Hearthwood — Josh Cunningham graduated from Washington State University Vancouver in 2010 with a teaching degree. After looking more than a year for a local job, Cunningham accepted a teaching position in Marshall, Alaska, a community of around 400 people with no roads in or out. The nearest major town is 30 minutes away by air.
His 15 5th- and 6th-grade students are native Yup’ik and Inupiat children. Cunningham moved in August, and his wife and three children will join him as soon as their housing is completed.
What’s unique about teaching in a rural village in Alaska? If the moose are in town, you don’t have recess.
You can follow Cunningham’s adventures on his blog at http://joshuainmarshallak.blogspot.com.
