Our Japanese Pen Pals
2001-2002

Thanks to former Mills Lawn student, Anita Allen, who was studying and teaching in Japan, our sixth grade classes began corresponding with sixth graders from a suburban Tokyo school. Former Mills Lawn student, Ben Stratton, who is studying Japanese at Ohio State University, also traveled to Japan and toured the school.

Anita and Ben returned to Yellow Springs in March with letters from our Japanese pen pals, many of which included small gifts, such as coins, origami, and baseball cards. Anita had translated each letter into English for our students' benefit. She and Ben also showed a video of the Japanese sixth graders performing skits in English.


Our pen pals