Friday was a busy day at Nome Beltz Junior high. The principal of the high/junior high was gone at the Cross Country meet in Anchorage so only the AP was there. On the bus in the morning, 3 students spat on another one and called him racial slurs. We had to call the cops, and suspended the three kids. Juvie hall in town was called and went to the houses of the kids to arrest them. A sad story for kids who already have a life.
Last night we went to Milanos, the Japanese-Italian resturant in town with a bunch of teachers. It was really fun. The food was alright. Andrew said his ravioli was like a sausage patty with pasta around it. My hawaiian burger minus the bun was really good. They had huge sushi portions which alot of the other teachers enjoyed. It was a nice way to end a stressful day.
Today our next door neighbor is having a "garage" sale in the hallway of our apartment. Not sure how many people will come, but garage sales are a pretty big deal around here.
Today we are going to the grand opening of the new grocery store. There's a bbq and it's something to do!
Hope the Little Fall shoppers are having fun and that are leaving things for other shoppers to buy!
Erin
Current temp 39
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Our First Box
We got our first box from Full Circle Farms. Maylie and I went to the Church of the Nazarene and you just grab it. When I opened it up at home and started putting away the food, it actually smelt like it came off the farm. We got grapes, necterines, peaches, potatoes, peppers, celery, pluots and carrots. Everything that we have tasted so far tastes wonderful.
Not much else going on up here, staff meeting today.
Erin
Current temp 51
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Nome Movie Theater
I went to go see Mamma Mia! last night with 3 other teachers. I think the Nome theather has the right idea. They are located in a Subway and you can have your food delivered to your seat during the movie. The seats are like any other theater and way nicer than the Safari!
School today was good. There are lots of kids gone this week Moose hunting. My 5th hour class has half of the kids gone this week. The families that hunt will use this meat as their main source of protein for the upcoming year.
Tomorrow we get to pick up our Full Circle Farms box. They are a competely organic farm out of Washington state that sends either a small, medium or large box of produce. It is all stuff that is in season, and when we priced it out, signifacantly cheaper than the produce we can buy here in town. We are getting a small box this week, but in two weeks we will get a big box and split it between Caleb and Sarah, Maylie and her husband John, and Andrew and I. Lots of the teachers at school get the boxes and they say it's really nice to get the produce you can't buy in Nome.
Hope everyone had a great 1st day back to school and that the heat and wind have died down! I can't imagine many things that smell worse than a classroom full of sweaty kids (especially if they just came back from gym class!)
Erin
Current Temp 58
School today was good. There are lots of kids gone this week Moose hunting. My 5th hour class has half of the kids gone this week. The families that hunt will use this meat as their main source of protein for the upcoming year.
Tomorrow we get to pick up our Full Circle Farms box. They are a competely organic farm out of Washington state that sends either a small, medium or large box of produce. It is all stuff that is in season, and when we priced it out, signifacantly cheaper than the produce we can buy here in town. We are getting a small box this week, but in two weeks we will get a big box and split it between Caleb and Sarah, Maylie and her husband John, and Andrew and I. Lots of the teachers at school get the boxes and they say it's really nice to get the produce you can't buy in Nome.
Hope everyone had a great 1st day back to school and that the heat and wind have died down! I can't imagine many things that smell worse than a classroom full of sweaty kids (especially if they just came back from gym class!)
Erin
Current Temp 58
Monday, September 1, 2008
Sarah Palin
I forgot to mention this in the first post.
Alot of Alaskans seem to be excited that they are getting some attention on the national level. She is extraordinarily popular here (80% approval rating), but people are concerned that she doesn't have alot of experience. They are also concerned if she does get elected, then the Lt. Gov. moves up and he is disliked by alot of people.
The interestng thing is that she is currently under investigation by the state of Alaska for illegally firing her ex brother in law, a state trooper, over custody arrangments.
It will be cool to have such a close connection to the election. I changed my lesson plans for Friday and all we really did was talk about McCain and Palin vs. Obama and Biden.
A funny closing note from Fox News "Sarah Palin has lots of foreign policy experience, Alaska is really close to Russia."
Alot of Alaskans seem to be excited that they are getting some attention on the national level. She is extraordinarily popular here (80% approval rating), but people are concerned that she doesn't have alot of experience. They are also concerned if she does get elected, then the Lt. Gov. moves up and he is disliked by alot of people.
The interestng thing is that she is currently under investigation by the state of Alaska for illegally firing her ex brother in law, a state trooper, over custody arrangments.
It will be cool to have such a close connection to the election. I changed my lesson plans for Friday and all we really did was talk about McCain and Palin vs. Obama and Biden.
