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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Folks, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Will you please forward this message to all of your education listservs. Thanks so much. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>____<span style='color:black'>Liza Cordera</span>__________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Educator, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We need your help! After surveying thousands of West Virginia students, the West Virginia Department of Education has created a Student Voice website. <a href="http://wvde.state.wv.us/voice/">http://wvde.state.wv.us/voice/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This website is another way of providing students the ability to influence their own learning. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We expect that this site will evolve each day as students provide feedback on what really matters to them.</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> As an </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>avenue for two-way communication with students, the department has included a Twitter feed on the Student Voice website. Each week, we will post a question to Twitter about current events or hot education topics.</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As WESTEST2 is wrapping up and the school year is coming to an end, we need your help sharing this website with your students! Thank you for your consideration. <a href="http://wvde.state.wv.us/voice/">http://wvde.state.wv.us/voice/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Md BT";color:#365F91'>Liza Cordeiro</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Md BT";color:#365F91'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT";color:#365F91'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT";color:#365F91'>Communications Office<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=149 height=50 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.gif@01CD3838.7A189D90" alt="WVDE.logo_forsignature.gif"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT";color:#365F91'>Building 6, Room 262<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT";color:#365F91'>1900 Kanawha Boulevard East<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT";color:#365F91'>Charleston, WV 25305-0330<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT";color:#365F91'>304.558.2699 P<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT";color:#365F91'>304.558.0882 F<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT";color:#365F91'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:lcordeir@access.k12.wv.us">lcordeir@access.k12.wv.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT";color:#365F91'>wvde.state.wv.us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=149 height=35 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.gif@01CD3838.7A189D90" alt="Global21Logo_forsignature.gif"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>