Welcome to the 2007 eIditarod Project!
This is our blog where we can introducee ourselves to everyone else in the project!
Click on "Comments" below to post your introduction and include interesting information about the state you hail from, the grade(s) you teach and your interests in the Iditarod race!
Veteran teachers of the project - feel free to share favorite experiences you've had from past years following the race!
Be sure you include at least your first name or your last name at the end of your post so we'll get to know you!
Click on "Comments" below to post your introduction and include interesting information about the state you hail from, the grade(s) you teach and your interests in the Iditarod race!
Veteran teachers of the project - feel free to share favorite experiences you've had from past years following the race!
Be sure you include at least your first name or your last name at the end of your post so we'll get to know you!
posted by Walter at 6:38 AM
95 Comments:
Hello all, this is our second year following the race. We are a homeschooling family from PA. I am hoping my 4 yo will be able to join in more this year. I am planning on doing alot more of the lessons with my 13yo. Look forward to sharing experiences and ideas with you all. Thanks again Walter for this opportunity.
Melanie Kramer
Sierra
Jerry
Derek
Hello!
We are a homeschool family in southern Oregon. This is our first year following the race and I'm not sure who is more excited, my daughter (6 yo) or me! We can't wait to get started!
Hope & Teddie
Eagle Point, OR
Good morning, I'm a 4th grade teacher in a public school in Missouri. I've followed the Iditarod with students in past years and look forward to doing so again this year.
Donna
Hi, I'm Brenda Meyer, the Middle School Technology Coordinator of an independent school in Houston, TX.
I have followed the Iditarod for years--first with 6th graders at another independent school in Houston--now with 8th graders.
We are interested in learning not only about the Iditarod but also about others who live in other parts of the world. It's amazing how much we have to learn!
We are podcasters here and will be interested in the Bering Strait podcasters as they broadcast the race.
Thanks for putting the project together!
Hi Fellow "Racers"!!! We are a homeschooling family from Pittsburgh, PA. This is our first year doing the e-race and we are very excited! Only my two oldest will be doing actual "work" and the younger ones will just be playing along with us! My children are 10, 7, 5, 3, 3 & 11 months. Nice to meet all of you!
JENNIFER (mom to 6)
White Oak, PA
Hi everyone, I'm Lori D. in Alberta Canada! We are a homeschooling family who love sled dogs so my 2 boys 11 and 3 are going to really enjoy this project. This is our first year but I can see us doing this for many more years to come. I wish there were more projects like this on the internet it's our favorite way to learn!! Thank you to all the organizers and participants I look forward to doing this project with all of you. Lori D.
Hello!
This is our second year of following the race. We homeschool 1st grade and pre-school in Nashville, TN. Last year we enjoyed making our sleds and origami husky dogs. Making and hanging snowflakes all over the house to get in the mood. When it was race time we made Mushers Munch, snuggled up and watched the race begin. The kids enjoyed moving their musher to the differnent checkpoints and sending their musher a message of encouragement along the trail. We are looking forward to another great race.
Maddox
Hello - We are a homeschool family in southern California. This is our second year. We had a good time last year as well making the projects. I think our favorite was the sugar cube igloos! Of course watching the clips and tracking our musher was the most fun. My dd who will be seven the end of the month has been "training" our dogs ever since to be sled dogs. I just watch and laugh since we have NO snow. By the was we are transplants from MN - I tell my dd she should move back there to train. We are both really excited to get started. Thanks Walter for all your work!!
Jozi Neal
Sunshine
Hello Everyone,
We are a homeschool family in Northern Virginia. This is our 1st year doing the race and we are all really looking forward to it. We have followed the race last year, but I didn’t know about this web site until yesterday. We are looking forward in sharing this experience with everyone here. Thank you Walter for all you have done and are doing.
Have a great day,
Marcia
Hi everyone, this is our second year following the race too! We homeschool in sunny FL - traveled to Alaska on a family trip several years ago so this project always brings back nice memories! Following the iditarod in a homeschool environment is great fun: My 12 yr. old especially enjoys researching, then selecting a musher and tracking his/her team on a wall map... can't wait! Thanks a bunch, Walter!!
Hello Everyone,
We are a homeschool family in Northern Virginia. This is our 1st year doing the race and we are all really looking forward to it. We have followed the race last year, but I didn’t know about this web site until yesterday. We are looking forward in sharing this experience with everyone here. Thank you Walter for all you have done and are doing.
Have a great day,
Marcia
Hi,
We are Jenny and Chris Kelly. We homeschool and have 8 special needs kids. This is our second year following the Iditarod. We might try a lap book this year.
Happy New Year!
I teach the 4th-8th graders in a small rural school in California. I have 24 students this year and I am really excited to have the opportunity to join this group. We followed the Iditarod last year and I developed an entire curriculum for the month that included studentets chosing individual mushers, creating miniature sleds with cute dogs created from rocks and felt. There were many fun resources available it was the best month in our class. I am thrilled about this new Iditarod journey.
Londa
Happy New Year!
I teach the 4th-8th graders in a small rural school in California. I have 24 students this year and I am really excited to have the opportunity to join this group. We followed the Iditarod last year and I developed an entire curriculum for the month that included studentets chosing individual mushers, creating miniature sleds with cute dogs created from rocks and felt. There were many fun resources available it was the best month in our class. I am thrilled about this new Iditarod journey.
Londa
Hello everyone! We are a homeschooling family in Alberta Canada. This is our first time doing this project and it looks like it'll be a lot of fun.
Elaine
Good evening from North West Georgia! It is a warm, moist, 69 degrees now and I longingly look at the pictures of all the snow out west. I homeschool 3 of my 6 daughters now but only the youngest is "doing" this lesson -- officially. The rest of us are following along for the fun of it. This is our first year and we look forward to all we will be learning about Alaska, the Iditarod, and the indomitable spirit of the mushers. I -- uh, I mean we, can hardly wait!
The Karres Klan
Hi! We are a homeschooling family from little Lacombe Alberta, Canada. Our girls are 10, 7, and 3, and this is our first year to follow and learn through the race. We've been doing a bit of reading, and we're very excited to join this experience!
We sure appreciate all the time and work Walter has done to make this a great learning experience!!
Scott and Carla Roesler and girls
Hello All, This is our first year following the race. I am a homeschool mom of a 6 (will be 7 in March)yeaer old and one that just turned five this month. I have a friend who told me about this (a fellow homeschool mom) and thought it would be a great experience for my boys. Thank you for giving this opportunity!!
oops forgot to post in my above post that I am from Michigan and my name is Jody. Sorry about that.
Hello everyone,
We are a 2nd grade class in Bradenton, Florida!!! I have 22 students at a technology focused school. We will be using iBooks to research and make lapbooks for this years race (thanks to everyone who has helped me with the directions!). We also podcast with 8 iPods that we have. I am hoping to integrate this into the our unit of study as well. We just received our Cabela's poster and this got the kids excited to learn what the Iditarod is about. Can't wait to get started!!!
Julie
Bradenton. FL
Hi to Everyone! I am a 3rd/4th grade combination teacher in a public school in Newton, NC. We are looking forward to following the race this year and incorporating it into many areas of study throughout the curriculum. Looking forward to hearing about all of the additional activities we can use!
Karen Gouge, Balls Creek Elementary
Hello everyone,
I'm Nada Lepper and teach third and fourth grades in a small, K-8 public school in Maine.
I've followed the race with students this age for more than ten years, although this is my first year with the elditarod project.
In March 2005 I traveled with my students to Alaska and saw the start in Anchorage and spent time in McGrath as mushers came through that checkpoint.
I'm looking forward to new experiences (podcasting is one in particular) and communicating with others who share my passion for the Iditarod.
