Each year, thousands of students send letters to mushers, volunteers, and Iditarod staff. This letter arrived today and I’d like to share it with you. Read my short article after the letter to learn what you can do!
Dear Iditarod Helpers,
We realize that we have (will) miss(ed) the deadline to send a letter on the trail, (Leo’s Trail Mail project) however I wanted the mushers to know that our class will be following the race this year very closely and tracking the dogsled teams on a map we will have posted in our classroom. The children and I are very excited to be participating in this event. We hope, at some point, someone on a team will give a shout out to us, 22 children at our school in Medina, Ohio. We would be happy to hear from you.
Thank-you and good luck to all the dog-sled teams and everyone else who helps with this race.
Medina, Ohio is located about 30miles south of Cleveland, where Balto was displayed at The Natural History Museum.
Thank-you
Mrs. Jane Unsdorfer
*If you are an Iditarod musher or a volunteer and would like to respond to this letter, click here to have your email forwarded.
Here are things you can do:
1. Send an email to us and we’ll post some of them at the appropriate place on the website. Click here to email us.
2. Send letters to mushers AFTER you have read the lesson plan and the important article about the project.
3. Read Zuma’s Paw Prints. Meet the K-9 Team of Reporters. Read great articles! Be among the hundreds and hundreds of students who read about the race at this section of our site. Leave comments for our reporters or send an email. If for some reason this site is blocked at your school, contact your technology department and ask to have it unblocked. One look at the site and they’ll know that this is an awesome reading and writing project for your students. Click here to go to Zuma’s Paw Prints.
4. Visit the Target® Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM section of the website. Meet our teacher, find lesson plans, email our teacher, and during the race, learn more about the checkpoints and mushers. Click here!
