Week 25

Weekly Greetings!

As I promised last week, I have pictures from the Native Youth Olympic competition in Tok last Monday.  It was a really fun event, and all but one student attended. Thank you for getting your child to the school for the early departure that morning! I tried to get photos of everyone participating, but the students were split into a boys and girls competition area and sometimes there were students from Northway competing at the same time in each group. Here are a few of the best shots from the three areas the students competed in. The first event was the Knee Jump.

 The second event was the Eskimo Stick Pull.

 The last event was the Seal Hop.

 Our students did really well, and took home a number of awards! Terrence placed 2nd in the Knee Jump and 3rd in the Eskimo Stick Pull in the boy's competition.

 Marion placed 2nd in the Eskimo Stick Pull for the girl's competition.

 Seth took home a 2nd place for the boy's Eskimo Stick Pull and a 3rd place for the Seal Hop.

 Talise won a 1st place in the girl's Seal Hoop, and two other awards for 3rd place in the Eskimo Stick Pull and Knee Jump.

Cadence also got a 3rd in the Seal Hop, but in all the hurry at the end to get in snow gear and on the highway back to Northway, somehow I missed snapping her picture....The1st and 2nd grade students are very enthusiastic now about the games and even practice on their own during some of our recesses.

On Monday, it will be our 100th day of school this year and we are going to celebrate! Most of the day will be spent doing special activities surrounding the number 100. I sent a note home on Friday about some of the activities we will be doing.

 Also, there will be no school next Friday for teacher in-servicing, so we will have a simple Valentine party on Thursday, February 12,  in the afternoon. If you can send in a special treat, it would be greatly appreciated. I also sent a class list home on Friday, if students want to exchange Valentine cards. I will have pictures from the special activities in my next blog.

Hopefully, the weather will warm up later in the week so that we can go out to use the snowshoes again.

Enjoy your week!

Kind Regards,

Julie Brown