dad is 38 and he likes to motorbike and play squash. I play netball, touch, Squash, I play net ball in winter and train during summer a bit. I play touch during summer, I play squash all year round I grew up playing squash and for the last couple of years I have got stuck into it. My favirout food is Breakfast- pancakes Morning tea- juices witch is like little ice blocks Lunch- smothies Snacks- fruit and of course lollies Tea- McDonalds From your new friend Tenika

Here is a letter from Alexandra:

Epals Letter Hello My Name is Alex Spedding I am 12 years old Im from New Zealand which is a small country close to Australia New Zealand is famous for lot of different kinds of things such as the kiwi which is a type of bird that is nowhere else but New Zealand. So I live in a small town of New Zealand called Rotorua. Rotorua is again famous for lots of things but one of the main things that Rotorua is famous for is there bubbling hot mud pools. There are some pictures below of the mud the kiwi and also New Zealand. I am attending Rotorua intermediate school Im in an e-learning class room which is when we do all our work on the computers. The main thing I like about school is that I do all my work on the computer and it gives me a good opportunity to learn new things about computers. In my spare time I like to go Mountain biking, Hang with my mates and play netball. Cant wait to talk to you and learn more things about you