Hello! I have participated in the race in the past when I taught 6th grade at an elementary school in a self-contained classroom and my students loved it. I have transferred to a middle school and now teach four science classes with a total of 110 students. It will be a challenge; however, if I put them in groups for each class, I think it will work. I received 30 laptops from an anonomyous donor which will help tremendously. I'm looking forward to sharing with everyone.
Carol Mathis
St. Albans, WV
Hi Everyone,
This is also our second year, and we are looking forward to joining in with all of our energy (now that we know a bit more!). We are a homeschoolin/unschooling family from Michigan where there is NO snow! Hoping to get some and catch some local mushing along the way.
Thanks to Walter for creating such a sight and for all the work that goes into organizing this.
Looking forward to an exciting Iditarod!
-Corie, Isaac, Grant and Henry
Hi! I'm Esther and I Home School my daughter 6.5 and my son 4.5. We live on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland. I heard about this through one of my chat groups and thought it would be a great project for us... we like 'real life' projects where the learning doesn't seem like 'work' because it is part of appreciating something happening around us. We know we will be so much more knowledgeable in no time... we're not even sure we're pronouncing the word Iditarod correctly at the moment!
We are excited to be following this race again this year. Last year was the first year that we followed this as a homeschooling family. I love the flexibility of the project overall and the fun we had with the different art/craft projects along the way. Last year we followed just one musher (who ended up winning), but we all realized throughout the race that it really wasn't about winning, or even about finishing all the time, but about always trying your best. A great, real life place to learn that lesson.
- Erin in Illinois
Greetings!
We are a British-American homeschool family, currently living in northeastern Missouri. This is our first year to follow the Iditarod Race. We are very excited and looking forward to sharing this experience with you all!
Warmly,
Care
Homeschooling 13yo, 8yo, and 6yo
Hi all. I am a homeschooling mom of one 9yo dd. We saw the movie Eight Below and my daughter fell in love with the dogs. I found out about the eIditarod on our hs web site and told her about it. She is excited about getting started and would love to have a Husky of her own. I think it is a bit warm (especially this year) in FL for such a dog. I appreciate the opportunity to share in the experiences with the racers. Thank you.
Larae and Hannah
This is also our second year following the race. We are a homeschooling family in Maryland with 6 yo dd and 12 yo dd (in public school). We followed four mushers last year, three rookies and 1 veteran. One of our best memories was receiving emails from the mushers we selected. And our great disappointment was when Ben Valks, a musher we had followed, was disqualified. I enjoyed reading the many ideas and activities that were shared by participants in this group last year. And I truly enjoyed watching Jeff King finish the race live at 4:00 a.m. EST on Iditarod Insider!
The Upoles
Hello,
We're homeschoolers from southern Florida. My 11yo and 8yo have little concept of anything involving cold weather,so as a transplanted Cheesehead (Wisconsin), I'm looking forward to us learning all about this. We also just watched Eight Below, which we all enjoyed. Thanks Walter.
Lori Kay
Hello from Maynard, Massachusetts! This is our second year participating in eiditarod. Our classes had such a great time last year that we wanted to continue to explore again this year. Walter came to visit with my 108 science students last year and they were thrilled. Thank you Walter for hosting the site again this year.
Deb Roussell
Fowler middle School
Maynard, Ma.
Hello All,
This is my first year following the race. This is also my first year of homeschooling. I have a 6 year old son and he is very excited about the race. We are from Michigan and were both very excited to see that there are a few musher from our home state. We are looking forward to the many exciting activities.
Thanks so much,
Christina and Joshua
Michigan
Hello! I am a 4th grade teacher in a public school in southeast Missouri. This is our first year with the eIditarod project and my students are very excited about participating. We are a technology-rich classroom with 14 student computers, a SmartBoard, LCD projector, digital camera, scanner, and 2 printers. We use technology and the Internet to do inquiry-based and online projects.
Sally
Perryville Elementary
Hi,
We are also a homeschooling family from upstate NY. We are all interested in the race but my 10yo is a dog fanatic and has always loved sled dogs (I can't tell you how many times we've read Balto and seen 8 Below!!!). My other son is 12 and we're excited to have something structured to follow the race this year!
