MR / Schenectady, NY.Yates Arts-in-Education Magnet School (urban elementary school) .Grade 4.Students (girl left: 10, girl center: 9, Puerto-Rican American; girl right: 9, Jamaican-American and African-American) open and read letters from nursing home partners in classroom. Year-long partnering project combines reading, history, and writing activities with community awareness. Students make art projects for and write letters to elderly adults. One focus of their correspondence is inquiry about what their partners remember of 20th century history..Image also available of this girl meeting her partner in nursing home. Associated file names: AD-g4m-8549, AD-g4m-8485 or AD-g4m-3707 .MR: McB1 Per2 Joh4.© Ellen B. Senisi