Personal News

[Kyle Schneider <kwschnei@xxxxxxx>]

Sorry to those of you who will be getting this more than once or  
aren't particularly interested, but I figured this was the best way  
of notifying everyone who might be.

This morning I signed a contract to teach high school math and social  
studies in the small, rural, Alaskan village of Shaktoolik.  (See  
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/3el6f5 to figure out where this is.)   
I start on August 6th.

It's is a dry (!!!), fly-in only village on Norton Sound with a  
population of about 250 people.  Approximately 50 of those people are  
enrolled in the school with a high school population of 24.  I'll be  
one of 3 high school teachers, the only single one with another 3  
teachers doing elementary and special education.

Yes, there is plumbing, no I won't be living in an igloo (for the  
first 4 months I will be living in an apartment above the school  
while they complete a duplex for me to live in).  I'm signing a  
contract for a year which will be extended next spring if both  
parties approve.

Before you ask, yes, they do pay very well (they have to as it's a  
dry town and the mercury hits -40F fairly often in the winter) and it  
will be an incredible adventure.  If you're interested in following  
along, bookmark the following sites and start checking them come August:

http://blog.aragirn.net
http://photos.kyleschneider.net
http://flickr.com/photos/aragirn

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Kyle Schneider
Social Sciences - Secondary Education
MTU Linux Users Group Vice President
MTU Photo Services Photographer
Student Org Webserver Admin