Art, Music, FACS, Indust Arts

10/10/2009

Classroom Creates a Traveling Quilt

Inspired by the visit of an  Iditarod Traveling Quilt, Ms. Prather’s students in California have created their own classroom quilt.  Each student designed and created a square.  The squares were sewn together to create the classroom quilt.
Over the next…

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10/09/2009

Table Top Decorating Contest

Enter the 2010 Table Top Decorating Contest.  Win prizes for your classroom.  Be a part of the 2010 Musher Banquet that is held in Anchorage prior to the start of the race.  Teach ‘volunteerism’ through this service learning project.  Submit…

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08/28/2009

Hobo Jim Sings the Iditarod Trail Song to Students

At the 2008 Summer Camp for Teachers, Mrs. Ogintz, New Jersey, video taped Hobo Jim singing the Iditarod Trail Song.  Hobo Jim dedicated this song to her students.  We dedicate this song to students around the world.  Let the Iditarod…

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07/10/2009

Idita Patch: A Project to Remember

By Sally Simon

It all started with a patch.
The patch was Cathy Walter’s Target® Iditarod 2009 Teacher on the Trail™ patch.  It was sitting on my desk at school after I returned from the Winter Teacher’s Conference in Anchorage.  …

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05/11/2009

One Quilt: California and Off to Nome!

Del Sur Senior Elementary, February, 2009, Lancaster, CA
Receiving the quilt was another opportunity for my 7th graders to connect technology to the world around us.  As soon as we opened the box, the students gathered around to discover the…

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02/16/2009

Teacher Creates Totem Pole: A Letter from Pete

Diane,
Many late Hellos!!  This letter has been a year and a half in the making….maybe more.  Your email about using the Iditarod experience is coming back to you.  As a shop teacher, I was always looking for a way…

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02/16/2009

Social Studies and Science: Totem Poles

By Laurie Nakauchi-Hawn, Finalist for Target® 2009 Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM
First Grade, Friends’ School Boulder
With the Iditarod coming up, my first grade class has been studying the people and animals of the arctic. As a way for…

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02/03/2009

One Quilt: January

Quilt One arrived in Mt. Pleasant, NC, near Charlotte, in early December where it spent time with the sixth grade Cheetahs Team at Mt. Pleasant Middle School. Arriving just in time for the team’s walking field trip to our local…

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02/02/2009

Two Quilt: January in the Cornhusker State

Iditarod Quilt Visits the Cornhusker State
By Judi Roach
The 2006 Iditarod Quilt made its appearance at Central Elementary just as students were finishing up “Iditaround Nebraska”.  Students earned miles on the trail for reading, tracking their nutrition and fitness,…

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02/01/2009

Three Quilt: January

January 13, 2009
Hello to all from Mishawaka, Indiana!
Neither extended holidays, nor fog, nor snow storms, nor ice storms, nor blizzards kept us from spending some time with the Traveling Quilt this year!
 Our third grade buddies at Hums…

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