On Tuesday, Mar. 14th, Mitch Seavey became the first musher to cross the Iditarod finish line in Nome! We enjoyed tracking the race and celebrated as Mitch claimed his third first place finish, beating the previous record for the fastest time in Iditarod history. Coming from a family of mushers, interestingly enough, Mitch's son, who was the defending champion of last year's race, finished this year's race in 3rd place. Mitch's first place finish gave him the record of being the oldest person to ever win the Iditarod (and his son holds the record for being the youngest first place finisher in Iditarod history!).
While the Iditarod may be over, our IditaREAD is fully underway! Over the past week we celebrated many more students as they read their way across the finish line.
Almost all mushers have made it to the halfway mark and I encourage them to keep on reading! It's quite an accomplishment to be able to say, "I've read 1,000 minutes!" Thank you for your continued support and for helping promote the importance of daily reading. They've all grown SO much as readers!
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Coming Up:
-Scholastic Book Order Due: TODAY, Sunday, Mar. 19th
-Early Release (Parent Conferences): Wednesday, Apr. 5th and Wednesday, Apr. 15th (sign-up here!)
-Fairy Tale Wax Museum: Friday, Apr. 7th
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