Guest:

Marian Werth

Topic:

Marian Werth talks with Lindsay about how to make your homeschool journey your own. For the first time on the podcast, we hear from IDEA parents Julia Seavast, Michelle Spaulding and Alyssa Couturier about how each of them has created their own homeschool journey through IDEA! Marian leaves listeners with a good reminder! You are the captain of your own ship and to do what works best for you and your family!

Guest Biography:

Marian Werth is a special education teacher with IDEA serving families from the Kenai IDEA office. She has worked for IDEA for 15 years; first as a Contact Teacher before working with families homeschooling their children that receive special education services.  She’s lived on the Kenai Peninsula since moving from Wisconsin shortly after college graduation.  Marian has been involved in teaching public and private school, as well as homeschooling her own children for several years. Marian is happy to be working for IDEA, helping to provide an important educational option to families.

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FIRST LEGO League Alaska

IDEA’s FIRST LEGO League teams did exceptionally well all across Alaska this year! Not only have all of our FLL team members remained dedicated with weekly club meetups, team practices, and attending preliminary events–but IDEA Team “Storm Tech” earned the 1st Place Statewide Champion trophy at the FLL Open Championship held in Fairbanks on February 15, 2020.  In addition, they also won the Robot Game competition. Among this win, several of our other teams have earned multiple awards across the state at various competitive events throughout Alaska.

• Philosophers received 2nd Champions in Anchorage
• Fungi’s received Judges  “Judges Choice” in Anchorage
• Moose on the Loose received “Core Values” in Fairbanks

We are so proud of everyone’s amazing effort! Congratulations to all of our hard-working LEGO robotics teams! And, a BIG thank you to all of our coaches, parents, mentors, and volunteers of our LEGO community.

Storm Tech Team Roster:

Josiah Pipkin
Hannah Lewellyn
Colman Mullins
TJ Waggener
Levi Beck
Caleb Parsons
Veylen Threadgall

Our IDEA Teams did exceptionally well at this year’s Alaska Academic Decathlon 2020 statewide competition.

Congratulations to all of our hard-working students! We’d also like to pass along a huge thank you for the collaborative efforts from all of the dedicated parents, coaches, Alaska AcaDeca staff, and volunteers–without whom of which, this shared success would not be possible. Go Team IDEA!!!

IDEA Team 1

2nd Place Overall in Division 1 Schools

IDEA Team 2

4th Place Overall in Division 1 Schools

Individual IDEA Student Awards

We are beyond proud of each and every one of our students! We would like to recognize them all for this amazing achievement and their outstanding teamwork. Among our 19 IDEA Alaska AcaDeca 2020 team members, there were also 23 individual medals awarded as follows: