Friday-Last day in Kaktovik

Bye, bye Kaktovik. (Kaktovik in Fall to the right, photo by Flora)


Loading the airplane.


Friday was our last day in Kaktovik. We visited all classrooms, the principal, teachers, and staff saying "Thank you". Kristi helped backing for the Friday community meeting.


Jessie played for the last time basketball with the students. She is very good at it. I highly recommend her as coach. Special thanks to Flora the Inupiaq teacher. She helped us understanding the Native culture. It was the first time I could see how Inupiaq is taught to students. Her classes are a mixture of teaching the Inupiaq language, Native traditions and skills, done with great love and respect modified for different great levels and students needs.


We had a wonderful time in Kaktovik and we are coming back with deep respect for the Kaktovik school staff, community, and Native culture.
Learn more about Kaktovik students at the school's blog project:
http://kaktovikkids.blogspot.com/

Thank you UAF-School of Education for making this experience part of the pre-service teacher program. Our future teachers will be better prepared for differentiation and a multicultural classroom.


View of Fairbanks, AK UAF 4/4/09

Thursday

Fashion show ...


Carving is taught at the Inupiaq culture class. Walrus tasks and bones are used.



Jessie tries drumming and is in high demand as a reading teacher. The principal commended her abilities as reading teacher and ask her to help again today with the elementary kids.




The teachers took us on a tour yesterday and we hitched a snowmobile ride.


A polar fox was spotted and we talked to the survey group for the new Kaktovik Runway. The old one is frequently flooded.



Eskimo donuts. Flora and Kristi made a lot of them yesterday (flower, yest, oil, eggs, water, milk).



In the evening we went to the local hotel for dinner with the teachers. Later more....

Wednesday 4-1-09

Kristi (left) and Inupiaq teacher Flora were baking with the students "place based" delicious figures. This caused much excitement at all age groups. Mrs. Sobey, the science and mathematics teacher for HS, is preparing their students for the ACT test (tutoring a student in the photo on the right).