Postcards.... Starting off the Year with a Good Note

I love getting mail!  Some email... yes... but real MAIL.  The kind someone actually wrote, put a stamp on it and put my name as the address.  I LOVE IT, and unfortunately I don't get much of it... besides bills. I don't count that as real mail.

And who doesn't love real mail???  During the summer last year, I sent postcards to my kiddos and I had all but one child come to Meet the Teacher Night.  I don't know if it had anything to do with my postcards, but hey... it didnt hurt ;)

This year, I will be at a new school teaching 6th grade... yes.... I am a little worried about it.  It will be my first time teaching this grade level so I am trying to prepare myself as much as possible.  I figure though... if everyone loves mail... so should 6th grade kids.  And what if my mail gave them a challenge... something to think about that would result in a prize on the first day??? 

So that's what I did.  Postcards... except instead of writing Welcome to 6th Grade... I put a picture of me in front of the "bean" in Chicago.  (I vacationed there this summer). 

On the back of the postcard, I introduced myself, what I read over the summer (Hunger Games trilogy) and challenged them to figure out where I went to in this picture, and if they were right, then they would be up for a prize.  ( I was meaning to get something in Chicago as a prize but I forgot :( ugh... --suggestions would be much appreciated)

I am going to address them next week and send them out in about a week and a half.  I wonder how they are going to figure it out??