Destination Postcard Activity

The Wyoming Enrichment Network in partnership with 2Revolutions have worked to develop an activity that helps to reflect young people’s perspectives about their most meaningful learning. This activity has been a part of the governor’s RIDE initiative and Superintendent Degenfelder’s Wyoming’s Future of Learning Initiative. It seeks to harvest authentic perspectives from youth around Wyoming and invites them to reflect on where their best learning happens.

With 25 minutes and three simple questions, young people can make meaningful contributions by sharing what they hope for and need.

WYEN Destination Postcard Make Community Better

A Simple Activity Can Create Powerful Opportunities

Michelle Sullivan joined the What School Could Be team to discuss how the Destination Postcard Project is helping amplify student voice across Wyoming. In this video, she shares how a simple activity is creating powerful opportunities for young people to share what matters to them and how educators and community leaders can use those insights to build more meaningful learning experiences.

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Facilitator Instructions

Materials Needed

Pens for each student
Postcards (provided or printed)
Student introduction/overview with reflection questions
Feedback form (optional)
Permission slips (if required by your school/district)

Before You Begin

💡 Student Tip: Students suggested sharing the reflection questions ahead of time to give everyone time to think. Small group settings also help students feel more comfortable.

Schedule a time and space that works well for your group.
Preview the activity with students ahead of time, sharing the purpose and the questions.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Welcome and Introductions

If you don’t know the students: Introduce yourself briefly and invite students to introduce themselves.
If you do know the group: Jump right into the activity!

2. Set the Stage

Explain the purpose:
“We’re doing this activity to hear your voices about what matters to you when it comes to learning and growing. Your ideas will be shared with your school and with education leaders across the state who want to make learning better.”
Let students know what will happen with their postcards:
- Responses may be shared anonymously.
- The ideas will inform efforts to improve education in Wyoming.
- We’ll use your feedback to improve this activity for others.

3. Share the Prompt

Invite each student to write a message on their postcard, responding to one of the following adapted questions💡based on student feedback:

What is something you wish you were learning?
What can adults do to help you learn best?
How do you want to make your community better—and what do you need from adults to do it?

Give students about 10 minutes to reflect and write.

4. Collect Postcards

Thank students for their thoughtfulness.
Let them know their voices will help shape learning across Wyoming.

Postcards Tell Stories

It’s easy to customize the Destination Postcard Activity. Consider asking the young people to design their own postcards before writing their messages on the back. The multimedia approach can help tell stories in different ways.