The sound of thrilled giggles filled the classroom as Sharon Latek passed out letters to each of her first-grade students at Wescott Elementary School in Northbrook, Illinois. The children’s faces lit ...

Hopkins’ pen pal was retired teacher Brenda Szydlowski ... “I’ve seen that, especially once they got that first letter back, they were so much more excited to write their second letter.

"It became more of a friendship than just writing back and forth," said fifth grader Trinity Danzy of her bond with her high ...

While letter writing has taken a dive over the ... After seeing Ms Calvi's post, she decided to make her first ever pen pal, and now has 13 she regularly writes to. "I have pen pals from all ...

After years of writing back and forth, never having had a conversation in person or on the phone, MacKenzie decided to make the trip to Scotland in 1968 to visit her pen pal, who lived in Edinburgh at ...