River Breakup in Aniak, Alaska

The river finally broke yesterday May 26, a day later than my prediction, and I believe the latest date on record. Huge ice chunks rushed up 50 ft in a matter of 10 seconds! It was a beautiful sunny warm day. Todd and I spent the day watching the river with some friends and playing some yard games. 

We finished a two day Workshop on the Common Core Standards.  Whew....we looked at our curriculum and we looked at what fits best.  It was labor intensive but, overall a huge success for the Kuspuk School District.  We have some wonderful teachers here across the District, it is truly incredible to be able to "work" with them all. :)  Tons of work still ahead of us, but we have a good idea to work towards for the summer....  I am especially proud of my own AMNES staff for representing and speaking towards the "good off all students", THANK YOU!

Common Core

Our District has adopted the Common Core.  We meet tomorrow to discuss the changes in our district.

School ends for the Summer!

Ironically with school coming to a close on Friday May 17, 2013 I will now have enough time to create a blog about teaching in a small village located on the banks of the Kuskowim River.  Aniak, Alaska has about 500 people.  Our Elementary School, Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School, consists of 70 students and our Aniak Junior Senior High School has about 60 students.