Mail call! Wee Deliver, our school-wide, postal delivery system, is up and running. The purpose of this program is to create a learning community in which all members of the Olive B. Loss family are encouraged to correspond with each other through the writing and sending of actual school mail. This is the third year of the program and in just two years we have circulated more than 16,000 pieces of mail!
Students, staff, and parents will be encouraged to regularly write to friends, family, and members of the Olive B. Loss community. The Wee Deliver system can be used to send items such as birthday cards, thank you notes, and personal correspondences. For families and friends who would like to send mail, we have a convenient desk set up in the main office with all the necessary materials. A blue mailbox is located in the main lobby so that community members can deposit mail to be delivered at Olive B. Loss.
Though most of the mail sent through the Wee Deliver program will be generated by students, there are going to be many instances when the topics of l
etters will be teacher directed through classroom activities. In some cases the topic, audience, and style of writing will be predetermined by the teacher. Though the Wee Deliver system is designed to be fun, the goal of the program is to make our students better writers. With the Wee Deliver system, teachers will have an authentic opportunity to teach and reinforce letter writing skills throughout the year. Students will also be taught life skills such as addressing envelopes, the use of zip codes, and writing letters with a purpose.
We are now open for business every Tuesday and Thursday! Every student has received their own personal address book. Please keep them in a safe place! There is even space at the back of the book for students to write in important addresses to them, for example their home address or the address of a grandparent. If a student writes to someone outside the Appoquinimink community, we will provide postage to mail those letters as well. We look forward to hearing from you.
