Opinion/Ng: People of Rhode Island, a 9-year-old in Virginia thanks you for your help
To the good people of Rhode Island, third-grader Meera Chand says, "Thank you." In March, The Providence Journal published Meera's letter to the ed...
To the good people of Rhode Island, third-grader Meera Chand says, "Thank you." In March, The Providence Journal published Meera's letter to the editor asking for help with a school project that aimed to explore what is unique about every state in the union. Each student in Meera's class at the Langley School in McLean, Virginia, was assigned to write to a newspaper in one of the 50 states with the hope that each news organization would connect them with their readers. More: What's best about RI? Providence Journal's editor answers a Virginia student's letter Students were assigned states by random drawing.