The Pen Pal Project: Overview

Hollyfield Prep’s overenthusiastic, new English teacher is anxious to make her first year a success. And just how does she plan on instilling in her students a love of the written word? With a pen pal project! She has spent all summer making arrangements with Riverview School’s English department to bring this project to life. Each of her students will be paired at random with a Riverview student. The students are expected to write letters back and forth for the entire semester as part of their grade.
The only flaw in the young teacher’s otherwise brilliant idea? Hollyfield Prep and Riverview are rival schools, and students are less than thrilled by the prospect of handwriting letters to their perceived enemies. Will the Pen Pal Project turn into a complete disaster? Or will the students end up forming unlikely friendships?

The Details:

-Hollyfield Prep is a private school full of promising students. Picture girls in plaid skirts and boys in ties and blazers. Naturally, they have a bit of a reputation for being spoiled, rich brats. While the stereotype is not necessarily true, it plays a huge part in how Riverview students treat Hollyfield students.
-Riverview School is quite the opposite of Hollyfield Prep. It’s not to say that the students are bad, but as far as Hollyfield students are concerned, they think of Riverview students as dangerous, unsavory characters. Again, this is not necessarily true of all Riverview students, but we all know how perception and reality can be drastically different.

The Question:

Anybody think they might wanna give this a whirl? Characters would be high-school seniors with a bad case of senioritis. Posts don’t have to be just letters. They can include reactions to letters, reactions to the assignment, or (later on in the rp) even meetings with their pen pals. I figure anyone who would like to participate can post a character description, and we can all pair up.


















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