Rachel Friend

As an educator of 23 years, my hope is to inspire all learners to follow their passions and achieve their dreams.

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

My 4th graders wrote letters to Premier Doug Ford to help save the 30 remaining belugas at Marineland in Ontario, Canada❤️🐳 @MoveTheWorld @Whale_Sanctuary @bayviewglenps1

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

Beyond proud of my incredible students for sharing their passion for animals and how they’re making an impact in our world @nisdexpo tonight! @Whale_Sanctuary @BrianCurtisNBC5 @NBCDFW @schluterelem

[Bayview Glen P.S. @bayviewglenps1]

Our students at BGPS would like to see Wikie & Keijo free & swimming in a natural environment here in the whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia. They all agree that whales do not belong in tanks. @onevoiceanimal @yrdsb @CamilleBrunel @Mister_Regina @AgnesRunacher @ZoocheckCanada

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

@onevoiceanimal @AgnesRunacher @bayviewglenps1 Your students’ artwork is stunning and sends a powerful message. Thank you for advocating for Wikie and Keijo!

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

Beautiful work created by students in Canada advocating for Wikie and Keijo!
❤️🐳🙏@AgnesRunacher @CamilleBrunel

[Bayview Glen P.S. @bayviewglenps1]

Our junior students have created media posters to support Wikie & Keijo, two orcas in France, to hopefully be retired to the Whale Sanctuary in Nova Scotia. Read their heartfelt messages. @onevoiceanimal @Whale_Sanctuary @ZoocheckCanada @AnimalJustice

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

@BrianCurtisNBC5 @AFP @afpfr @AgnesRunacher @CamilleBrunel Thank you @BrianCurtisNBC5 for sharing our story. Thank you @GillesBouleau for sharing the plight of Wikie and Keijo on your news broadcast in France.

[Whale Sanctuary Project @Whale_Sanctuary]

Kids voices matter. NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth @NBCDFW @NoelleNBC5 interview Texas fourth graders and their teacher @RFriend_Class whose advocacy for orcas Wikie and Keijo reach the French Minister. https://t.co/zHmUkZDgzV

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

@AgnesRunacher, My students have made beautiful cards for you to thank you for reading their letters and sharing their voices. We hope you read them and take them to heart. @Whale_Sanctuary @CamilleBrunel @BrianCurtisNBC5 @NoelleNBC5 @onevoiceanimal

[Brian Curtis @BrianCurtisNBC5]

Wonderful story! 🇺🇸🇫🇷🐋❤️
@AFP @afpfr @AgnesRunacher @CamilleBrunel

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

@BrianCurtisNBC5 @AFP @afpfr @AgnesRunacher @CamilleBrunel Thank you, Brian, for being a voice for Wikie and Keijo. ❤️😊

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

@NoelleNBC5 came today to hear our story about the letters we wrote to @AgnesRunacher asking to send Wikie and Keijo to @Whale_Sanctuary. She and John captured my students’ hearts perfectly! Please share! @CamilleBrunel @onevoiceanimal @BrianCurtisNBC5

https://t.co/qLYgFpTRQb

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

@CamilleBrunel @onevoiceanimal @antibes_jlp @AgnesRunacher Thank you @onevoiceanimal for reposting the letters I shared with @CamilleBrunel in hopes of reaching @AgnesRunacher! My 4th graders are going to feel so empowered to know their voices for Wikie and Keijo are being heard around the world!

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

@CamilleBrunel @Whale_Sanctuary @AgnesRunacher Me too! And I will be sure to tell them! ❤️

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

A huge thank you to @CamilleBrunel, a French author and advocate for animals, for sharing our letters and helping my students give Wikie and Keijo a voice!❤️🙏 @Whale_Sanctuary

[Camille Brunel @CamilleBrunel]

Dans son école du Texas, @RFriend_Class a proposé à ses élèves de plaider la cause de Wikie & Keijo, les dernières captives de l'infâme #Marineland d'@antibes_jlp ⛓️🐬⛓️

Ils ont écrit à @AgnesRunacher, qui a le sort de ces animaux entre les mains...

cc @onevoiceanimal

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

@CamilleBrunel @onevoiceanimal Thank you @CamilleBrunel for your support and for showing my students that their voices can make a difference in our world!

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

Please read letters my students wrote to @AgnesRunacher, French Minister of Ecological Transition, to help Wikie and Keijo, the last captive orcas in France be moved to @Whale_Sanctuary instead of Kobe Suma SeaWorld in Japan. @CamilleBrunel @bayviewglenps1

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

Our Wall of Writers is filling up! Love how excited our class is to have their writing available for others to read! 😄 @schluterelem @NorthwestELA

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

When Carl Schluter makes a surprise visit to your classroom! Where will he show up next?😄💜 @schluterelem @SchluterSmiley @NorthwestISD

[Rachel Friend @RFriend_Class]

99% ready! Just need my new students to show up ready for a great year! 😊

[Kylene Beers @KyleneBeers]

Teachers and Administrators - Join me for a free, virtual event on Tuesday, June 27, 10:30 - 11:15 Eastern Time as I discuss When Kids Can't Read/What Teachers Can Do.

Register at https://t.co/q94wT4ftkB