Breaking The Ice (Not Literally!)

The Sound of Music

The School Itself

The Local Highway On The River

Today was a great day. The kids are getting to know us and are warming up quite quickly. We began the day with the middle school art. I also checked out the electronic keyboards in the middle school classroom. They hook the keyboards into a laptop and use a computer program to learn how to play. More art followed in a high school classroom (I may have to become an art teacher now). We had a treat in the afternoon, we joined in on the Inupiaq language lessons in the elementary school. After school I skied along the river and braved the high amount of dog feces along what was the Iditarod trail. People warned me that it was best to ski and not to snowmobile as you risked being hit in the head by flying dog poop if you were following a machine. Tomorrow 90 students from around the Bering Straits School District will show up in the morning for the big cross country races happening here. Emily and I will be doing a bit of science work and have been put in charge of subbing for the cross country coach during his pre-calculus class. Hhhhmmm, I had better go study my math now....