It’s long overdue on this blog, but with our second project in the final stages of post-production, I wanted to make sure that everyone had first been properly introduced to the 9th class at Aliya, Government Model High School for Boys. What better way than through this beautiful mixed-media visual poem about the places, people, objects, stories, and traditions that have shaped them, both as individuals and as a class.  For their first project, students began by writing individual poems using a template adapted from the original George Ella Lyon poem, “Where I’m From.”  While this is no simple task in one’s second or third language, and students may have initially struggled a bit with the sentence structure, they eventually brought out some true gems. After selecting their favourite lines and recording themselves reading these out loud,  they added visual components to their poem using photography, clay modeling, and illustrations.  So, from the smell of biscuits, from believing in yourself, and from studying hard to grow in life… please meet the creative and intelligent boys of GMHS Aliya.