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Quad Blogging Week 2!  Welcome students from Shorecrest Preparatory School,  Humphry-Davy School, and Brigantine Middle School! Please join Week 2 of our conversations!

In Week 1, Shorecrest Preparatory School stirred our imaginations as we reflected on reading and great books.

Now, miles apart, even continents apart — we are blank postcards to one another. To change that, let’s share information about our communities from our own perspectives and from the perspective of what would be important for a traveler to see. To add to the idea of place, you might want to share places have you visited or would you like to visit (real or imaginary). Then, we would have images in our mind to place on our virtual postcards about each of our communities. We can travel around like the Trickster Coyote, traveling from place to place, but our travels will be through our blogs.

So, here are a few questions and answers from our students:

1. What is great about your community?

Lamjo: I think the best thing about Nespelem are the pow-wows. If someone were driving through Nespelem on the 4th of July or on New Years they would be able to hear or see the music and the dancers dancing. A pow-wow is when Native Americans get together and celebrate something. Well in this case it’s a holiday. You could meet new people or see one of your friends that you haven’t seen more than a year.  [ Grand Entry -- Starting Dance ] [Junior Girls - Fancy Shawl Dance ] [ Jingle Dress ] [Junior Boys Grass Dance ] [Junior Boys Fancy Dance ] [ Hand Drum Contest ]

Vinick: It is the same ground where my great, great, great grandfather Chief Joseph lived.

Denwha: Whats so great about where I live? I live where there are trees. There are no other houses where I live. It’s just my house out in the middle of the field. There’s no cement around my house, only in the front of my house has cement. It’s a little sidewalk. When I go home I have nowhere to skateboard. So I have to walk all the way to the beginning of my drive way. (right to the edge of the highway)

Elbe: First of all, we have wide open space to go and explore with your family, friends, or cousins. Unlike cities we have yards and privacy so we are not that close together. Also, pretty much every one knows each other. Finally, you don’t have to drive over an hour to go fishing or hunting. Hunting and fishing areas are right down the road!

Loudy: Whats great about where I live, is here we have lots to do that most cities can’t. For example, kids could go out and ride dirt bikes on trails or up hills. We can also go fishing in our nearby lakes, and go hunting in the mountains.

Kimy: I think the great thing about where we live is there are wild animals when we go in the mountains to places to camp in the woods. I also like that we can ride four-wheelers outside. We are a small town with BIG mountains.

2. If someone were to be driving through your area for one day, what place(s) should they definitely visit and why?

Lamjo: If someone was coming through Nespelem they would have to come see Gold Lake. There’s a lot of thing’s you could do. Like go swimming, camping, and huckleberry picking.

Quill: If someone were to be driving through Nespelem, that person should definitely go to Buffalo Lake to cool off on a hot summer day. The water is refreshing; the trout are biting, and the tree swing is waiting.

Kimy: I would take a person that is not from here horseback riding up the hill from my house and then ride up to Buffalo Lake and swim them. I think they would like it and have fun. After that we would go over the hill and meet my friend on her horse.

Vinick: I would take them to the Columbia River view in the mountains; it is the most beautiful view in the area.

Rista: I would take visitors horseback riding up our mountain behind my house. There’s a little waterfall there that glistens in the scorching sun. It’s so pretty and noone knows where it is except us. I would also take them up to the top of the mountain and show them the whole town of Nespelem.

Loudy: If some visitors came by, I would take them 14 miles from here, from where I am at to the 3rd largest dam in the U.S., which is the Grand Coulee Dam. Then probably to Omak so they could watch the horse races that they have there, or down to our 4th Of July Grounds to watch Powwows and play Stick Games. [ Stick Games ]

3. If you could live or travel anywhere (real or imagined), where would that be and why? 

Kimy: If I could travel anywhere it would be to Disneyland. I liked it there. I liked the rides and it was great. We also went to Seaworld. We stayed across the street from Disneyland. My favorite ride was California Scream, that was at California Adventures. We also went shopping there. I got a lot of items for my family. I didn’t get me hardly anything. I had fun. I wish the Summer Tour can take us again.

Ryal: I would like to go to the Regular Show World because I can do what ever I want and see Mordecai and Rigby. But in real life I would want to go to Disney World. Finally I would want to go to the Moon or maybe even Mars!

Rista: I would want to live in a very special place. It’s called ATLANTIS! I want to live there because it sounds so beautiful. It’s a place underwater; you can see: plants, coral, fish, sharks, whales, dolphins, and mermaids.

Now, it’s your turn! We’ve shared a little about our community, and now would love to hear from you!

1. What is great about your community?

2. If someone were to be driving through your area for one day, what place(s) should they definitely visit and why?

3. If you could live or travel anywhere (real or imagined), where would that be and why?

And please ask us to clarify anything we have shared.  Please note that our student names are pseudonyms, code names used as part of our Internet Safety Guidelines (see left sidebar). So, let us travel to your community and snap a virtual postcard through the places and events you share.  Thank you!

Photo Credits:
Grand Coulee Dam: USBR public domain
All others: Sheri Edwards