Sample Letters of Introduction

Greetings from Safford, Arizona!
We are a second grade class with twenty-two students. They are ages seven and eight. Our school is a K-2 school of about 700 students. We are located in the high deserts of Arizona just north of Mt. Graham and about 150 miles due east of Phoenix. In fact we are nearly on the New Mexico border. We are still enjoying the heat of summer. However, it does get cold enough to convince the trees to drop their leaves about mid-winter. The students will be quick to point out we did have one morning of snow last winter. We enjoy a farming vista as many of the families here grow cotton. Other families are involved in the copper mines or raise cattle. Safford is a town of about 15,000 people. We are excited to begin learning about the environments around the world and look forward to finding out just how much we really have in common!

Hello,
We are a fifth grade of 24 students in a K-5 building in the hamlet of West Babylon located in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. We are situated near the Great South Bay which is shielded by Fire Island, before the Atlantic Ocean. The area we live in is heavily populated and suburban. We have lovely tree-lined streets and one family homes. About one block from us is Beaver Lake, which is a small wooded area with a nice sized lake area. West Babylon is a friendly community with no central governing body of its own. The schools are the community centers. There are 5 elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Most trees in our area are pine, maple, oak, and locust. All four seasons arrive and depart each year, and we have mild winters for the most part. This year even the hurricane season has been mild with only tropical storms south of us. We are all looking forward to participating in this project.

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