Hello Boys and Girls,

I was so excited to get email from Mrs. Goble’s students this week.  They are doing an exciting project this year.  I hope you enjoy their letter!

Lots of Tail Wags,

Zuma

Hello Zuma,

I am Joan Goble, teacher at Cannelton Elementary School in Cannelton, Indiana.  I just wanted to let you know that again this year my students and I are making booties for the Iditarod dogs.  This year we are helping out both the Bootie Brigade and the Paw Partners groups.  The dog teams we are making booties for are Hugh Neff’s dogs and Michelle Phillips’ dogs. We are making 100 booties for each team.

We also had fun right before Christmas hosting one of the traveling Iditarod Quilts. As a matter of fact, we got to host the original quilt!  It was fun to read each quilt piece and see where it came from. It was also fun to do a scavenger hunt using the quilt.  I have a photo of my students in front of the quilt if you are interested in seeing it.

We plan on following the Iditarod again this year. I am planning on becoming an Iditarod Insider again. It was great to be able to follow all of the dog teams last year via the GPS.

We thank you and the other dog reporters for keeping us informed about the race and the mushers.  You are all doing a great job!

By the way…we received our Zuma award last week! Thank you so very much!

Everything in it is wonderful…and two of my students are creating a small website about our Iditarod learning experiences, and the booklet and other items will help them with it.

We will hang the award and your picture in our hallway!  It is beautiful!

Mrs. Joan Goble