Iditarod 2021: Teacher on the Trail

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March 7, 2021

Jim Deprez is the 2021 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail. The Massachusetts native is a teacher at Ridgewood Elementary School, in Hilliard, Ohio.

2021 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail

Deprez, who attended college in Ohio, has also taught in North Carolina. He has taught grades 2 and 5 as well as his current grade, 3. He has taught his students about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race everywhere he has worked. Activities in which he has encouraged his students include designing their own miniature sleds. He also counts among his experiences being a volunteer at the race itself.

Since his selection in July 2020, Deprez has been periodically instructing students about the race and how they can use it to also study geography, math, and meteorology.

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The Teacher on the Trail program began in 1998, with a fund-raising effort by Andrea Aufder Heyde.

The race began in 1973.

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