It was such a wondrous sunrise this morning. All the worries and anxiety dessepated when I saw the bright orange sunrise alongside our tundra horizon. SBA testing week is this week. I have been anxious for this day, wondering if our students are ready. Did they learn what is expected from the state? When I look over at the grade level expectations I see that they aren't complicated at all. Teaching our language and trying to make it fit in grade level expectations is a lot of work. Trying to translate, re-type and transcribe takes time but worth the effort. 99% of my class speak English first. Only one child has the Yupik first language. Sometimes if feel bad for the students when they don't know their own Native tongue. I hope I am teaching them as much, to say that they can understand and write the language in hopes to keep our language alive. It's not that I'm doubting myself it's just that I wish Yupik parents can speak more Yupik at home instead of talking English. It would greatly help in school.