A funny closing note from Fox News "Sarah Palin has lots of foreign policy experience, Alaska is really close to Russia."
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Pilgrim Hot Springs
We took an adventure on Saturday. We went on a road trip north to Pilgrim's Hot Springs with Caleb and his wife Sarah. It was about 60 miles away, but the last mlie or so was dotted with deep puddles that our truck couldn't get through (it would have been nice if the guy mentioned that to him when we called in the morning to ask if they were open). So we walked in the last mile.
The area looked like something out of a horror movie. We were joking that it would make the perfect setting, and that we kept getting "signs to turn around" but we were the stupid people in the movie who don't listen to the signs. Once we final found the hot springs, it was a hug bath tub that was dodgey at best. The tub was covered in algae and had boards falling down with rusted nails coming out of them. It was beautiful though with the mountatins in the background.
Today we went to the grocery store and had dinner at Malies. The real excitement of the day was when we tried to leave to go to the grocery store, we found out we had a flat tire. It took a long time to change it because the part needed to get the spare tire out from under the car was missing from the jack kit. Andrew and Caleb had to use some creativity to get a butter knife, pliers and wrench in there to get it out. We'll try to get it patched tomorrow or Tuesday. We'll spend tomorrow at school.
I saw the pictures from the lake and it looks like another great State Fair Night. The food sounded wonderful!
Andrew and I signed up to be the Junior Class sponsor this year. It is a 2 person job, and will give us some money to travel with this summer. We are in charge of planning the Halloween Carnival and the Prom. If nothing else, it will help us meet some people in the community.
No bathtub race for us tomorrow, we weren't able to get a bathtub that had wheels on it. I don't think either of us were dissapointed not to be pushing a bathtub up Front Street!
Happy Labor Day! Erin
Current Temp: 54
The area looked like something out of a horror movie. We were joking that it would make the perfect setting, and that we kept getting "signs to turn around" but we were the stupid people in the movie who don't listen to the signs. Once we final found the hot springs, it was a hug bath tub that was dodgey at best. The tub was covered in algae and had boards falling down with rusted nails coming out of them. It was beautiful though with the mountatins in the background.
Today we went to the grocery store and had dinner at Malies. The real excitement of the day was when we tried to leave to go to the grocery store, we found out we had a flat tire. It took a long time to change it because the part needed to get the spare tire out from under the car was missing from the jack kit. Andrew and Caleb had to use some creativity to get a butter knife, pliers and wrench in there to get it out. We'll try to get it patched tomorrow or Tuesday. We'll spend tomorrow at school.
I saw the pictures from the lake and it looks like another great State Fair Night. The food sounded wonderful!
Andrew and I signed up to be the Junior Class sponsor this year. It is a 2 person job, and will give us some money to travel with this summer. We are in charge of planning the Halloween Carnival and the Prom. If nothing else, it will help us meet some people in the community.
No bathtub race for us tomorrow, we weren't able to get a bathtub that had wheels on it. I don't think either of us were dissapointed not to be pushing a bathtub up Front Street!
Happy Labor Day! Erin
Current Temp: 54
Thursday, August 28, 2008
BBQ at Sullivans
We had a really fun BBQ tonight for all teachers/staff at our principal/wood shop teachers house. It was pot luck with really yummy food. Only down fall was that it was freezing. There were reports of snow today.
There was some drama in the Jr. high today. Three 7th graders went over to an 8th grader's house last night to beat up the 8th grader. The dad kicked the boys out, but they said that they would get him today. All teachers were on "fight watch" Luckily nothing happened, but there is always tomorrow!
Our friend Caleb's wife comes tomorrow, and hopefully we'll go camping this weekend.
Here are some pictures from the BBQ.
Erin
Current temp 44
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
First Days
We have finished our first two days of school...alive! It's 9:00 here and we are exhausted. Both days went great, the first week is a little chaotic because students are changing in and out of their classes. On top of that 20 some students showed up to school without being registered. We have to remind ourselves that many of our student's home lives are not what we are used to seeing.
We did our civic duty today and voted in the local primary. It was fun to see lines forming outside the church. We saw quite a few teachers there which is good to see. Erin, the social studies teacher, was giddy with civic pride!
We are going to a first week BBQ at our principals house tomorrow and are looking forward to seeing our coworkers outside of school.
Andrew
Current Temp 44
We did our civic duty today and voted in the local primary. It was fun to see lines forming outside the church. We saw quite a few teachers there which is good to see. Erin, the social studies teacher, was giddy with civic pride!
We are going to a first week BBQ at our principals house tomorrow and are looking forward to seeing our coworkers outside of school.
Andrew
Current Temp 44
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