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Ben Eielson JSHS 2008 |
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Fairbanks |
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| Destination One - Cultural Ambassador Photos |
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Elizabeth Hursh |
Breanna
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Meghan |
Tyler |
Emma |
Jake |
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| Destination One - Community Profile |
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This is Team Eielson! Look how excited we are!
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This our school! Home of the Eielson Ravens! We have over 500 7th-12th graders.
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This is the gate to get onto base.
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Our newly remodeled gym is really nice. See the astroturf!?
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This is our new BX. It opens really soon!
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This is our principal, Mario Gatto! We love him!
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| Destination Two: |
| You Might Be From Ben Eielson If You... |
•Wear flip flops in the snow.
•Something happens, everybody knows within ten minutes.
•If you get in trouble for wearing a headband, sunglasses, hats and hoodies.
•Santa Clause lives ten minutes away.
•Know the security guards at the front gate by name.
•Think -20 F is warm.
•Go to prom and there is still snow on the ground.
•When you can’t go to school without wearing the same item of clothing as somebody else.
•When you have to drive for three hours to go camping.
•When you have to travel at least 20 minutes to get to any sporting event.
•Know what an Ice Dog is.
•are mortal enemies with the Monroe Rams.
•Read the Fairbanks Daily News Miner |
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| Destination Three: |
Highlights from our team's expectations for their exchange
see more on the Personal Profiles |
Name one thing that you are most looking forward to learning when in your Sister School community: a different perspective of life
Name another thing you are looking forward to: meetin new people and makin new friends
Name another thing you are looking forward to: having fun and learning new skills that ill know forever
Name one thing that you are a little worried about when you think about living in your Sister School community for the exchange: insulting people
Name another thing that you are a little worried about: making myself look dum
Name another thing that you are a little worried about: being disliked by the people there
Name one thing that you think you will miss from your home community while living in your Sister School community: my fone!!
Name another thing that you think you will miss: my family mayb that shouldve came before the fone lol
Name another thing that you think you will miss: my friends but at least im makin new ones! |
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First day in Napaskiak |
Our snowmachine convoy from Bethel to Napas!
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Getting to know each other!
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| Thoughts from our team about our first day of the exchange |
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If you are visiting: Describe the trip to your Sister School Community.: We left Fairbanks on an Alaska Airlines jet and flew to Anchorage. At the airport, everyone was eating their favorite fast foods and using their cell phones! When we arrived in Bethel, we got all of our snow gear on and took a taxi to the river where we met Chelsea, Sara, Gaelin, and Tim with their snowmachines and sleds. We had a fast and cold trip across the river and arrived at the school to warm up and meet up with everyone else.
If you are visiting: What are your first impressions of the community you are visiting?: Our first impressions of the community was how small and remote it was. The school was SO tiny compared to ours. Everyone as really welcoming and nice. Tim's dad brought salmon strips and Chelsea brought out a warm casserole for everyone to enjoy. We were still rally nervous about staying at our host homes and what the week would bring but we were have fun getting to know everyone.
If you are visiting: What were the best parts of being welcomed to the community?: People we happy to see us and meet us! Tim's dad brought salmon strips and Chelsea brought out a warm casserole for everyone to enjoy. We were still really nervous about staying at our host homes and what the week would bring but we were have fun getting to know everyone. They asked us a lot of questions about our expectations and we asked them about things we were the most unsure of! There as a lot of laughing.
If you are visiting: What are you most looking forward to doing now that you are here?: Most of us want to steam and eat more traditional foods. We are all excited to meet and get to know everyone!
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| Destination Seven: Getting Reacquianted |
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| Thoughts from our team about getting reacquainted |
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| Go to the Personal Profiles |
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| Area for Exploration One: One Thing We Must See Or Experience When We Go To Napaskiak : |
| Life in Napaskiak..."Napas" |
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What we learned. We learned that racing dogs is a big part of the community and sometimes they even come to fairbanks to race! We also learned that most of the dogs on a team are actually related to one another. |
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Some of the sled dogs in Napas |
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| Area for Exploration Two |
| Yupik Dancing |
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What we learned. Traditionally, men played the drums and did most of the singing. Men usually it when they dance and the women stand. The dances tell stories, stories of how things were created, or of actual events that have happened like hunting or fishing adventures. It a form of history, unwritten but passed down through generations. |
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Here we are TRYING to dance. It was exhausting! |
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| Area for Exploration Three |
| A Taste of Napaskiak |
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What we learned. They eat alot of fish, fish is main part of their diet.
They make icecream out of berries and crisco
dried salmon aka dry fish is pretty good |
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Trying something new! |
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| Destination Eleven: Our First Week Together |
| Closing circle thoughts from our team on the first exchange |
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| Go to the Personal Profiles |
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| Destination Eleven: Our Final Time Together |
| Closing circle thoughts from our second (and final) exchange |
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| Go to the Personal Profiles |
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| Destination Twelve: Last Words |
| Final thoughts from our team about the journey |
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| Go to the Personal Profiles |
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