Author: Jane Holmes (110 posts)


2025 Educational Trail Mail Sold Out!

Thank you to all of the 2025 Trail Mail participants!  It is great to see so many classrooms participate year after year as well as all of the new classrooms that get a spot. You will be notified when your project arrives at Iditarod Headquarters in Alaska. Projects due January 31. There are no more …

2025 Educational Trail Mail Design Winner and Finalists

This year’s theme, “Under the Burled Arch in Nome” brought us many fabulous Trail Mail Art Contest entries. Thanks to everyone who participated. Teagan R., age 12, of Omaha, Nebraska has been selected as the artist for the 2025 Trail Mail envelopes.  Teagan’s design was selected by Jon and Jona Van Zyle to be printed …

2025 Educational Trail Mail Design Winner and Finalists

This year’s theme, “Under the Burled Arch in Nome” brought us many fabulous Trail Mail Art Contest entries. Thanks to everyone who participated. Teagan R., age 12, of Omaha, Nebraska has been selected as the artist for the 2025 Trail Mail envelopes.  Teagan’s design was selected by Jon and Jona Van Zyle to be printed …

Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ Application

The Application for the 2026 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™️ is Here The Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM program is a unique opportunity for one selected educator to teach beyond the traditional classroom walls via Internet and to be involved in a program that reaches students around the world during a one-year volunteer teaching job. Be …

Celebrating the Anchorage Mushing District

The Iditarod Teachers on the Trail™️ Celebrate the Newly Created Anchorage Mushing District by Jen Reiter, 2014 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™️ The area of Fourth Avenue, located around the Iditarod Starting Line, has been getting a facelift. The newly created Anchorage Mushing District is a cooperative project between the Anchorage Mushing District and the …

Introducing the 2025 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™️

Join the Iditarod Education Department in welcoming our 2025 Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM, Maggie Hamilton, to the elite group of educators to earn this honor.  After completing an involved and thorough application, and the selection process as a finalist in Alaska prior to this year’s race, Maggie accepted this year-long job. All finalists have …

Introducing the 2025 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™️

Join the Iditarod Education Department in welcoming our 2025 Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM, Maggie Hamilton, to the elite group of educators to earn this honor.  After completing an involved and thorough application, and the selection process as a finalist in Alaska prior to this year’s race, Maggie accepted this year-long job. All finalists have …

IditaRead Finisher’s Certificates

Here you go! Print these certificates and fill them out for your students that finish your IditaRead program this year.  And please send us pictures of your IdtaRead bulletin boards, digital displays, etc. We love to share the success stories. (Please send photos with indication if whether they can be shared on social media or …

3D Sled Designs

Technology at its finest. Lesson plan submitted by Kelly Searson, I.C.E. certified teacher. Click on each link for the lesson plan and 2 movie demonstrations. 3D Sled Designs Lesson Plan Movie 1 Movie 2  

Finalists Selected – Who Will Be the 2025 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™️?

Teachers from around the world apply for the Iditarod Teacher on the Trail position.  What is that like, exactly?  The process is long and complex starting with a portfolio submission, due December 1,  which includes showcase lessons, experiences and background that are helpful to performing the tasks of the Teacher on the Trail, letters of …