... you play in the Potato Bowl ...
... you wear "Alaska Grown" hoodies ...
... you have a cracked car windshield ...
... there's a moose in your backyard at least once a week ...
... you watch the Iditarod on TV ...
... you own a pep band costume in lieu of a band uniform ...
... you know where Sarah Palin's house is, because you've been there ...
... you dislike the growing population ...
... you look good in Carhartt Tan ...
... you own red facepaint ...
... duct tape is used for wallets, window repairs, and Halloween costumes ...
... your basketball team always goes to State ...
... you've witnessed a "bust" ...
... your car does not have an IM (emissions) sticker ...
... you have the loudest pep band in the state ...
... you've shot a gun ...
... you can hear the train whistle ...
... your football game features a personal fireworks display of massive proportions ...
... you go to Hatcher's Pass to snowboard/ski/sled on weekends ...
... you've wrestled a salmon ...
... you're not an ACTUAL hillbilly, contrary to popular belief!

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: Meeting new people and learning about their culture
Name another thing you are looking forward to: The experience
Name another thing you are looking forward to: Hopefully to have fun and make life long friends

Name one thing that you are most looking forward to learning when in your Sister School community: I would like to learn what it is like to be in a small school compared to Wasilla High.
Name another thing you are looking forward to: Meeting alot of new people and all the fun things we will do.
Name another thing you are looking forward to: Playing basketball..

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

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What do you think the easiest part of being a Cultural Ambassador will be when you visit our Sister School community?: Being friendly and willing to learn about their culture.
What do you think that you will have to work the hardest on to be a Cultural Ambassador?: Is trying all the different foods.

What are some things you have learned about being a Cultural Ambassador that really stood out to you?: You have a the reputation of a comunity on your shoulders, and depending how you act is what the others will yake back to their town.
How do you feel about your role as a Cultural Ambassador?: Great, I can't wait to go to Yakutat.
Do you feel ready to represent your own culture?: I'm getting buterflies in my stomach, and their are more and more each day.
To learn from others?: Life in a small town, and what its like when everyone knows everyone.

If you are visiting: Describe the trip to your Sister School Community.: We took a bus-schedule-type plane ride to Yakutat. Our plane, a regular sized Alaska Airlines jet, was scheduled to stop in Cordova, Yakutat, Juneau, and Seattle.
If you are visiting: What are your first impressions of the community you are visiting?: Yakutat still has a ton of snow! There are less residents than I had thought.
If you are visiting: What were the best parts of being welcomed to the community?: We were supposed to have a huge bonfire on Cannon Beach, but we were rained out. So, we had a potluck in the Home Ec room. There was some delicious food! The enchiladas were wiped out quickly!
If you are visiting: What are you most looking forward to doing now that you are here?: I think most people are looking forward to fishing.

What are some of the important things that you have learned about your Sister Schools culture from this visit?: We learned that they are more quiet and reserved than we are in Wasilla. We learned they like to stick together as a little family.
How do you think that this visit has changed how you think about yourself and your own culture?: We're not sure, we're going to have to wait and see as the exchange unfolds. It's also a little difficult to say "Wasilla culture" because we are all really different and not all from Wasilla, and there isn't really a "Wasilla culture".