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Some Very Important People!

jaharr — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:29:59 +0000

Sometimes some of the most very important people in a community aren’t recognised.

No, it’s not a milk truck. It isn’t a gasoline or petrol truck. It’s a water truck. About 1/2 to 2/3 of the city gets purified water delivered by truck. Houses have 550 gallon or larger water tanks inside. A small pump circulates the water to the sinks and bath.

What comes in must go out. This other truck evacuates the septic tank under the houses which holds grey water and black water. The tank has to be plugged in the night before water/sewer day so it thaws out. The “suck truck” then unloads into the sewer lagoon on the edge of town.

What keeps the drivers from mixing up the trucks and hoses?

These men and women work all days of the year, warm and cold. Sometimes the trucks get stuck in snowdrifts.

So next time you turn on a tap or flush the toilet, think about all the work that it takes for that to happen in Alaska!

Do you know how the water gets to your tap?

Where does the water come from?

The I-Quad Song.

jaharr — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:44:07 +0000

I have my own song now! Earthlings are so generous. Mikayla, Abbey, Nellie and Katie in 5OF wrote and performed this song for me, I am honoured. Click here to listen and enjoy. iquadsong

Come back soon for more excitement from Alaska!

The River Has Cracked!

jaharr — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:05:49 +0000

When I arrived it was still trying to snow and the Kuskokwim River was frozen solid. Here you can see the river from the edge of town.

There used to be more town but the river washed it away about 25 years ago.On May 13 on the radio they announced the river has cracked enough to start moving. In the middle of winter, people use the river to drive cars and trucks to neighboring villages (just like the Ice Road on Discovery TV) Snow machines are used everywhere.

See the funny tall poles with “fur” and a ring on top located along the riverbank? What do you suppose they do?

You can see the progress of the rivers breaking up here
http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/where-is-breakup-finally/

and here you can watch the Arctic ice cap break up
http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/where-is-bethel-ice-pack/

Exploring Bethel.

jaharr — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:18 +0000

Well everyone, I have been very busy exploring the town. The fire station is next to City Hall. It looks a bit like the one in Horsham!

http://cityofbethel.org

I also dropped by one of the two primary schools, Kilbuck Elementary. The building also houses one of the two Yup’ik immersion schools. This looks very different to Horsham West PS doesn’t it? It is on stilts just like City Hall, I wonder why?

Kilbuck Elementary

Horsham West PS

Kilbuck is one the schools in the Lower Kuskokwim School District. http://lksd.org
LKSD has a virtual science program, http://learnscape.org/blog Check out the flash animation on this page for how rocks are formed it’s awesome!

More soon, keep in touch.

Alaska Here I Come!!

jaharr — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:14:42 +0000

Sad and happy news…..I’m leaving Horsham..but I’m going to Alaska!!

On my planet we can morph ourselves into a digital image via intergalactarian technology not yet available to Earthlings, and speedily travel from one country to another over the World Wide Web!

This is how I shall travel to Alaska and beyond.

I am looking forward to making new friends and learning how other people live.

I will post my journey up on my blog. Check my new page “My Suitcase” and see what I collect along the way.

I will make my formal goodbye soon.

I must now prepare for my journey.

Zooooom…….. Off I Go!

jaharr — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:48:49 +0000

Hey! I made a great little friend on the weekend! You can make him do tricks…click here to try for yourself. Send in a comment and tell me what you can make him do.

I have had an astronomical time here and made many new friends. It is time to travel through your troposphere and discover what else lies beyond Horsham.

Maybe you know of an exciting place that I could travel to?

If you have a friend or relative who lives in another part of Australia or even another country then write to me and tell me where I would go and what I might see and do.

My plan is to be sent from one location to another and I will post my exciting journey up on my blog for my Horsham West PS friends to see.

So kids….ask your friends and relatives if they would like me to visit them and write and tell me about it. I will let you know where I decide to go .So get writing NOW!

Name The Places Winners!

jaharr — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:45:50 +0000

Thankyou for helping me name the places in Horsham. With your help I have sent my holiday Pictures to my family! Click here to see the list of winners. Collect your Kids’ Capers free passes and runners-up can collect a free pen donated by Cartridge World.

Can you name these places??

jaharr — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:31:04 +0000

Greetings my earthly allies.

I have a new request for you!

I recently set off to explore your wonderful town of Horsham and I took photographs to email back to my family and friends. There is only one problem… My photos became mixed up and I don’t know the names of the places where the photos were taken.

I am hoping the students of Horsham West/Haven P.S can help me out.

Below you can see thumbnails of my photos, by clicking on each one you will be able to see a larger picture, can you tell me the number of each one and where it was taken?

The student who guesses the most locations in each group listed below will win a free pass to

K i d s C a p e r s

I Free Pass for Prep

2 Free Pass for Years 1 & 2

1 Free Pass for Years 3 & 4

1 Free pass for Years 5 & 6

Saturday 15th March will be your last chance for this round!

The new one will begin Monday 17th March.

There will be another chance next week with new pictures and 5 more free passes!

( I visited Kids Capers and went down their giant slide! Whoa!!)

Get Mum & Dad to help you!

Can You Name Me?

jaharr — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:56:04 +0000

Hello everyone,

I’m new around here so I hope that you can help me. I have come from a place in a far off universe to learn about Earth and I have decided to adopt Horsham West Haven P.S as my new home. I had a look around at the end of last year (you may have noticed me) and I thought you would be a very good group of earthlings to learn from.

My first request is for you to give me a name. The name that I have from my home planet doesn’t make any sense in your language, so I was wondering if HWPS students could think up a great new name for me.

It’s easy! Just think of something that you think will suit me, then click on the comment box. In the comment box, I would like you to write your first name only and your grade (remember, never give out your last name on the internet) and a couple of things about yourself. Then tell me what name you have chosen for me. I will read all the names and choose the one that I like the best!

Please only have one guess each.

In return for my new name, I will give that lucky person an HP Officejet Multi-Function printer/ fax/scanner and copier. Wow! How cool is that! It was donated by my special friends from Wimmera Office Equipment. Imagine all the awesome things you can do with it!