Leslie Meyers
Ben, 10
Adam, 12
Hello all!
Looking forward to this year's race. Last year was my first year and my class had so much fun and energy tracking our musher. I teach 8th grade Earth Science and will be taking my classes through the project once again. We had a lot of fun drawing a huge map last year, but will be using a smartboard this year to track the race. Can't wait for the race to begin!
Scott Bodamer
Foxborough Reg. Charter School
Foxborough, MA
Hi!
I am a 5th grade learning support teacher from PA. My 12 students and I are eager for some hands on fun. We can't wait to get started.
Jen
Hello: We are a homeschooling family from Peoria, Arizona. This is our second year following the Iditarod and the Jr Iditarod. We had a blast last year and are excited to begin this year's activities.
Linda
Brittany (Third Grade)
Jonathan (2nd Grade)
Hi everyone!
This is our first year homeschooling, 2nd grade. We never see snow in our part of Texas, so learning about Alaska will definately open our eyes! We're very excited about the Iditarod since we live with 5 border collies and love everything "dog."
Hangin' out in Sunny Texas,
Jelinda & the boys
I am Mary S. in VA. My boys are Brian, 10 and Mark, 7 years old. We homeschool and are looking forward to following the race! I am excited about starting the map. If anyone has suggestions that they have used in the past...please share. This is our first year.
Mary S.
Hi, We are a military homeschooling family. Currently in TN. We enjoyed this very much last year and are very excited to begin again this year. We have 3 dogs of our own however they probably wouldn't pull much.
Vadeen
I am a homeschooling Grandma with 3 grandkids that "I'm" homeschooling in Michigan. (have 5 more hs grandchildren in another area of Michigan) We followed the Iditarod last year for the first time and had a great time! Our musher that we had last year, Ed Stielstra, just posted that he has had to withdraw due to the fact that the Upper Peninsula has had very little snow in order to do the needed training. It's been an extrememly mild winter in Michigan thus far. Mush on!
Grandma Diane
Hello there. We are in our second annual eIditarod year and looking forward to it very much. We are a home schooling family of 6 with 2 boys ages 6 and 8 who will be participating. We live in the Walla Walla valley of WA. There is not lots of snow here but up on the mountain is lots! We are hoping to take a dog sled ride this year. I am also going to coordinate an iKidarod for the home school group here. We are very thankful to Walter for starting this project, it is absolutely wonderful FUN!
Beth in WA
Josiah and Isaac
Hello to all our fellow virtual racers!
We area home schooling family in Northern Virginia, with 8and 5 year old girls. About 3 years ago we read "Togo", which sparked an interest in sled dogs, Alaska, Orca whales, and too many spin-offs to count. The girls are looking forward to getting started!
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity!
Cami, Gryphon and Rowan
Hello,
I am a homeschool mom of 1 dd who just turned 9. This is our second year. We had so much fun "watching" the race. Our musher came in second to last so we followed the race to the end. We are in Boise, ID and are looking forward to the start of the race.
Julie
Jannae
Hello everyone! I teach at a Pre-K through 2nd grade school in a southwestern suburb of Chicago. I looped with my first grade class into second grade this year. One unit of study that they all wanted to continue was on the Iditarod. I have been teaching about the Iditarod since my first visit to the Race in '95. I also have attended Diane Johnson's wonderful Winter Teacher's Iditarod Conference. I am always looking for new ideas, especially this year since I have my same class and don't want to repeat anything! I just happened to stumble across this project and am anxious to get started!
Lorene
Hello everyone! We are a homeshooling family in Ohio. This is our first year participating. The ages of my children are 4, 4, 3, and 4 months. We are including my children's homeschooled cousins in on some of the "harder" projects for added fun and help. We can't wait to start! Thank you Walter!
