The journey to the Iditarod does not begin two years before the race for a puppy. The journey to the Iditarod for a puppy begins pretty much at birth. At Vern Halter’s Dream a Dream Dog Farm there is an eight-week-old puppy litter. The “Scientist litter”, as they are affectionately called, were born April …
Camp has officially started. If you know me, you know that I probably love dogs more than most humans. I know that I am not alone, especially here in musher country. Today in camp we met Philip Walters, he feels the same exact way as I do about dogs. We have another element in common, …
My journey today was quite interesting, however, it was awesome. This morning Terrie Hanke, author of the Eye on the Trail blog for the Iditarod, and I went to breakfast before beginning our shopping list for camp. When we got back to Vern’s Dream a Dream Dog Farm we started helping Linda prepare sandwiches for the 9:00 tour group, …
One year ago I began my dream journey. I came to Alaska to the Iditarod summer teacher camp with a dream to be the 2015 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™. Today my dream became a reality. This morning, upon arrival at Iditarod Headquarters, I was introduced to several people who deal with the ins and …
I am a 7th and 8th grade social studies teacher in Camanche, Iowa. I have been teaching in Camanche for 8 years. Along with teaching, I coach multiple sports in Camanche. I coach 7th grade volleyball, 8th grade basketball, and varsity tennis. My tennis teams have been very successful. We have won the state tournament …
This is my last post at the 2014 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail. Today I’m headed back to Alaska for the Summer Camp for Teachers. I’ve got a last few bucket items I will check off my list on this trip – visiting the Seavey kennel in Seward, visiting Jeff King’s kennel and horseback riding …
Part of me lives at the Smithsonian now… And my students’ artwork is there too… Talk about being honored and proud! I recently had the honor of visiting the Smithsonian’s American History Museum and taking a “backstage” tour with Jane Rogers, curator of sports. You may remember that I first met Jane two years ago …
We Want You… To be the next Iditarod Teacher on the Trail! As my time starts to wind down, I want to take a minute to encourage anyone and everyone who has ever thought about applying to be the Teacher on the Trail to go for it! It honestly has beenthe most rewarding professional …
We summed up our year of Iditarod fun the same way we started it… with the Quilt. If you remember, our class hosted one of the Iditarod Travelling Quits. You can read that original post here: LINK To summarize our experiences, we decided to create our own quilt square to be added to a new …
So this year everything I’ve touched has gone to the dogs… and that includes my Robotics Club! I work with a group of fourteen fourth and fifth graders once a week after school using Lego Mindstorms to begin to explore programing and basic robotics. We usually spend the fall semester learning how to program and …
