Howdy everyone!

We are a Special Education class at Meadowbrook Middle School in Poway, California. There are 13 students in the class representing grades 6, 7, and 8. In our whole school there are about 1400 students. The school is about 40 years old and one of the oldest in Poway.

Poway started out as a little sleepy community where horses roamed the street. Now we have over 50,000 people but still are called "The City in the Country" because we have a lot of trees and open spaces. Poway is part of the north inland area of San Diego County at latitude 33 N and longitude 117 W. It takes about 30 minutes to get to the beaches near San Diego.

To commemorate the founding of Poway and the early pioneers who came to settle the land, the city has an annual event called Poway Days which is coming up later this month. There is a parade followed by a festival selling all kinds of home made crafts and delicious food like kettle corn and barbecue ribs.
The big event is the rodeo that brings riders from across the state.

People come to our area to vacation because the weather is usually mild and warm. Sometimes the weather reports can be boring, saying the same thing day after day - sunny with a high of 75. We do get some nasty weather if an El Nino storm kicks up bringing dry, hot winds. The winter is our rainy season. We are so used to the sun that when we get a few days of cloudy weather we get grumpy.

We are all looking forward to participating in this project and finding out about other places. Our class publishes the school
newspaper and will be reporting our progress.

Adios,

Room 9
Meadowbrook MS