God Bless,
Sherri
Hi All from the UK,
This is our 2nd year with this group following the race & we are all looking forward to another great Iditarod. We had such fun doing all the activities & following the race last year.
Thanks Walter for setting this up again this year :o)
Julie (Mum to 4)
Cambridgeshire, UK
Hi All,
We are American expat homeschoolers currently living in Nassau,New Providence, Bahamas. My son is 6 years old and this will be our 2nd year to participate in the e-iditarod. We enjoyed last year and hope to be even more involved this year.
Christy, Keegan and Don
6:51 PM
Hi!
This is our second year following the Iditarod. We had a great time last year. We are a homeschool family and will be following the race with my 4th and 2nd grader (the K-er will tag along).
We are located in Washington State.
Dena Wood
Paige
Skylar
Brayden
Hi to all! My name is Erinn and I'm a 3rd grade teacher in Maryland. This is my 1st year to follow the eIditarod. We read Balto and became interested. My students are so excited about starting that they already k now what mushers they want to follow! Can't wait to get started!
Erinn
Ring Factory Elementary
Bel Air, MD
ps. I am a product of a homeschool family... it is SO neat to see so many other homeschoolers doing this project! :)
Hello,
I am a third grade teacher in Suwanee, Ga. This is my second year following the race. Last year, however, I did not officially join the project. My class is anxious to see what this project is all about.
Donna
Hi everyone!
We are a homeschooling in Southern California and this will be our first year following the race. DS and I thought it would be a lot of fun since hubby is from Alaska and his family partakes in all the festivities in Anchorage every year.
Thanks for such a wonderful learning experience Walter!
Wendy and Rayce in not so sunny So Cal
Hello! This is our first year participating in the project. We are very excited. My gifted students in grades 2-4 from Perryville Elementary (an eMINTS School)in MO will be completing the project. Thanks Walter!
Hi! We are homeschoolers in Connecticut. The kids are 10, and 6. We're excited and have been having a blast reading about the Iditarod. Last night we watched "8 Below", a Disney film, and now we're all crazy for huskies and malamutes!
Louisa and the Jedi kids
Hi,
We are a homeschool family of 5 children in Central Florida. We thought this would be a unique study for our homeschooling adventure. My students are 5th grade, 3rd grade, 1st grade, Kindergarten and a three-year-old.
Janet
Hi, I am a fifth grade teacher from DeSoto, Missouri and this is my first time to Iditarod! My class and I are very excited to get started!
Mrs. Myers
5th grade
Vineland Elementary
Hi everyone,
This is my first year to follow the race,we are from FL.we are a homeschool family.I think this would
be a great experience for my kids.
I had malamutes growing up,and there
very special animals.or as i call them(roggies):) I hope everyone has fun following the race,I know i we will....
Tina Gulley
Lisa
Chucky
Hannah
Hi, I am a 5th grade teacher at Vineland Elementary in DeSoto, Missouri. This is my first year, and I am excited to be a part of the group.
Hi, This is our first year following the race. I homeschool my two children - ds (6) and dd (5). We're excited to be here and look forward to "meeting" and sharing with you all. I've already gotten some great tips on making the experience more enjoyable! Thanks,
Nan in VA
Hello all! i am so excited to be part of this project this year! It is our first year following the race. my kids are really looking forward to meeting new people and getting to know about the race!
homeschooling mom in michigan
Hi
We are a homeschooling family from Arizona. This is our first year following the Iditarod. My boys, ages 10 and 8, are very excited to be doing this.
Sara
mom of five
Hi! This is my first year following the race. I teach 6th - 8th grade intensive reading. My students are excited about following the race. This is a new topic for the students.
Sandie
Hello from Indiana!
My name is Trish and I am the head teacher at the Rich Hearts Homeschool. This is our second year to do this wonderful project. I have children ranging in age from 13 to 3 who will be participating. We loved doing this last year!
Aloha!
We're a military home schooling family living in Hawaii and participating in this program for the first time. Thanks for having us!
