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"Dear President-elect Obama, congratulations for getting to be president," wrote Wang.

Wang is one of the students at P.S. 209 in Whitestone who wrote a letter to Obama as part of the "Mail to the Chief" program.

"The years of your term will be very special to the US, I know you want to keep your promises," wrote fellow Fourth Grader Corin Dubois.

The program is sponsored by Handwriting without Tears, a national program that helps children succeed in handwriting through workshops, books and other materials.

"Legible handwriting is a very important and a very critical factor for students to express their ideas and to communicate all of their knowledge," said Curriculum Specialist Laurie Nass.

"Our kids have been writing letters and giving him advice, and letting them know their hopes and dreams so we're really proud of our students here at P.S. 209," said Principal Mary McDonnell.

In addition to handwriting, the program also aims to spark an interest in government. The students offered a variety of opinions on what the future President needs to do.

"Please try to fix the economy. Another suggestion is to please help banks," wrote Fourth Grader Catherine Gee.

"I hope you will lower taxes and make the troops in Iraq retreat," wrote Wang.

"I wanted you to get elected, people wanted you to get elected, people also hope you make the right choices," exclaimed Connor Rossbach in his letter.

The letters from P.S. 209 and around 20 other New York City public schools will be among 30,000 delivered to the White House on January 23, which is National Handwriting Day.