Hello! Sorry I have not posted much recently. I have been putting in MANY hours everyday and there just is not enough hours in the day. It is Saturday, just a few minutes after 12 noon. I am multitasking at the moment, writing lesson plans, writing this blog as well as grocery shopping. Grocery shopping is not the same as we are used to. There is a store here, they have a decent selection of items. The problem is the prices are pretty high. Any fresh fruit or vegetables are hit and miss. Milk, well it is sold in the boxes that do not need refrigerated. It is the same milk we had on the ship when we ran out of fresh milk. If you refrigerate it, it is okay. A gallon of fresh milk is 13.00/gallon in Kotzebue. (that is 80 miles south of here). We do our grocery shopping online. Fred Meyer.com is where I am trying to shop right now, they have a good selection, prices are very good, you can even order milk, eggs and they arrive in good shape, and still cold. They ship it via plane, at the airport the boxes marked perishable are put into cold storage until they are loaded on a plane. There are other stores that ship into the bush as well, you can buy just about anything and have it shipped here. No alcohol though, we are a dry village.
School is going well, the kids are eager to learn (most of them) and they have a million questions for me, some even relate to the topic we are learning about. We use the Smartboard and show many places on it, they love to see other places. We are also doing a program called Rachel's Challenge. (all my KUSD friends need to check this out) It is a program about kindness based on the short life of Rachel Scott, a 17 year old student who was shot and killed during the Columbine High School shootings. She was a person who went out of her way and talked to and help students, maybe just saying a kind word or even hello to the student. We watched a presentation in Kotzebue for in-service and a speaker from the foundation was there. Not a dry eye in the place. Great program for kids. There is also a facebook site for it. Check it out. Well, I really need to finish shopping and lesson planning. Have a great day!