Ending the year 2013 in the village is a fun time. This time, we got to visit our new school and have the annual Christmas Program.
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| Sunset/Sunrise on my way home from school |
At the beginning of the year, teachers moved things that they wouldn't need for the year to a connex outside the school. At the beginning of December, the maintenance men began moving these boxes over to the new school. The principal arranged for each teacher to get to go over with a load of boxes to check out the new school. It is looking very good, but I don't think we are going to be moving in any time soon. Here are a few pictures from the new school.
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| My students' performance at the Christmas Program |
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| Our elf for Natural Helper dance |
Also, we have our annual Christmas Program. This year, the first graders did a poem about snowman and we made snowmen costumes at school. The students did a really great job, I was very proud of them. The Natural Helpers also performed a "Reindeer Pokey"and dressed up as reindeer, with one brave soul dressed as an elf. They did an amazing job.
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| We got to tour the new school, these are some pictures from that day |
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| new school library |
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| our brightly painted stairwell |
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| I think this is the elementary hallway |
There were a couple other highlights from the month of December. The Natural Helpers made cookies to bring to the elders houses when they did elder service. We also had an Elementary Wrestling match. It was a lot of fun because I had never been to a wrestling match before. And of course, there was the trip to Anchorage to fly home for Christmas. The lights around town were beautiful.
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| Elementary NYO Meet |
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Natural Helpers made cookies
for the elders in our village |
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| My roommate made me my very own quspaq |
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| Christmas in Anchorage |
Now that 2013 is over, I'm sure we have lots more excellent adventures in store for us in 2014.
