bump, set, spike

My wonderful classroom helper made this to hang
in the gym for our tournament! 

I have spent the last few weekends traveling and coaching.  I have been having a blast getting to know the sport of volleyball and our team.   We play mixed- 6. So it is a co-ed team with 3 girls and 3 boys on the floor.  I’m thankful to be coaching with someone who knows a little more than me about volleyball. The team has been working hard. We hosted the first tournament here in Scammon Bay playing Russian Mission, Mountain Village, and Hooper Bay.  The following weekend we were in St. Mary’s and this past weekend in Hooper Bay.  This coming weekend we will be traveling to Alakanuk.  Our record is 7wins-0, so we will keep pushing it hard these next few weeks till the district tournament, which will be in Marshall in 3 weeks.  GO EAGLES!

Snow is here, not TOO much, but it’s here! Flying last weekend to St. Mary’s the tundra was still its fall golden brown, this weekend mostly all white!  Snow go’s (snow mobiles) are off and running! 

Hopefully this will give you a better idea of my travels.

Welcome October

Last week was a short week of school for the kids because teachers had in-service training on Thursday and Friday.  All the down river sites of my school district went to Hooper Bay for these trainings. (which include Alakanuk, Emmonak, Kotlik, Hooper and Scammon of course).  Hooper Bay is a village around 30miles south west of Scammon; it was about a 20min flight. There are over 1,000 people living there, so it is much bigger than Scammon.  Hooper Bay is a coastal village with a beautiful beach. They also have a large grocery store, big enough to have carts!  So I was able to get some fresh produce and treats that have been hard to come by. (yes, a grapefruit!)    

This weekend I also decorated my classroom for October/Halloween. It was so fun to have the kids walk in this past Monday morning and have a spider’s web hanging over their desks!  I told them we must have had a spider visit our room this weekend!  A little girl looked up and said, “It’s Charlotte's!”  So happy October!  Enjoy the pumpkin patches, pumpkin breads, cookies, seeds and please drink a pumpkin spice latte for me! :-) My roommate’s parents sent up a little pumpkin and harvest pumpkin hand soap so that will satisfy my craving for the season!

I’m co-coaching high school volleyball, which started up last week. We have are first games this weekend at home.  We will be hosting Hooper Bay, Chevak, and Mountain Village.  Go Scammon Bay Eagles!

Last week we also had snow on top of the big hill here!  My class was so excited! It melted away by afternoon, but it was a nice dusting. Good thing my winter parka came in the mail today!