Week 28

Weekly Greetings!

All the extra work some of the students put in over the last two months really came together last Thursday when they competed in the district competition of the "Battle of the Books." Though all three groups from Northway came into the competition fairly strong, there were a lot of teams participating and the Kindergarten in particular got very shy and froze for the first few rounds of questions. After they relaxed, they did well and they will know more about the process next year.

The first grade really did well and took 1st place out of seven teams! They only missed two questions in the hour-long competition. The first picture is of the team just before starting and the second picture was just after they had won.

It was after lunch at the Tok School when the 2nd grade team had their turn at 12:30pm. The early morning departure and already long day, was catching up to them.  Even though they had worked hard, they were no match for Eagle and the Tok 2nd grade groups that took the top places.

Since the groups had been inside watching the competitions since 9:00 am, they got to go out to the Tok School playground to run around before the long drive back to Northway.

We also had a victory treat at Fast Eddy's, as it was getting later in the day and lunch had been earlier than they were used to at our school. The "Battle of the Books" was a new experience for the students and I am really proud of them all. Next year they will have a better understanding of how the process works and should do even better! By the time they get to 3rd grade, there is a state competition and by starting young, they will be very prepared.

On Friday, we had a special visitor to our class in the afternoon. Rowena from the local health agency, came in to read a lovely book about staying strong by not using tobacco. It had an Alaska theme with beautiful drawing to illustrate the animals of our state that were making good choices to not use tobacco.

Afterward, the class colored the books to take home as a reminder.

We have two more weeks before Spring break, and also next Sunday is the "Daylight Savings" time change. Please remember to turn your clocks ahead 1 hour. In addition with the warmer weather,  the class has been going out to snowshoe regularly and they need their snow gear daily.

Have a wonderful week!

Kind Regards,
Julie Brown