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Heather Flanders Village elementary School, Gorham, Maine Our school has just over 500 students grades 3-5. Our closest large city is Portland. It is about 20 minutes away. We are about 2 hours north of Boston. We had our fist dusting of snow yesterday (Dec. 4). We are looking forward to more! [|google map-Gorham, Maine]

Becky Labbe Tripp Elementary School in Buffalo Grove, Illinois Our school is fairly large. We have over 600 students in our building for grades K-4th grade. We have 5 different 2nd grade classes alone! I have 24 students in my classroom this year. We live in a suburb northwest of Chicago. Chicago is a short drive if there is no traffic, but if there is traffic- watch out! It could take over 2 hours to get there! We are anxiously awaiting the first snowfall of the season. This year has been unusually warm for us- we usually always have snow by now! []

Ekaterina Vertkova Siberia, Russia Our school is a private English language school in Siberia, Russia. The students are mostly children aged 6 to 15. We live in a small remote town named Beryozovo. The town is 417 years old and used to be an important Siberian town and a place of exile for some famous people in history. Our town is also a place where first Siberian gas was discovered. []

Kate Taylor Corowa South Public School, Corowa, NSW Australia Our school is a small school of about 90 students. Our school has 4 classes of grades K-6 in composite classes. We are situated in South Corowa, our school overlooks the Murray River (the NSW/Victorian state border). We live in a small country town and our nearest regional centre is Albury 56km away. Google Map Link []

Karen Gentry Sophia-Soak Creek Elementary, Sophia, West Virginia USA (When you look at the map link we are marker "B", I didn't put "A" there and I couldn't make it go away!!) Google Map link [|http://maps.google.com/maps?[[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sophia+Soak+Creek+Elementary,+Sophia,+WV&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=22.37221,48.076172&ie=UTF8&hq=Sophia+Soak+Creek+Elementary,&hnear=Sophia,+Raleigh,+West+Virginia&ll=37.733254,-81.175232&spn=0.173775,0.375595&z=11|f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sophia+Soak+Creek+Elementary,+Sophia,+WV&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=22.37221,48.076172&ie=UTF8&hq=Sophia+Soak+Creek+Elementary,&hnear=Sophia,+Raleigh,+West+Virginia&ll=37.733254,-81.175232&spn=0.173775,0.375595&z=11]]] Sophia-Soak Creek is a small school of about 320 students. We are in a rural area with only a very small town of about 15 stores. We have ages 4-12, grades PreK-5th, in most areas we have 2 of each class. Our area income comes mostly from coal mining and tourism.

Trish Coffey St John's Primary School, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia. I teach Year 4 students aged 9/10. There are currently 30 students in my class-16 boys and 14 girls. St John's is a large school of over 600 students. We have three classes of grades from Kinder to Year 6. Campbelltown is a large city located about an hours drive south west of Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales. Google Map linkmedia type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=108777234370739603229.000494a3ecb45825333f1&t=h&ll=-34.068223,150.818135&spn=0.002666,0.003219&z=17&iwloc=000494a3f8eae664891dd&output=embed" height="300" width="300" align="left"