Students at Union Elementary School in Zionsville appreciate good old-fashioned communication.
Second-grade students run the in-school mail service Union Express for the 600-plus pre-K through fourth-grade students enrolled at the school at E. 300 S. in Zionsville. The students collect, sort and deliver mail each week.
On Sept. 25, students celebrated the kick-off of the 2024-25 school mail service. During the event, four students were honored as the winners of a stamp design competition. The winning designs will be featured on school stamps used by students and family members to send letters to Union Elementary students, faculty and staff.
Winners Sarah Conrad, Catarina Godinho, Alana Russell and Addison True were awarded a certificate and will have their designs displayed in a gallery of previous years’ winners. During the celebration, second-grade students learned about the U.S. Postal Service and were sworn in as honorary mail carriers by school resource officer Joe Robinson.
The Union Express program teaches students how to use the postal service and gives second-grade students an opportunity to practice organization and take on an important responsibility to serve the school community.