In late april, an artist from the lower 48 came to spend 2 weeks in Unalakleet. She worked with the entire school teaching students to make art. We got to work with clay to make animals like geese and turtles.
Some students were able to make boxes that show what’s important to them.
The Junkman is a junk drummer in Unalakleet. He is teaching music classes to the students. He teaches them how to use junk to make great music.
The Junkman is making a huge drum for the school, so the students can bang around. It’s going to be located in the playground for the community children.
The tournament starts today, February 2nd, at 3:00pm in Unalakleet school gym with Shishmaref and Elim teams playing. The second game will be between Brevig Mission and Koyuk at 4:00pm. The teams for the third game are Koyuk and Chevak at 5:00pm. Game four will be Shaktoolik vs. Stebbins at 6:30. Game five will be Unalakleet vs. the winner of Game 1 at 7:30. Game six will be played between Unalakleet and the winner of game 2 at 8:30. The last game of the night will be Chevak vs. the winner of Game 3 at 9:30.
Come cheer on the Unalakleet team!
-Jaysen
There is a tournament this Wednesday to Saturday. There is go to be 8 teams coming here today. The team are Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Chevak, Koyuk, Stebbins, Breving Mission and Elim. The games start at 6 : 30 p.m. at the gym. The sky is blue and the wind chill is – 50 F.
The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6ths graders are go to play a games or two.
Jaysen
Unalakleet played Buckland at Home. The Boy teams played over the weekend. The Unalakleet boys won both games on Friday and Saturday. Most of Unalakleet came to watch the games. The crowd was wild, they were too loud with cheering for the players. Unalakleet Pep-Band played loudly.
The Chris Lockwood Memorial Tournament is on January 26-28th. Please come and cheer on the teams!
-Jaysen
The Unalakleet School Concert was sweet. The ECE-ers played good songs like everyone else. An ECE student, likes to flirt with girls while waiting for their turn on stage.
There was plenty of fun being had. The Middle School students got to sing, “You’re a mean one, Mr. GRINCH!” Everyone was there to watch the concert.
On Tuesday at 7pm December 13th, there was the best tree lighting in the world! There was free hot chocolate for everyone that attended the ceremony. The best part was when children from Unalakleet sang to the community. The people who couldn’t make it, come to Unalakleet next year to enjoy some hot chocolate and fun with friends and family!
Merry Christmas to all and have a good night!
-Jaysen
Pictures will be coming soon!
Merry Christmas,
-Jaysen
sorry this was supposed to be a 5 paragraph biography one of the paragraphs were deleted or something
On one cold day December afternoon was the first day I met my family. On December 7, 1995, three minutes after four during the day, in Anchorage, Alaska, I was born to Francis W. Ivanoff and Carla R. Nakarak Ivanoff. If I were born a boy, my mom would’ve called me Lewis, after my uncle Lewis Nakarak. I have two brothers, Earvin Michael and Francis Wesley Jr. and one sister, Allison Rose. I have lived in Unalakleet, Alaska, with my family all my life. Many of my family, friends, and relatives call me “Little Carla” since I look like my mom, “Ukiaq” as my Eskimo name, and “Audy”. My sister calls me “Ditters” like my mom calls her sister, Josephine Nakarak Lynch. My life has been adventurous with my outdoor activities, accidents, and family and friends.
Outdoor Activities are fun, exciting, and sometimes comical. When I was three years old, I finally learned how to ride a bike. It took my dad four to six days to teach me. I taught Cloei how to ride a bike the year after. At the age of eight, I first drove a four-wheeler for a long period of time. It was fun watching people walking and riding around town. My sister had let me drive the four-wheeler, so I’d know when she or somebody needs a ride or something. A couple years ago, Allison, Lena, and I were riding around approximately at 8:30 p.m. and we went onto the field. Allison did something that made us tip over and fall. Nobody was hurt, but all three of us were scared to death. Another amazing outdoor activity during the year of 2005 was my first year to attend Bible Camp. Many of my classmates had gone to Bible Camp the year. Both my years of Bible Camp have been GREAT! My last activity was my first year of Fallblast, in Golovin was a BLAST! It was my only chance and my Uncle Sam paid my way. My outdoor activities have been so comical and humorous.
