Pen Pals

Students from two different grades are paired with each another. Throughout the year, students write letters to and have get-togethers with their pen pals. These relationships let the older students act as role models for their younger pen pals, and the younger students benefit from having an older student they can talk to, ask questions of, and get a high-five from in the hallway. As students move through the grades and eventually become the “big kids,” they learn that others look up to them and that the way they conduct themselves matters.