COLD!!!!!

Sorry, it has been a while, but I’ve been swamped non-stop getting the kids ready for their state standardized testing in April (You can never start too early!) In addition, I have been having constant “visitors” in my classroom observing my every move. So, in addition to being busy, I’ve been under a huge microscope, and no doubt it will continue for the remainder of the school year. So, here is a recap of my past two weeks…
First, I ran into a bit of a snag trying to return home. I was on my way to Buckland on the morning of New Year’s Eve, however, the fog in Kotzebue kept planes from flying. Later in the day, the fog had moved to Buckland, and all flights there remained on hold. Also, the airline doesn’t fly on New Year’s Day, so that meant 2 nights at a hotel in Kotzebue. After finally getting back home, It was time to start the 2nd semester.
The first week back dragged on, eventless. The only exciting point of the week was that I got a new student, bringing my count up to 13. The whole town was anticipating the basketball games that would be there that weekend. Noatak boys were here and our girls went there. However, I missed out on this because I had to go back to Kotzebue on Friday night in order to take a test the next day, so for the 3rd night out of the last 8 I had to stay at the hotel in Kotzebue. The test went fine, and when we got back, we had news that the boys had split their weekend games (Friday win, Saturday loss). The girls’ team dropped both of their games. 
The next week, this past week, also went by rather fast and uneventful. Again the town was waiting with anticipation. This weekend it was to be Noorvik girls traveling here, and the boys going to Noorvik. However, Friday, the temperature in Buckland was -45, and the school district policy prevents travel when the weather drops below -35.  So, sadly the games for this weekend were canceled. In lieu of basketball games, the middle school basketball team held a fundraiser, which I helped out with, a movie night. So, instead of keeping a scorebook, my Saturday night was spent popping popcorn.
In all, it has been a busy two weeks, I can’t believe how fast the time is going now, it seems like there is so much to do, and so little time to do it in.