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SCHOOLS IN ALASKA | DO SCHOOLS CLOSE WHEN IT IS COLD?| HOMESCHOOLING IN ALASKA| Somers In Alaska
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- Опубліковано 11 гру 2023
- Do schools close in Alaska ...when it is cold?
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The entire state of Minnesota now offers free breakfast and lunch for all school children regardless of income 🙏
Pretty sure it's the same in Wisconsin Free Breakfast and Lunchf or All Students What a huge difference it makes in their lives.
Most of ky does as well
Virginia as well
Salem, Oregon is the same.
In Salem, Oregon school closes for snow or ice on roads because we are not set up for buses to be chained up. The other reason is schools do not get federal funding if attendance is below a certain number so they would rather cancel school and tack a day on the end of the school year. With the risk of injury for the school district this is the safe plan.
When I worked in a school cafeteria, I ALWAYS checked lunch accounts every morning to make sure all kids were able to eat. I put out over $100 a month to ensure that no kid was hungry. 😊
God bless you! I remember as a child being hungry and the school staff could not have cared less. So happy people like you CARE! ❤️👍🏻
Such a blessing you are to those kids!
I totally wish people thought of hungry children like this everywhere! Amazing!!
Here in North Carolina, schools close if it even looks like snow. Buses aren't equipped with chains, and most southerners don't have enough experience driving in snow. Many blessings to the Somers family.
My mom used to drive my bus in the late 80's. We would be leaving school after it started snowing or sleeting. You're right, if they think it might snow, school closes.
@suzanneleonard5485 💯 facts!
I remember after living in other parts of the country and then we moved to SC, even if there snow ferries school was close where it was different in Nebraska or even in Delaware. Just a couple of years the city of Tucson had to shut down the whole city and even block all roads and bridges cause they are not equipped to handle anything that is freezing temp
I guess the location , too , I know NC roads can become icy or snowy .
Bert, Jessica, Audrey, Evelyn, Garrett and Olivia thanks for sharing your life with us. It brings a smile to my face watching your videos.
Thank you for paying for the kids lunches. Y'all are such a blessing to those kids and their families. I enjoy just being a part of this video watching y'all. It's a blessing to know y'all have love and a kind heart and just take care of so many families and people and just continue being servants of and for God. As always y'all are in my prayers continue doing God's work. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🛐🛐🛐🛐😇😇😇😇😇
Garrett could not be any cuter if he tried, his smile and sense of humor lights up the world.
My son is significantly impacted by autism. Special education is a joke here in Oregon. National news has recently picked up the story that basic reading, math and writing skill requirements are no longer needed for regular education students to graduate from hight school. If that is the case for regular education students, it really shines a light on the education that children with special needs can expect from the Oregon Department of Education. It's basically babysitting. We began a charter/homeschool program three years ago and our son is thriving. Parents-there are so many alternatives out there.
Oregon is a dumpster fire…. If you’ve heard of Athey creek church, they have an amazing home school program!
@@narrowpathfarm ❤👍❤
When education is devalued by state politicians, our future looks bad.
Another thoughtful and great vlog. Great helping families out with lunch. Audrey working? Yeah, I feel old...lol Garrett has been a big help during Vlogmas. He's a good, young man.
Your channel makes me so happy !!!! I love hearing about Alaska !!! I absolutely LOVE Winter and I pray for snow every year. I live in North Western Pennsylvania and we used to have snowy winters but not much anymore. I live about 90 miles north of Pittsburgh. Your family is adorable and I enjoy watching your kiddos growing and love how you share, not only your lives, but your generosity as well. God bless you all and I hope you have a Merry Christmas !!!!
Our town just did Chili dinner with all proceeds going to the school lunch period What a help
You two adults are an amazing testimont to the wonderful outcome of homeschooling. Two outstanding people.
That's wonderful you guys paying for the kid's school lunches❗👍🏻❤
Here in West Michigan we close schools during blizzards, below zero wind chill. But when I was school they hardly ever closed schools here. But I swear during the winter our granddaughter has a lot of snow days in January & Feb but we live in the country & they don’t like buses to run on our roads since we are the last to get snow plows. I grew up in the City so like I said they never closed schools I walked to school or my parents drove us
Here in Michigan all children kindergarten through high school all eat free now. So much nicer for all children.❤❤❤
do they do fundraisers or is it courtesy of the taxpayers?
You guys really do think of everything. Thank you for all you do for your community.
Please pray for the people effected by the tornado 🌪 in Tennessee. I'm very blessed that I am safe, but many people in Madison, Clarksville etc, are not as fortinate. It was very scary, and alot of people are hurting. Praying to find opportunities for random acts of kindness in my community
❤❤amen
Loved this VlogMas 😍 Our family started homeschooling this year & we love it!!! Homeschool in Alaska is such a blessing 💕
Bert,are you doing the cool factor,going outside in a tshirt no coat,no hat😂😅.Big hugs guys from Missouri 😊❤
Happy Tuesday, SOMERS. I hope you’re having a good day. It’s vlogmas day 12. Only 13 days away from Christmas. It’s crazy how time flies by fast. Tomorrow, it’s the halfway point on the road to Christmas. Vlogmas is getting much more joyful. I’m glad you SOMERS are staying safe during winter. I hope you SOMERS are having a good day. Happy holidays. Continue on your road on getting the gold play button.🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
G'day from Melbourne Australia Somers Family! As far as I know most schools here in Oz don't have cafeterias. Kids bring lunch boxes. Jessica I've been a fan for a while and today I noticed that Evelyn is growing up to be your twin! Beautiful children ... all of them.
YAY for Chess Club! I am a school nurse at a private Christian school in western NY, and I have been running the chess club for the last four years. You guys made me laugh when you mentioned chess clubs - of all things:) Thanks for your channel and for sharing your life in Alaska. Merry Christmas!
I work for a school district here in the Dallas area. Our kids get breakfast and lunch. We have grants so breakfast is free for all. Of course, low income can qualify for free or reduced lunches. Of course many children fall through the cracks and in our economy it's been difficult for so many. We are blessed with cmthe community that pays the debt. No money is exchanged. Our students have accounts. People can donate to student accounts. Children can "charge" their account so they always eat. I've put money on some accounts. We are blessed.
We use to homeschool through connections academy years ago. Kids liked it. They would have meet ups and go roller skating amusement park at the end of the school year. My son wrestled from 5 years old to second year of college. He still was on the local wrestling team when home schooled. They loved it and I got to spend more time with them plus I made healthier choices with lunches at home for them. 😊
Awesome. Here in the county I drive a school bus in. All kids get free breakfast and lunch.
My homeschooled kiddo was able to swim for the local high school. He was accepted into his top choice university and was recruited by their swim team.
That's stinkin Awesome ❤❤
I love VLOGMAS! I grew up in Connecticut- we had school with 2 foot snow drifts. In Georgia, school gets canceled if it’s icy out . We homeschooled, so we had flexibility.
You wouldn't want to drive on ice in Georgia LOL when it's a state that gets snow at most once, maybe twice a year you become to see why school just gets cancelled. The infrastucture isn't even set up for it to get that cold, they don't even sell snow tires let alone the tires not really meaning much for ice (esp in parts of Georgia that are mountainous, too. It doesn't even get cold enough in most of the state for kids to need very heavy coats routinely. So if the freak storm does happen, you betcha they close! You don't want out in the chaos that is Georgia In Snow.
In Yakutsk Russia you have to go to school up to about -50 degrees and many areas you have to walk a mile or 2 to catch a bus. Here in northern Illinois from the Wisconsin border you go till about -20 degrees which happens seldom. Thank you because of Christ we can have a giving spirit. Love to all of you this Christmas❤😂
I appreciate your comment!! love from Texas
Nice to know there’s another northern Illinois Happy People! About 45 minutes from the border…
I enjoy watching the Somers family blogs. I am so happy to see you & Garret stopping by the school you went too. What a generous act of kindness to pay for children’s lunches. 💕
Great job to the closer today! Love that one. Love the school information too! In Nevada all kids are on free lunch. Government pays it.
So nice of you doing the act of kindness ❤im sure that made a BIG difference at the school. Always look forward to your videos and happy holidays 🎄 love from Ohio
You guys are some of the nicest people to walk this earth
So this is the third, Alaska Apparel purchase. My wife loves loves the clothing. I cannot thank you enough ! Merry Christmas to you and your Family
Do something nice for the schools in Alaska so the future kids will have a good education do it for the children
Isn't that what they are doing
love the ideas you have for each day !
It is a blessing to my heart your helping with school lunches, here in Juneau the community posted how difficult it is to turn any child away from a hot lunch on a cold day.Our cold days are bad, not quite like yours but still,and then the cost is so high. So bless you ,bless you bless you and thank you! I walked to School in Anchorage in 66 in nylons and dress, no pants for girls then and frost bite got my thighs and knees, it was only 25 below but wind chill took it to 50 below. It wasn't that far but it was tooo far for me. It has become alot warmer since then,and clothing has come a long way . Thank you again for helping so many !
My daughter goes to a private school here in the city. Its a 15 minute drive for us everyday and its not bad! She gets IEP services with the public school which is just before hers. My son will attend that school next Fall. They go Preschool to the 8th Grade.
🥰That was another Beautiful thing to do for others!🙌🏼. Audrey is a hard worker!😁. Many continued Blessings!💖
Here in the UK things just fall apart at the mere hint of snow!!!
Good job ,Bert n Mr G!!
An old saying, still applies..." an Army runs on it's belly"!! Meaning : if ya don't eat , ya can't
Compete!!
Good job taking care of the little folks at
school!!
Keep up the great
" works"!!!
👍🐺🎅🦊👍!!!
I am blessed that the city i live in all 5 schools gets free meal's breakfast lunch and a snack before they go home ❤
Here in Tennessee the schools will all close if the national weather service says it's going to snow, less much looks like it might snow, and if the temperature gets down to the 20s the schools will send the children home
You are such an amazing family!!! So nice what you guys did for the school. It feels so good to pay it forward❤❤❤
We live in Ohio and I homes hooked when my dad had a heart attack and I had to move in with him and take care of him. Then when he recovered and my 3 boys and I could go back home I just continued! I put them in our towns soccer program and my youngest was in 4h. He showed market goats, market hogs, pygmy goats, fancy chickens, fancy rabbits, ducks and even a turkey once. Then he did rifle, shotgun and archery. He took State in archery 4 years! So he was socialized!
I love Vlogmas & the way you open your hearts. 💜
hearing you talking about the kids out in the playground at 20 below and i recalled being in Greece with my baby grandaughter and being told off for sitting out with her in the evening when it was 20 C with a slight breeze . By the Greek waitress . she thought it was too cold . I am a Brit BTW 🤣
I homeschooled our children. (Our kids are in their 40s) There are so many options today for homeschoolers.
Thank you for making sure the children don't go hungry at school. God bless you and your family 😊
Nice to see lovely Olivia at Christmas time❤
You all are such a blessing!! Thank you for all you do for others.God Bless you!!
Love you guys. Your family is a blessing.
🎉CONGRATS ON 250,000+ Happy Peoples!!! You guys rock!! Love you from Ohio!❤❤❤🙏🙏😘
I love watching your channel it's always heart warming and informative. Love vlogmas ❤
What an absolutely wonderful thing for you to do! Thank you!!!!-
🇨🇦 schools shut down at -45c which is around -49f. We have snow days but that's for buses. If you can make it even in ice, normally classes as usual but fewer in class.
Glad you could help the kids. Often in the past, that debt was expected to be paid off and eventually the school wouldn't feed the child more than a roll.
There is a large gap in the qualification for reduced fees and those that can afford a box lunch or meal. Those children slip through that gap in many communities.
We sponsored a few kids after talking to the principal. The lunchroom always knows the families that are struggling.
It's worth fewer Starbucks.
Thanks for sharing 🎄
Thanks you guy's are a blessing.
Your children are absolutely precious💗💗💗💗💗
Thank y’all for sharing about how the weather and school works . Very helpful!! God bless! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
Great contribution to your area; thanks for sharing! You’re doing awesome with all your endeavours & your family🤗💕🇨🇦
We have kids here in Michigan that think they’re cool here too, no coats or in shorts in winter! 🥶 We’re still waiting on snow, ⛄️ we have none. Thank you again for doing your daily act of kindness! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Loved all the information on schooling in Alaska. Paying for school lunches was a great idea.
I taught for 35 years--grades 1-9, College snd Iniversity. Loved it all!!! 🥰❤️🎶🙏🇨🇦
Thanks for all you do for others! God bless!
Wonderful random act of kindness. Thank you. ❤
Absolutely love your vlogmas videos. It inspired me to reach out more and spread kindness. ❤ love to hear about thr school leftovers being distributed other places. Our local school corporations throw it out. This hurts me so much especially when there are so many hungry people.
I went to North Pole High school! I love your vlogs it brings me back home ❤️❤️❤️ I’ve lived in Washington for 13 years now, and I’ve only been back to Visit a few times.
This is absolutely one of my favorite random acts of kindness you participated in! Excellent episode!
