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Dear Zuma and friends, We here at Collingswood Middle School ( Grade 6) in New Jersey have been following the race and learning all about it. My classmates and I enjoy seeing how our chosen mushers are doing. How exciting! I’ve learned about how the mushers have to carry the symbolic mailbags with them from …
Dear Zuma, We are a third grade class from Jupiter, Florida (like the planet). We have just finished taking the FCAT and boy we are glad it is over! The test took us three days (reading and mathematics) and we did our very best. We live 15 minutes from the beach and enjoy the warm …
Dear Zuma, We are in a small kindergarten class from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. We have been wondering if you have ever seen the northern lights in the sky. Can you tell us how those lights get up in the sky and why are they different colors? We think the northern lights look awesome and would …
Dear Zuma, This is Mrs. Van Egmond’s 3rd grade class at West Side Christian School in Grand Rapids, MI. We are following the Iditarod Race and we have some questions for you: How did you learn how to type? I learned to type by practice, practice, practice. How did you meet D-2? I meet fur …
Hi Zuma, We have a few questions for you, we hope you can answer them. We were wondering how long you have been reporting for the Iditarod? Do you have a favorite musher? I’ve been reporting for Iditarod for many years, now, Boys and Girls, more years than I have claws on my paws. I …
Dear Zuma, How are you? We are fine here. We are 2nd graders at the Best Elementary School in New Hampshire. We are students in Mrs. Stanley’s and Miss Whitman’s class. We are all impressed that you are able to read and type! John said that you could spell better than he could:) We loved …
Hello Boys and Girls, Wow, my friend Nigel has had quite an adventure! After spending a couple nights in the Alaska wilderness, Nigel, a sled dog from Nancy Yoshida’s team was reunited with Nancy. After a series of bad luck incidents and crashes on the Happy River Steps, and finally reaching Rainy Pass on a …
Hello Boys and Girls, As promised, I went down to the area behind the Millennium Hotel, Iditarod Race Headquarters, where the dogs returning from the trail snooze while waiting for their humans to pick them up and take them home. Snooze is right! Who wouldn’t take a long snooze when covered up in cozy blankets? …
Hello Boys and Girls, Here is an interesting question from one of the hundreds and hundreds of schools that are following the race and writing to us. It is a good question, so I wanted to answer it in an article to make sure everyone gets to know the answer. Good Morning Zuma, Here in …
Hello Boys and Girls! This is it! This is the moment we’ve been waiting for and I’m headed out the door in just a few mintutes to see the Re Start of the 2009 Iditarod. Yesterday was the Start. How much time it took for each musher to get from the starting to the banner …