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My journey with the Alaska Gateway School District began in the fall of 2012. For the first two years, I was teaching the kindergarten through 2nd grade groups in Tetlin. For the next two years, I taught the same ages at another village school in Northway. In the fall of 2016, I transferred to Tok School to teach 4th grade for two years. This year I requested the third grade, as I always enjoy taking on a new grade level of students. Before moving to Tok, my background consisted of four years living in Botswana, Africa, with my husband where I taught mostly English as second language learners in grades kindergarten through fourth. Previously, we were long time Alaska residents. Most of our years in Alaska were spent living in the interior bush community of Galena, where I taught an alternative program for teens, 7th and 8th grades, Title 1 reading, and kindergarten. For a number of years before obtaining my teacher certificate, I was part of the classified support staff in addition to serving on the local school board. It has been great to be back in Alaska, and Tok has been a good fit for us.

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Week 29

 Weekly Greetings!

What a great past week the class had finishing up their Science Fair projects! I have a number of pictures showing them deciding how to display the information from their experiments.
Then Thursday before the testing that they had to do, we got the boards set up for the judging. I took pictures of each team and their project in addition to a group shot. Unfortunately a couple students were sick that day.
After the testing was done, the class went back upstairs in the library and had interviews with two judges. We still have not heard the results. Hopefully early this week it will be announced.
The students also had art with Shauna Lee this week, and it is always a highlight for them. They finished a winter bird picture that went home with them on Wednesday.
On Friday, Stephen Rudolph from the Tetlin Refuge came for a vist to introduce the class to fur trapping. Originally Tim Lorenzini was supposed to do the presentation, but he had broken down on his snow machine while out in the field. The class always enjoys seeing Ranger Rudolph and had just enough time to listen and learn before the hockey game.
This is the last week before Spring Break and I think we are all ready for the upcoming vacation. It will be the regular bi-weekly visit from the councilor on Monday, and on Thursday the class will participate in an AK Teach Instant Challenge.

I hope you have an awesome week!

Kind Regards,

Julie Brown
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