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Letter of Introduction
Hello world!!! We are 7th grade students at Davisville Middle
School in North Kingstown, Rhode Island USA. We are the smallest state in
our union with the longest name (The State of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations). We are sometimes called "the biggest little state in the
union". North Kingstown is a small coastal town with a population of
26,000. We are located at 41N and 71W. Our eastern border is Narragansett
Bay. We are a suburb of Rhode Island's biggest city and capital,
Providence. Because of our closeness to the water and the importance of the
bay to our community, Rhode Island is nicknamed "the ocean state". Inside
our town, North Kingstown, are Quonset Point and Wickford. Quonset Point is
a nearly abandoned Naval Installation used during World War II. Wickford
is an old (old for the USA) village with buildings dating back to the
1700's.
In the summer it is warm and sometimes hot (between 63 and 82
degrees Fahrenheit is the average but it occasionally gets as hot as 98);
during the winter is cold (19-37 degrees Fahrenheit is the average, but
it can drop to -10) We usually get a lot of snow. Last winter we had a
whopping 107 inches, a record for Rhode Island. We have luckily finished
hurricane season without a hurricane, and are now experiencing the foliage
of fall.
In Rhode Island has we have 180 days of school, fewer than many
countries of the world. School is six and a half hours a day, five days a
week with about a ten week vacation in summer (half of June , all of July,
all of August , and a few days in September. We also have an occasional day
off and a winter and spring vacation as well as time off at Christmas. Even
with these vacations school is still our first priority. Our school has
about 600 students in grades 6-8 with two groups of 100 students in each
grade. Each group of students is called a team. We are members of Team A.
Our school offers a variety of sports, clubs, and a literary magazine to
which students can submit their work. We watch CNN Newsroom daily so we can
keep ourselves informed. We also keep updated by being connected to the
internet. Our internet address is
http://ride.ri.net/schools/North_Kingstown/DMS/DMS.html
Our many hobbies include soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey,
drawing and dirt biking. We have some of the best dirt biking trails in the
world in our community! Being close to the water we also enjoy many water
sports such as swimming, water skiing and fishing.
Good-bye from Rhode Island. We are looking forward to participating
in Through Our Eyes!
The kids from Team A
Davisville Middle School
North Kingstown, RI
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