Accidents are very painful, especially when it comes to stitches. Throughout my whole life I’ve gotten stitches three times. The first time I got stitches I was five years old. Garrett cooper was driving towards the corner of the road and my mom and dad wasn’t paying attention; we bumped into his car. The time I got stitches on my foot, I was eight years old. I was playing at the gym. One of the seams from the floor was sticking out. My foot slipped under it. When I felt the pain go up my leg I ran into the bathroom. After I fan into the bathroom, Rashawn came to see me. Somebody ran to get my sister and told my Uncle Sam. He got Tim Sagoonick to bring me to the clinic. I had to get three stitches on the bottom of my foot. As soon as it healed my mom took the stitches out. The year of 2005, my sister and I were biking around town. We were going to the playground and my foot slipped off the pedal and I hit something sharp off the seam of the school. Tera was outside her house and my sister was accompanying me towards her. Boyuck’s E.N.T. doctor, mike, helped Chris stitch my leg. It didn’t hurt, but my eyes were tearing up and I had a runny nose. All of my severe injuries have all happened before I turned nine years old.
In conclusion, my life has been so awesome especially when the activities I’ve
Done, the family and friends helping and playing with me, and my accidents that have happened to me all during my life. I hope the rest of my life is filled with many other fun activities. Accidents were not fun for me, so I hope I never get anymore of them. I hope I have many more family and friends to meet and for my loving life. My activities were full of amusement and arousement, I hope my life furnishes many blissful news and excitement.
One cold day in early January, I was born at 5: 11 p.m. After the nurse weighed me I was 21 inches and 8lb.s 3 oz. As soon as I was born, I cried on the VHF around the Norton Sound area. Since I was the first baby born at NSRHC (Norton Sound Regional Health Corporation) in 1997, I was in the “Nome Nugget “. Out of all the kids my mom had she was pregnant with me the longest (17 days late). I’ve had a lot of fun with my family, traveling around Western Alaska, and being in school.
Being the youngest in my family, I have learned to share my life with them. I have four sisters, three brothers and a dog. When I got my dog, Velma, I was so excited. She is now seven years old and very lively. Unexpectedly, my brother, David, came for Christmas in 2001. He spoiled us and treated us the best. At least, a year and a half later, Dwight came again to watch us while my parents were in Anchorage. In 2004, my family and I moved to Savoonga. During our first Christmas in Savoonga , David came again. Almost everyday he would buy us a slush puppy and candy. Sadly he reluctantly left and said good-bye. A year later his girlfriend was pregnant and had a baby girl named Lanah. David came with his family. That was the first time I met my niece. About a year and a half later, my other niece was born. Her name is Denali and I have never met her before. My sister, Irene got married in Barrow to Waldo Sniffle. I also have a nephew from my other sister. His name is Leo Beluga Sniffle. He was born to my sister, Miyax, on July 32, 2007. He is six months old and growing fast. I will never forget my family.
I have always liked traveling with my family around Western Alaska. My first time I remember traveling was going to Nome when my teeth needed to be extracted. When my dad went with me, he made me feel safe. The extracting didn’t even hurt. In 2002, my family and I went to Savoonga to visit. I had fun since it was my first time there. Sadly, we got stormbound and wasn’t able to leave. After the storm was over, we finally left. Every summer on Nunivak Island, my family and I would travel to our camp at McCormick. We would go swimming and play games. One time my siblings and I were telling ghost stories in the tent. . I enjoyed being there and spending time with my family. Later on that year, my friend Walrus invited Humpack and I to Barrow for a carnival. We went and had fun even though I got sick. It was from something I smelled in the building. Also we went to the pool and had fun swimming. Finally, we reluctantly had to leave for home. I hope to keep traveling around Western Alaska, around the world and even in space, as I get older.
I’ve always loved to learn in school. When I was 3 years old, I started school. Since I skipped a grade, I am usually the youngest in my class. When I moved to Savoonga, I was in third grade levels. That same year I traveled alone again. My siblings Kapugen, Naka, Humpack, and I went to Gifted & Talented Camp in Savoonga. While there, everybody made I-Motion movies about Aesop Fables. At the end, all the movies were silly to watch. After 2 days in Nome, we left. Last year, we didn’t have a camp since nobody had a project. The last two years I have had the GREATEST teacher, Denise Damadays. This year I am in her homeroom class. This year I chose to play the flute for music. During the Christmas Concert we played “Good King Wenceslas”. As I get older, I hope to go to high school, college at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and be in the NASA program.
In conclusion, my life has been very happy and joyful. I have a lot of dreams I want to accomplish. As I get older, I plan to travel more and have a great time. My travel goals are to go to different continents or even a different planet. In high school, I hope to receive a good education so I could get into the N.A.S.A Program. Learning is fun and is one of the best ways to live your life. My life has been great with my family, being in school, and traveling around Western Alaska.