Kingdom Prep Academy
Grades: K, 3, 10, 12 & MOM!
Hello! I teach 3rd grade in Waleska, Goergia. In reading, we read the story of Balto and watched the movie. The students really enjoyed this story. Since it grabbed their attention, I started looking for other actvities that we could do with it and found this project. We look forward to beginning.
Thanks!
Vanessa Green and Class
Hello from Northwest Indiana,
We hail from Michigan City about 60 miles outside of Chicago right on beautiful Lake Michigan. We are a homeschooling family and this is our first year with the E-Iditarod.
We are all very excited and can't wait for the race to begin. Thanks for sharing this with us all Walter.
Lari & Jim
Jack
Kate
Ruthie
Hello,
We are a homeschooling family from Kentucky. This is our second year to follow the Iditarod. We had a great time last year!
Pare Family
Hello!
We are also a homeschool family in southcentral Pa. We have 4 children and this is our first year following the race. Kelly
Hello from NE Wisconsin!!
We are a homeschooling family with 2 kids, Tim is 12 and Katie is 7, Drake our service dog is 2 1/2. This is our first year following the race and it is a great opportunity for learning about the Iditarod and the State of Alaska.
Both my kids have learning challenges and Asperger's Syndrome, a high functioning form of Autism so it should be interesting to see where this project takes us.
Thank You Walter for this wonderful opportunity and all the great information you share with us
Hi! This is our schools first year participating in the eIditarod. We are so excited.
I am a fifth grade teacher and will be sharing this project with two fifth grade classes (50 students). Some of my students are already familiar with the Iditarod and others, like me, have very little background knowledge of the event.
We look forward to participating and learning from others.
Elizabeth
Hi Everybody! We are a homeschool family from Central Florida. This is our 1st yr following the race and we are so excited! I have 3 sons ages 11yrs,9yrs,and 6yrs. We feel so blessed with the chance to learn about this race and culture that is so different from what we are used to.(2 boys have never even seen snow.) Thanks Walter! -Laura,Anthony,Jarrod,& Elijah
Hello!
We are a homeschooling family in No. VA with an 8 yo son and a 4 yo daughter. This is our first year following the race. We can't wait to get started! Thank you so much Walter for this wonderful opportunity.
Jenny, Joshua and Faith
We have 100 fifth graders following the Iditarod. It has been a tradition at our school for over 10 years! I enjoy watching the excitement of our students each year as they follow "their" musher.
Good Day All!!
This is our first eIditarod Race! We are so excited! I am a teacher at Saint Stephen's Elementary in Conover, North Carolina. I teach Exceptional Children reading and math skills. We are starting our lapbooks and learning about dogs, mushers, rules, checkpoints, and vet care! So much to learn and read! Thank you to all who have helped build this exciting experience!
Diane Urtel
We have also completed our wall map! The children are just loving this assignment. We are also going to graph the daily temperature each day on a thermometer to include in our lapbook and then find the mean, median, mode and range of each!
diane urtel, Saint Stephens Elementary
Hello everyone! We're a homeschooling family who just moved to Idaho from Illinois, so we're closer to Alaska now! My daughter is 9 and 1/2 (she said not to forget the 1/2 and my son is 8. This is our first year with this project but second year following the race. We're planning on putting together a couple of lapbooks and lots of arts and crafts. Thank you for putting this together Walter.
Kelly, Rachel and Daniel a new Idaho family!
Hi all!
I'm a third grade teacher in a private school located in Washington State. This is my student's first year following the race, and we're all very excited. Thanks for all the helpful information provided so far - this is amazing!!
Paulette
Hello, I am a principal at Oxford Elementary School in Claremont, North Carolina. I have been following the Iditarod for several years now. This is the second year our school has participated in the Iditarod project.
Hello, we are a homeschooling family from Illinois. We are so excited to follow another race. This is our 2nd year and we had such a blast last year. Here's too a safe race!!
