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!