Massachusetts students will soon receive hundreds of handwritten messages from peers in Portugal after the Portuguese Navy’s tall ship Sagres arrived in Boston.The letters were presented Sunday to Revere teacher Sally Hancock, who plans to distribute them to students when they return to school this fall. Hancock said the letters would be delivered to students in her district and others in the Boston area.”Hopefully we’ll get some pen pals going back and forth; it’s all about making connections,” Hancock said. Organizers said the initiative is intended to encourage American students and celebrate the multicultural communities represented in schools across Greater Boston.”They are hopefully going to get some responses back: more information about our great country in the letters that they receive back from our American students,” Hancock said. Sagres is one of the sister ships representing four nations that raced between New York City and Massachusetts. It entered Boston Harbor during the Parade of Sail on Saturday. The Sagres is docked at Boston Fish Pier during Sail Boston. That pier opens for viewing and boarding at 12 p.m. on July 12 and 2 p.m. on July 13-15. Other areas around the harbor are open from 10 a.m. through 10 p.m., and tours are free. Hancock encouraged her students to visit the ships. “Especially our students, I think they have a lot that they can gain from coming down here and learning the history of Portugal and the other countries that are here,” said Hancock. Read one of the letters:
Massachusetts students will soon receive hundreds of handwritten messages from peers in Portugal after the Portuguese Navy’s tall ship Sagres arrived in Boston.
The letters were presented Sunday to Revere teacher Sally Hancock, who plans to distribute them to students when they return to school this fall. Hancock said the letters would be delivered to students in her district and others in the Boston area.
“Hopefully we’ll get some pen pals going back and forth; it’s all about making connections,” Hancock said.
Organizers said the initiative is intended to encourage American students and celebrate the multicultural communities represented in schools across Greater Boston.
“They are hopefully going to get some responses back: more information about our great country in the letters that they receive back from our American students,” Hancock said.
Sagres is one of the sister ships representing four nations that raced between New York City and Massachusetts. It entered Boston Harbor during the Parade of Sail on Saturday.
The Sagres is docked at Boston Fish Pier during Sail Boston. That pier opens for viewing and boarding at 12 p.m. on July 12 and 2 p.m. on July 13-15. Other areas around the harbor are open from 10 a.m. through 10 p.m., and tours are free.
Hancock encouraged her students to visit the ships.
“Especially our students, I think they have a lot that they can gain from coming down here and learning the history of Portugal and the other countries that are here,” said Hancock.
Read one of the letters:
