Author: IditarodTeam (194 posts)


Husky Talk Podcast Season 1

Welcome to Husky Talk Podcast A weekly behind the scenes look at the Iditarod and mushing for classrooms around the world. Erin Montgomery, 2015 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ from Iowa and her students host this podcast, designed and created to introduce you to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and give you an essential behind …

Cassandra Wilson, 2002 Teacher on the Trail, Lesson Plans and more!

View Cassandra’s lessons by following this link. View a PowerPoint presentation created by Cassandra highlighting her students and her Iditarod teaching unit. Follow this link to view Cassandra’s journal from the race. 

Cassandra Wilson Announced as 2002 Teacher on the Trail

Website Announcement: April 2002 The Iditarod Trail Committee is pleased to announce the selection of Cassandra Wilson, a fourth grade teacher from Applegate Elementary School in Portland, Oregon as the 2003 Teacher on the Trail™ . The Teacher on the Trail™ program is part of Wells Fargo’s sponsorship of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. …

“Finney” – Andrea Aufder Heyde, First Teacher on the Trail™, 1999

“FINNEY”  FIRST TEACHER ON THE TRAIL 1999 Finney shared her vision for the Iditarod Teacher on the Trail program with Iditarod which became a reality in 1998 and 1999. Andrea Aufder-Heyde (Finney), a second grade teacher in Bloomington, Indiana had a dream and this year that dream is going to come true. Finney has been …