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Russian Mission School 2008

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Russian Mission

 
Destination One - Cultural Ambassador Photos
John Townsend
Julian
Aaron
Henriann
Vassalisa
Sammi
 
Destination One - Community Profile

The Cultural Ambassador Team

Our School - Russian Mission School

The main road through "uptown"

Dancers in our "City Gym"

Kako Retreat/Gold Mine

Wassily: A True Cultural Ambassador

 
Destination Two:
You Might Be From Russian Mission IF...

You love basketball.
You are related to everyone in the village
Your first three weeks of school are spent camping, fishing, and hunting.
People ask you if you are from Russia.
Your gym is the size of a volleyball court.
You live on a regular diet of tang, pilot bread, and dry fish.
You pay $6.05 for a gallon of gas.
You often start sentences with “boy man”.
Your main mode of transportation is a Bravo.
Your closet is full of Raider Gear.
People ask you if you live in an igloo.
You have a cool nickname.
You eat stinkheads.
You have to catch your dinner.
You have a dog team.
You walk to school when it is 30 below zero.
You love moose meat.
You wear Sorrels in school.
You love to eat akutaq.

You might be from Fairbanks if you....

talk loud.
go to school early.
have a cell phone.
have swimming class.
get up at 7 to go to work.
ride the bus to school.
eat a lot of fast food.
are talkative.
live by the clock.
get your food from the store.
gas costs way less.
aren't related to a lot of people.

Here is what your Sister School has to say...You might be from Russian Mission if you...

• If you love any sport to play outside.
• If you are related to everyone.
• If you like to spend camping, hunting, and fishing.
• If they ask you if your from Russia.
• If the gym is big as basketball court.
• If you like to snowboard at Kako.
• If you like to eat akutaq which Is also Eskimo ice cream.
• If your school has their own stock full of snowboard.
• If 3 person’s have the same name.
• If you have dead animals In your school freezer.
• If you’re on a cultural exchange.
• If you get stuck in Bethel on your way home.
• If you can catch 36 lush fish and kill them all in one day.
• If you know what this kind and that kind are.

     
 
Destination Three:

Highlights from our team's expectations for their exchange

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Name one thing that you are most looking forward to learning when in your Sister School community: I want to earn what people eat in the city.
Name another thing you are looking forward to: I want to learn how to drive a car.
Name another thing you are looking forward to: I want to learn why we can't use 4wheelers in the city.
Name one thing that you are a little worried about when you think about living in your Sister School community for the exchange: I am worried about dying.
 
 
Destination Five:
View our plan to welcome our visiting Cultural Ambassadors
 
 
Destination Six:

Highlights from our team's thoughts about being a Cultural Ambassador

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What are some things you have learned about being a Cultural Ambassador that really stood out to you?: I learned to say good-bye before leaving a culture.
How do you feel about your role as a Cultural Ambassador?: I feel like i am a new person.

What are some things you have learned about being a Cultural Ambassador that really stood out to you?: A cultural ambassador is a person requisition a place, their culture, and they have to share their experiences with others.
How do you feel about your role as a Cultural Ambassador?: I feel nervous.

 
 
Destination Seven: The First Time We Meet

Picking up Ryan students from the airport.

Caribou hunting ice-breaker

manaqing on the river.

Thoughts from our team about our first day of the exchange    
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Destination Seven: Getting Reacquianted

Getting back together for the second time.

Bowling

Having fun together.

Thoughts from our team about getting reacquainted    
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Area for Exploration One: One Thing We Must See Or Experience When We Go To Fairbanks:
The U.A.F Museum
What we learned. We learned the computer in the basement of the library can store 12 years of movies. We learned that there is a canyon on Mars as long as the US. We learned that there are lots of fun things to do in the Union.
 
Area for Exploration Two
Alaska Fish and Game: Subsistence
What we learned. Fish and Game rules are to help keep salmon and big game around. They can't arrest us. Some people don't report their catch. The salmon run is going to be bad this year.
Department of Fish and Game
 
Area for Exploration Three
Fairbanks public transportation.
What we learned. We learned that there are lots of buses you can take. We learned that the bus runs from 6:15 am to 815 pm. We learned it only costs kids 75 cents to ride the bus.
Riding the public bus
 
Destination Eleven: Our First Week Together
Closing circle thoughts from our team on the first exchange  
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Destination Eleven: Our Final Time Together
Closing circle thoughts from our second (and final) exchange  
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Destination Twelve: Last Words
Final thoughts from our team about the journey  
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