The Carter Family
Hello all! I am an elementary librarian from Michigan. I work with 400 fourth and fifth grade students and we anxiously await the start of the race. This is our second year to follow the race. Each class picks a musher to follow and we track the progress for all to see.
Diane K.
Hello! I thought I had already posted an intro but can't seem to find it so here it is again. We are a homeschooling family in S. Florida. My sons (10,9 and 6) and looking forward to following the race. They are also looking forward to "competing" with their cousins who are also following the race. Hi Denise and Terry and clans! Let the race begin! (Go, Gebhardt!)
Dan, Lori, Emily, Danielle, Danny, Mark and Elijah Burkhardt
Hi! This is our first year following the Iditarod. We are so excited anxious to learn more about this fantastic race! This is a wonderful opportunity!
Maria Wright
3rd grade teacher
Claremont Elementary
This is our first year also. We are a homeschooling family in Florida, we don't see snow here and our kids are really enjoying following the race and seeing all the pictures of snow and the dogs. This has been a wonderful event for our family.
HI!! This is our first year following the race. We are very excited to start. We are a homeschool family in Scranton, PA and my son is in 3rd grade. Thank you Walter for doing this for us!
Linda and Patrick
Hello,
We are new to the project and very excited to be participating. We are a homeschooling family in MN with 3 boys.
Darcy Schatz
Alex
Nick
Joe
We are a homeschooling family in Lincoln, Nebraska. This is our fourth year following the race. This year we are going to doing an Iditarod unit with a group of homeschoolers. It should be fun.
Here's my blog:
http://marciasmusingsonline.blogspot.com/
Marcia
Hi. We are a homeschooling family currently living near Portland, Oregon. Each family member will be choosing a different musher to follow and root for. This is our first year participating. We found out about this project from some homeschooling friends, and will be doing some extra Iditarod/doglsedding projects together (Hands of a Child has a dogsledding e-book full of projects at Homeschool E-Store).
Hi and Happy New Year! We are the Carvers. This is our second year following the race. Hoping to choose the same musher as last year.
Lisa (mom), Andy (8) and Ally (4)
Homeschoolers in PA
Hello!
I teach third grade in the state of Missouri. This is the first year that my class has followed the race. My students and I are very excited and eager to start learning about Alaska and dogsled racing. We can't wait for the race to begin! Thanks for having this site!
Jeannie
De Soto, MO
Hello,
We are Kentucky homeschoolers. We are very excited to start this project. My son Jacob is 8 and wants to make a BIG map! I think I may be as excited as he is :)
Juanita
Hello! I have been doing the eIditarod project for 4 years now and my students LOVE it!!! I teach 7th and 8th grade intensive reading in a public school in Lehigh Acres, FL (near Ft Myers).
I look forward to another fun year on the trail.
:) Jackie Otto
Hello from Mrs. Hyde, 2/3 combination teacher at Oxford Elementary School in Claremont, North Carolina! Can't wait to get started!
Hello!
This will be our third year folllowing the race. We are a homeschool family from Salisbury, MD. We will be watching Lance Mackey again this year. He has won the past two years. It is interesting how many sponcers he has this year!
Enjoy the race!
Thanks Walter this is a wonderful opportunity for our kids!
Hello, all!
How great to see all of you following the race, some for the first time. I'm a library teacher in MA, following the Iditarod for the 12th year! I love it, and so do the students who come into the library. Each grade level follows a musher, and we move them along daily on our wall map. Great fun! And we learn about Alaska and its wildlife.
Enjoy the race!
Barbara C.
Bolton, MA
Hello, fellow eIditaroders! This will be the fourth year I've participated in the race with my classroom (3rd, 4th, or 5th grade). It is an exciting way to integrate subjects and get students involved in a project that extends their thinking beyond our hometown of Hickory, NC. We always celebrate at the end with a Red Lantern Party! The best part for me is that I always learn so much right along with my students. Looking forward to another great race!
Kristi Guptill
Clyde Campbell Elementary
Hickory, NC
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