Welcome to Longonot Township Secondary School! We are known as the "school beneath the volcano", with beautiful Mount Longonot National Park just behind our school.

We have four classrooms and a science lab. Our lunch feeding program and solar-powered laptop computer lab are provided by Kenya Kids Can. You can also directly sponsor students at Longonot through The School Fund!

On this blog you'll find posts from the Longonot Rafiki Club and partners in North America. Enjoy!

Monday, March 21, 2011

OUR TOWN....Kansas City

This is the first post from Bishop Miege High School near Kansas City, Kansas!

Some little facts about our town...

§         With a total population of 2.1 million, Kansas City is the 29th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. 
§         We are known as the City of Fountains (we have over 200 of them)

Here are a few pictures of the fountains you might see in Kansas City....
 
 
 
 


 
 
§         KC has more barbecue restaurants per capita than any other city in the nation.
 
 
 
§         Jazz has been a staple of the KC music scene since the 1920s.   Charlie "Bird" Parker, who was born in Kansas City, Kan., grew up during this era.
§         KC is home to the largest maker of boxed chocolates in the world. Based here since 1932, Russell Stover Candies still hand dips more than 25 million pieces of chocolate each year.
§         Local advertising agency Bernstein-Rein invented the Happy Meal for McDonald’s after the owner noticed his son staring at the cereal box during breakfast
 

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