Where We Are From: A Collection of Poems

This book is a collection of “Where I’m From” poems written by the founding 8th graders of High Tech Middle Chula Vista. It is our first publication for the Staff/Holmes/Recendez Team. Although every poem is inspired by George Ella Lyon’s original “Where I’m From” poem, you will find that each poem has a unique voice and a distinct set of experiences to reference. During this first project, we built a community of writers and peer editors as we went through multiple drafts of our “Where I’m From” poems before publication. We are proud of our final collection of poetry. We hope you enjoy reading our work as much as we enjoyed creating it!