Here are the Mushers we followed during the 2001 race. Click on a class name to read their letter to their Musher!

Musher	Class(es)
John Baker	Ms. MacMullen's 8-3 class
John Barron	Ms. Hauser's class
Anna Bondarenko	Ms. Hauser's class
Charlie Boulding	Ms. Chlebowski's class Ms. Galloway's class Ms. Gassner's 8-3 class
Ramey Brooks	Ms. Blair's class Ms. Christianson's class Ms. Gallagher's Table 1 students Ms. Galloway's class Ms. Pavlochik's class
Robert Bundtzen	Ms. Bockiaro's class
Martin Buser	Ms. Bockiaro's class Ms. Ingerson's class Ms. Katsikis's class Pleasant Hill Elementary Squad 4 Ms. D. Taylor's class Ms. Young's class Ms. Wells's class Ms. Reiche class
Susan Butcher	Ms. Hauser's class
Buck Church	Ms. McGreavey's 4th and 5th graders Mr. Rosenthal's class
Devan Currier	Ms. Fenton's class
Wayne Curtis	Ms. Blair's class Ms. Gallagher's Table 2 students
Cindy Gallea	Ms. Hauser's class
Paul Gebhardt	Ms. Galloway's class Ms. Johnson's 5th period class
Nils Hahn	Ms. Gassner's 8 - 6 class
Vern Halter	Ms. Blair's class Ms. Gallagher's Table 3 students Ms. Johnson's 8th period class Ms. Perkin's class Ms. Sandine's class Ms. Snodgrass's class
Gewn Holdmann	Mr. Lancellotta's Orange Team Ms. McGreavey's 4th and 5th graders
Dee Dee Jonrowe	Ms. Benesch's class Ms. Crider's class Ms. Gassner's 8-6 class Ms. Ramirez's class Ms. Seitler's class
Jeff King	Ms. Ackerman's class Ms. Blair's class Ms. Crow's class Ms. Ehrler's class Ms. Gallagher's Table 4 students Ms. Galloway's class Ms. Gassner's 8 - 6 class Ms. Gow's class Ms. Imboden's class Ms. Koziol's class Mr. Kramer's class Ms. Lindquist's class Ms. MacMullen's 8-2 class Pleasant Hill Elementary Squad 1 Ms. Rubin's class Ms. Roehm's class Ms. Roger's class Ms. Thomas's class
Chuck King	Ms. Ramirez's class
Sonny King	Ms. MacMullen's 8-1 class Ms. Water's class
Peryll Kyzer	Ms. Gassner's 8-3 class
Lance Mackey	Ms. Gallagher's Table 5 students Ms. Gassner's 8 - 6 class Ms. Shaw's class
Rick Mackey	Ms. Blair's class Ms. Roehm's class
Beth Manning	Ms. Johnson's 3rd period class Ms. Ladd's class
Bruce Maroney	Ms. Schefkind's class
Andy Moderow	Pleasant Hill Elementary Squad 3
Tim Osmar	Ms. Hauser's class Ms. Kuczynski's class
Karen Ramstead	Ms. Duncan-Moore's class Ms. Finkelstein's class Ms. Gassner's 8-6 class
Ryan Redington	Ms. Gassner's 8-3 class
Jerry Riley	Ms. Johnson's 2nd period class Ms. Roehm's class
Wally Robinson	Mr. LaFreniere's class
Jessica Royer	Ms. Kelley's class Ms. Messer's class Ms. Roehm's class Ms. Snodgrass's class
Palmer Sagoonick	Ms. Johnson's 1st period class Mr. Knoll's class
Danny Seavey	Ms. Galloway's class
Rick Swenson	Ms. Bertuca's class Ms. Bruner's class Ms. Ehrler's class Ms. Jarolin's class Ms. A. Johnson's class Ms. LaFreniere's class Ms. Lindsey's class Ms. Pappa's class Ms. Roehm's class Ms. Sand's class Ms. Smith's class Ms. Seager's class Ms. N. Smith's class Ms. D. Taylor's class Ms. Wood's class
Doug Swingley	Ms. Aguilar's class Ms. Bender's class Ms. Bertuca's class Ms. Boyle's class Mr. Cameron's class Ms. Christianson's class Ms. Crow's class Ms. DeCosta's class Ms. Dupont's class Ms. Dupont's class Ms. Ehrler's class Ms. Galloway's class Ms. Giroux's class Ms. Good's class Ms. Jarolin's class Ms. Jean's class Ms. Jobe's class Ms. A. Johnson's class Ms. P. Johnson's class Ms. Johnson's 7th period class Ms. Looney's class Ms. Lyon's 8 - 4 class Mr. Maurer's class Mr. Menjoulet's class Ms. Olson's class Mr. Petrarca's class Mr. Richter's class Ms. Robinson's class Ms. Roehm's class Ms. Seim's class Ms. L. Steven's class St. Maurice School's First Graders Ms. Uebelhor's class
Mike Williams	Ms. Bath's class
Aliy Zirkle	Ms. Bedell's class Ms. Galloway's class Ms. Gassner's 8 - 3 class Ms. C. Johnson's class Mr. Kramer's class Ms. Kuczynski's class Pleasant Hill Elementary Squad 2 Ms. Roehm's class Ms. Sveen's class

Here are the directions we followed:

1) Study the musher biographies online

2) Have your class select one musher you will follow throughout the race

3) Email your choice to Walter by Monday, February 26, 2001

4) Mushers and classes will be posted here before the start of the race!

Another great strategy some of us used:

Have each student select their own musher to follow within the classroom. This will promote more critical thinking as the race plays itself out. You would still have one main musher the entire class is following for the eIditarod project, but students would also have a vested interest in following a second musher individually. In this way, as you receive an email from the trail offering a problem solving task for your class musher, you can extend the experience by having students individually complete the task for their individual mushers too!