Saturday School

Well..you know you are in the Alaska bush when.....you have Saturday school...you know you are in the bush when Saturday school is cancelled.

Last week Monday (our first day back after Christmas/Slaviq break) school was cancelled, due to the Volcano planes were delayed/cancelled from making flights in and out of Anchorage. Our teachers were stuck...then they got to Bethel and were stuck because of snowy weather. So 8 of our 10 certified staff were not here for school last monday, and the principal said we would have saturday school. This morning Kat and I were getting ready to leave for school when the phone rang. Our principal was calling to say that Saturday school was cancelled due to the cold and we will make up the day next saturday. So to make a long story short...you know you are in the Alaskan bush when Saturday school is cancelled.

Kat and I thought about flying out to Bethel for the day, to do some shopping and some other business however not all planes are flying due to cold weather, and we didn't want to get stuck. The Kuskokwim 300 (300 mile dog sled race) is also scheduled to begin today in Bethel, and it would have been exciting to see that.

Not much else is new here, it has been very cold. When I checked the weather earlier this morning it was -20 degrees F. and -56 with the windchill. It should warm up a little bit next week. It was good to be back in the routine of school, and the kids were all ready to be back, even if they weren't all ready to learn.

Will write more later, have a wonderful day :)