The sound of thrilled giggles filled the classroom as Sharon Latek passed out letters to each of her first-grade students at ...

Dear Heloise: What a great hint in your column about sending letters and postcards to kids, including little thank-you notes.

“Some of these kids that had their kids write letters, they were sitting in my class the last time Anne was in space, and now they’re teachers,” Manikowski said, beaming as she sifted ...