Cold Cuts

My Classroom at Newhalen School

This is a view of the school complex. To the left with the blue roof is the Newhalen House, used to house students for the School-to-Life vocational program. The next building in the background is the school. Then, the red roofed building is the teacher apartments. My apartment is the one with the blue and white steps on the left. The window is my bedroom. To the right, connecting the apartments, is the laundry and freezer room, then more apartments on the right.

Newhalen School

This is the view from my classroom window. You can see the lake and the mountains from here.

This is the elementary area.

The computer area

The high school and junior high area

Sink and closet area

My desk

The cabinets separate the lower and upper areas.

The room to the right and below is a quiet place off the elementary area that is used for storage and for a quiet place to work.

A Short Walk Around Newhalen

New building for Russian Orthodox Church-they're still working on it.

You can see the lake and the mountains in the background.

I took a walk and found the Russian Othodox Church and the graveyard.

This is a view of the Newhalen River.

Newhalen River with the mountains in the background.

There are only 10 miles of paved roads here.

This is Dump Lake, so called because it is across from the dump. The kids don't swim in it because it has leeches. The brown dirt you see is where the 4-wheelers drive next to the road.

This is Fireweed. You can pick the flowers when they are open and boil them to make Fireweed jelly!

In the fall, the leaves and stems of the Fireweed turn bright red, hence the name.

Katmai Lodge 8/9-12/2011

Lake and Peninsula School District

That's just about everyone.
I am to the right of the stove pipe, below the bear's arm.


Leaving Anchorage on the Pilatus. It is a nice ride, for sure.

Jim, the pilot, (who goes to my church) and Alecia.

This is King Salmon, where the District Office is located. We stayed at SAVEC, (brown buildings) which was an air force base. I wonder if there is still a missile in that Nike site?