"Welcome Home"

Everyone was right!! It is totally different coming for the second year.  Everyone greets you and tells you "welcome home."  It is fun!!!  I feel more like a part of the community than I did last year.  I am excited to start the year:)  (Hopefully I won't be too busy and I can update my blog more.  But don't get your hopes up.)

My Classroom

Things are going well, but I am a little sick of organizing and cleaning. Here is a look at my classroom. It is much better, but as you can tell there is still work to do. I don't want any boxes stacked on top of cabinets.

Back of Classroom

Front of Classroom

Boxes stacked on cabinets to the left.  But my desk is finally up front!! YAY!!!

I had so much fun using my new label makers.  Probably the best investment ever.  My students always wanted to use the lockers but since they were behind my desk I gave them cabinets to use instead.  Now that my desk is up front I figured why not use them?




Yesterday I had 4 xc runners who got in all their paperwork, so we had our first practice (not mandatory, obviously). Mandatory practice will start next week when school starts. Things are looking good, much better than last year.

Toksook Bay through my Dad's eyes

NYC general store in Toksook Bay(limited parking)

Nali with her grandpa Roger in Anchorage(self portrait)

Sara's house with some of her local groupies

Round 2

Back in Toksook Bay as of yesterday afternoon.  Flights were good except that one tote that didn't make it.  Somehow it was lost in Chicago.  Hopefully it makes it tonight. 

My dad and I have been cleaning away.  The house is almost completely clean and my classroom is coming along.  Look for pictures in the next week when I get finished.

Nali

Well Nali is making things way more complex out here.  To get her home for the summer she needs a health certificate from a vet.  Well guess what....there are no vets in the village and in Bethel the vet only comes out for 1 week out of the month.  Looks like we will be taking an extra flight to Bethel on May 10th as long as the weather is good.  What a fun way to use a personal day. jk. If we can't get in, I guess I will have to go to Anchorage :(  (We'll hope that doesn't happen)  No matter what Nali will be coming home with me.  The vet back in Indiana just did not understand how hard it would be to go to the vet.  Maybe I can explain when I get home so next year this doesn't happen again.

Dance

This is what I made for a class I am taking, but I thought everyone might enjoy it.  This was the Dance festival at Toksook Bay.  It was probably about a month ago.  I really enjoy watching the dancing or as they call it yuraq (hopefully I spelled that right).  The drum beat is very relaxing and there is always a lot of laughing. 

Science Fair

Sorry it has been so long :(  I have been so busy.  Science fair was at the beginning of March, then there was a dance festival in Toksook, and finally a couple of weeks ago I took a trip to Anchorage.  It has been a whirlwind, but in a good way.  Here is a video that I made to show our school what our students did at the science fair.