September, 1999

January, 2000

November, 1999

My name is Shkurte. I am from Kosova. I drew the picture below (left) of our flag on one of the classroom computers.

The photograph (on the right) is from the cover of the July/August Issue of the ESL Magazine. My mother is on the right and my sister and my brother are in the middle. (I was playing...)

My teacher, Mrs. W., pulled the magazine out of her school bag to look for a flag from Kosova. She didn't know my family was on the front!!! I told her the picture was of my mother, brother, sister and aunt. She was (AND STILL IS) VERY excited about this! I think she showed everybody in the school the magazine and we still show it to anyone who walks into our classroom.

If you click on the "Photos from Around the World" link on our home page, you will see photographs of Shkurte and her family in Kosova and in America.