IDITAROD!!!!!
Families, join us as we enjoy a mid-winter boost by following the Iditarod for the next two weeks. We will be strengthening our literacy skills through lots of mushing reading, writing, and inquiry.

Since the race’s ceremonial start is Saturday, there is a note in your child’s Friday Folder so your family can have access to the Iditarod website over the weekend if you wish to be at the starting gate with the huskies. Because of Alaska’s current lack of snow, an emergency trail is being used this year, going north toward the Arctic Circle rather than over the usual Alaskan Range. This move means the official start isn’t until Monday this year, as they need to move the teams to Fairbanks from Anchorage.

I purchased a classroom Insider subscription, which allows my students each to sign into a computer, whether it is at school or home. I hope you enjoy the race as a family over the next few weeks, as the 2nd/3rd graders do some wild racing through Alaska. The daily short insider videos are especially fun, and your child will be racing against a special musher you can follow in the standings.

Mush on!

(local musher, Christine Richardson of Seal Cove Journeys, in the Can-Am 250 this week)