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CITY QUEST
International research project
Homepage: http://www.cityquest.digitalschool.nl

Hosted by:
Rene de Vries (teacher in Haarlem, The Netherlands)
Joan Goble (teacher in Cannelton, Indiana USA)
Hajime Yanase (teacher in Hiyoshi, Japan)

Email: cq@digitalschool.nl

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NEWSLETTER - Volume 11 - December 2002
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Happy Holidays to you and yours from all of us at City Quest. We have attached our holiday greeting, we hope you like it. It is our shared hope that the joy and peace of the season will last the whole new year long.

We wish to welcome our newest participants:

*Battle Ground Elementary School - Battle Ground, Indiana - contact person Ginger Smith vsmith@wvec.k12.in.us Her school website is: http://www.wvec.k12.in.us/bge/

*Burris Elementary in Mitchell, Indiana - contact person Muggs Murphy muggs@tima.com - they will report on special places in Mitchell, Indiana.

* Freemont Elementary in Springfield, Missouri USA - grade 3 - a report on what makes Springfield special to come soon.

*Mendocino Middle School in Mendocino, California - - Mark Morton ( mark@mcn.org ) and Deena Zarlin ( dzarlin@mcn.org ) are the contact people - School URL is: http://mms.mcn.org/

* New Washington Elementary in New Washington, Indiana - two reports - "Bethlehem: Indiana's Diamond in the Rough" and "Walking Tour of Charlestown".

*South Knox Elementary School in Vincennes, Indiana - Lisa Wilson contact person...email: wilson@wvc.net

We want to announce new additions:

*Three of the new participants above have their reports online, we have linked to them on our participants page:

* Battle Ground Elementary in Battle Ground, Indiana has done a wonderful job on two reports: "The Battle of Tippecanoe Day" - http://www.wvec.k12.in.us/battle/battleday/battleday.htm and
"Profits Town 47920" - http://www.wvec.k12.in.us/canaltrek/cpc/profitstown.htm (These are both Global Schoolhouse Cyberfair winners!)

*Mendocino Middle School in Mendocino, California - "Making Mendocino a Special Place"
link to project: http://musd.mcn.org/~directory/
- Mark Morton ( mark@mcn.org ) and Deena Zarlin ( dzarlin@mcn.org ) are the contact people
- School URL is: http://mms.mcn.org/ ( a Global Schoolhouse Cyberfair 2002 winner!)

*South Knox Elementary School in Vincennes, Indiana - Lisa Wilson contact person... email: wilson@wvc.net
Project called: "Historic Sites of Knox County" URL: http://www.sknox.k12.in.us/kc.htm (this is a Global Schoolhouse Cyberfair winner!)

* Students at Cannelton Elementary have created a brochure highlighting historical sites of Cannelton, Indiana. To view the pdf files of this brochure, click here.
Also, Cannelton Media Club has created a website dedicated to the most historical building in Cannelton,
the Cannelton Cotton Mill. The website tells the history, has interviews with former workers, and tells what
is happening to the mill now. There is a link to website report on our participants page. To go directly to the site, click here.

* Cannelton Elementary wishes to share with you about a special tree in Cannelton called a "Moon Tree".
The Moon trees were grown from seeds taken to the Moon and back on Apollo 14! To read about them, go to: http://www.zip.com.au/~elanora/tusmoon.html
This is their original report, a new updated report is in the works and will be added soon. Please let us
know if you know of a Moon Tree in your area. There were hundreds of these trees passed out by NASA
in 1975-1976 as part of the Bicentennial Celebration of USA.

* Students of De Wadden Elementary created a site which tells about the Grote Market of Haarlem, The Netherlands! It is a beautiful site! Please check it out at: http://mediatheek.thinkquest.nl/~jr034/ We are sure you will agree that this project is a winner!

* De Wadden also has recently created reports on how they celebrate St. Nick's Day and Christmas. There are many wonderful photos of these events - we invite you to view them as well.

We invite your students to report on how your holidays are celebrated. We want to hear about Kwanzaa,
Chanukah, Feast of St. Lucia, and more. This is a great way to share your culture with the rest of the world.

* Again, if you need ideas for your reports on your town, try visiting other reports that have been turned in to City Quest. http://www.cityquest.digitalschool.nl/indexparticipants.htm

We believe that your city, town, or village is special and we want to help you tell others about how special it is to you and why. Please e-mail us if you have any questions or concerns.

Joan, Rene, and Hajime
CITY QUEST cohosts

http://www.cityquest.digitalschool.nl
E-Mail: cq@digitalschool.nl

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