Week 16

 Weekly Greetings!

It has been my experience that these next few weeks will go by quickly, with the holiday break rapidly approaching. Each week, we will be fitting in a special activity, before we break for Christmas. On Wednesday this week the class will begin looking at migratory birds in preparation for the Tetlin Refuge annual bird count in December. Also, the students will begin drawing and writing about some of the birds for the Migratory Bird calendar contest through the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.

As for last week, the class visited the Biomass power plant and saw the 100-year-old steam engine that is powering the electricity at the school. Tony Lee gave them a great tour, and when we discussed what they learned on our return to class, I was pleased at how much everyone gleaned from the experience.

The drama S.T.A.R.S. pod class that I am teaching this quarter was able to act out a mock trial on Thursday at the Tok District Court. There was a really good audience turn out also, and the students did a great job in the short amount of time we had to work on it. The next few weeks will be in preparation for the Christmas program.

I hope you have an awesome week!

Kind Regards,

Julie Brown