Teachers from Njardvikurskoli, a school in Iceland, visited schools in Pennsylvania in October 2010. Iceland has a population of around 800,000, with two-thirds living in the capital city of Reykjavik. Njardvikurskoli is the school the Icelandic teachers are from, which educates students from ages 6 to 16 in grades 1 through 10 with about 80 teachers and 362 students. The teachers' goal is to promote respect, responsibility, and friendship.

1. Teachers from Njardvikurskoli, Iceland visit schools in PA October 2010

2. We are from Iceland

3. IcelandUSA

4. Comparing USA –Pennsylvania - IcelandFacts from Wikipedia

5. Facts about IcelandThe capital is Reykjavik – 2/3 of all Icelanders live in the capital and its surroundings

6. 11% of the land is covered with ice – glaciers

7. Vatnajökull is the largest glacier in Europe

8. Iceland was settled by Nordic people in the 9th century - tradition says that the first permanent settler was IngólfurArnarson, a Norwegian Viking

9. Since that daythetotalborn inhabitants in Iceland are aprox. 800.000

10. People know us from….,,Eyjafjallajökull” (E15)

11. Our hometown is ReykjanesbaerPopulation 14.081 (2009)

12. Fifth largest town in Iceland

13. Reykjanesbær is an industrial town and service town with shops, schools, hospital and hotels