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Schulze Elementary School students perform for their Hillel pen pals.

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Farris, 10, to help break the
ice.
Lizzie Cohen, 10, said she
was surprised when her pen
pal, Jamaica Jaubert, 10,
handed her a picture of
flowers taken from a color-
ing book. Jamaica's mother,
Tika, had used crayons to
color in the picture and
wrote a note saying, "I have
heard so much about you
from the letters you wrote
Jamaica. I'm glad that you
are Jamaica's pen pal. You
girls have a great time to-
day."
Lizzie wasn't the only

Hillel student to get a gift
from her pen pal. Shevonne
Taylor gave her new friend,
Shoshanna Cohen, a T-shirt
decorated with designs she
painted.
Only Jennie Shindler felt
slightly left out. Her pen pal,
Danyelle Burrell, was sick.
"I was kind of disap-
pointed," Jennie said. Still,

"We had a good
time. I liked her.
But she didn't look
anything like her
picture."

— Bree Kessler

Kim Dorfman and Alissia Kass
watch the Black history
program.

it gave her an opportunity to
make friends with other
Schulze children, she said.
The highlight of the visit
was the black history pro-
gram the Schulze kids
prepared featuring sixth-
grade student Lori Hollins
singing Anita Baker's song
"No One in the World."
The students also
memorized poems written by
black authors and did
biographical sketches of
famous African-Americans.
It turned out to be an educa-
tional experience for the
Hillel students. Except for
talk show host Oprah Win-
frey, the Hillel kids had
never heard of the eight peo-
ple profiled, including

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athlete Wilma Rudolph and
cookie king, Wally Amos of
Famous Amos.
Hillel students also got a
chance to share their
heritage with Schulze kids
by singing the birkat mazon
after lunch. It wasn't the
first exposure to Judaism for
Schulze students. Through
Open Mind/Open Arms,
some Schulze children are
learning Hebrew after
school with Laval Brown.
Mr. Brown had learned Heb-
rew a few years ago and in
the interest of exposing chil-
dren to other cultures began
teaching it at Ilene Elemen-
tary before it closed.
Schulze students will have
another learning experience
March 15 when they come to
Hillel for a Passover pro-
gram.
As they left the school to
board the bus, Hillel
students were already mak-
ing plans to see their pen
pals again.
"She's really funny," said
Bree Kessler of her Schulze
pen pal, LaToyia Jackson.
"We had a good time. I liked
her. But she didn't look
anything like her picture."
The girls talked mostly
about their different schools
and their families. "She has
an older sister and a younger
brother. I have a younger
sister and an older brother,"
Bree explained.
"It's like they knew each
other all along," said Mrs.
Rose, upon seeing the
students talk among them-
selves. "They don't know
color." ❑

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