Checkpoints - Iditarod Trail

03/12/2009

Iditarod Race Coverage: Attention Teachers and Students

Don’t miss a moment of the race!
Click here to read the journal created by Target® 2009 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™, Cathy Walters.  To hear Cathy’s songs, click here!
Click here to read the journal created by the Mentor…

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11/16/2008

Students from Nulato Visit Cleveland

A Fieldtrip and Adventure
Last spring, six students from Nulato went on their senior fieldtrip to Cleveland, Ohio. Their teachers, Laura Barnett and Jim Bob Webb shared information about their adventure. We knew you’d enjoy hearing about this journey!
Nulato…

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03/23/2008

2008 Awards and Winners

2008 Awards and Winners
by Education Department… Are you wondering about the awards given out at the Finisher’s Banquet in Nome? The list of awards and winners are:
PenAir Spirit of Alaska Award- Presented by Danny Seybert (PenAir Chief Operating…

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03/11/2008

A Common Thread Project: Jane Blaile

Designed by Jane Blaile

Educators around the world are ‘uncovering’ curriculum through their participation in the 2008 Target® Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM project, “A Common Thread”. Jane Blaile, this year’s teacher created this project to connect classrooms through an…

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03/10/2008

News from Nulato: Students Welcome Mushers!

Signs Welcomed the Mushers as They Arrived!

by Iditarod Education Department
Along the Iditarod trail, students develop projects to help welcome the mushers to the community. As in many villages, students in Nulato created posters that were hung around the…

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03/06/2008

Dog Handling 101

To the Starting Line!
By Judi Roach, 2009 Target Iditarod Teacher on the Trail Finalist
Every year, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race is dependent upon hundreds of volunteers to help stage “The Last Great Race!” This race would not be…

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