A VISIT TO THE POST OFFICE

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom

SeDoMoCha Elementary School kindergartners took a field trip to the post office in Dover-Foxcroft, as well as Will’s Shop ‘n Save just down the street, on the morning of May 20.

The young students learned how to write friendly letters and they wrote such correspondence to their siblings and parents. Postmaster Loretta Dube explained how letters need addresses, return addresses and stamps in order to be mailed, and the students had their choice of several stamps — provided by the post office — to put on their envelopes before dropping these items in the out-going mail slot to be delivered the next day. Dube also taught about mailbox safety, having an adult go by the roadside to pick up the mail, and the kindergartners each received a packet of coloring pages and booklets to take home.