I’m totally reliving growing up in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Schools “closed” at -40c which is -40f. In quotes because the schools remained open in case someone didn’t get the message and went to the school. Without the doors open it would be bad so “closed”. Funnier is the cool dressing teens. Was soooo spot on. I would freeze in jeans, and “bommer” jacket and definitely no gloves/mits, scarf or hat. Hahaha. We didn’t have a lunch program in our schools. I got frostbite walking home for lunch one day on my ears, toes and fingers. Worst pain. Thanks for the memories 😊
Near our area in Pa. A lot of parents have chose to home school because of what they found out what is and isn't being taught at school.
Best vlogmas to date love love love it!!! I cant wait to get my Alaskan apparel stuff this weekend 🤗 also our schools in TN definitely close due to weather 🙃
WONDERFUL FAMILY: LOVE ❤️ YOU ALL- SO ADORABLE 🥰 HAPPY HOLIDAYS 🎄LOVE FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 🤠🥰❤️
lovely accent like mine, thank you for including everyone in your videos.
Some of us come from far away to be an asset to this great country and not a burden.
God bless America❤.
Thank you Bert,Jessica Somers family for sharing your life with me I’m grateful for sharing about Supporting the school to help children getting lunches
you guys are such beautiful souls, Happy Holidays to you all from Australia
That was the best at of random kindness by paying off school lunches…..Thank You guys for doing ALL YOUR RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS!!!!!
In Australia we have always had the opposite problem. When I was growing up if the temperature reached 100, we were sent home. Not really an issue now as everything is air conditioned.
If I had extra money, this would be a good idea. SOMERS ROCK ALL SEASONS.
In some schools, if you don't have money to pay, and you have gone long enough without getting more money in your account, they give you a cheese sandwich, barely enough fuel for learning the rest of the day. Your local school's program is actually very generous.
Your family is amazing!❤
God bless you all for all that you do. Merry Christmas to your wonderful family
I love the beginning of each video😊
I really love to see your videos, merry Christmas to you All.🎄🙏
My kids school has a “snack bin” if you finish your lunch but are still hungry you can ask for something from there, in the past it was bars but now they have yogurt and fruit also. We can give money towards that though our online portal!
I sent one and have your address in my address book!! I remember in grade school having discounted/free when in grade school. I LOVED the pizza at school! Reminds me of schools in MT and ND! Busses would run, but sometimes it would be a late run or not run at all, but City kids would have to go. I rode the bus for a few years and one day during one school year, busses weren't running and I couldn't get in either and I lived along the main road between town I lived in and the next town. We couldn't get out of our driveway, but a neighbor (if I remember right) came and plowed our yard and I was able to get into town later to make it to choir practice for church.
You guys definitely make Alaska life easy :). We are cruising to Alaska in late October. Can’t wait! Merry Christmas! 🎄
This is something I never thought of doing but it seems like great idea.
Yall are amazing people merry Christmas 🎅
I’m a lunch lady here in Michigan. Our governor passed a bill this year that all public schools have free breakfast and lunch. When I first started it was Covid so it was free then too. Last year was pay for your meal. They were allowed to go a certain amount in debt. I work at the high school and it was $15. Less for the younger grades because they have less options and it cost less. If they were at the $15 mark they could get a cold sandwich, fruit and milk. In my option, we are making these kids go to school, they should be fed. Everywhere always.
You guys make my day!
Here in my area in Ontario, Canada, breakfast programmes are free and no one is turned away. 🥰🙏❤️🎶🇨🇦
Great information on the school topic!!!
Hi from Norway!🇳🇴 School's don't close here....snow no problem, cold, not an issue 😂 The school bus might have a problem on the back roads. I have never experienced that the school closed before i was an exchange student in the US😅 SO.....the only thing that closed school's in Norway, was a global pandemic 😷
It's public school's in Norway, not to many private and definitely not many homeschooling.....
Marry Christmas 🎄
Hello from Arizona! ❤🙏God Bless your lovely family.
We are blessed here in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, we have free breakfast and lunch for all students!! It really helps!! Blessings to all during this holiday season!!! What is an address we send you a message??? Wonderful I found your address!!
I can support Bert. We're in Wasilla, we met our daughter's family for our grandson's birthday. Their middle and middle school son wore shorts and it's been hovering around 0 to 10° here. So I have seen the nonbundle folks, not just kids too. My husband who grew up in Anchorage, he doesn't wear a jacket to Walmart, he wears shorts and a t-shirt. I moved here from So. Cal 2 years ago, I super bundle, and I found you to find out what it's like here. Absolutely love it here! And Merry Christmas!❤🎉😊
Merry christmas, Have a wonderful Day.
Happy holidays 😊😊❤❤
I grew up in a tiny town in North Central Montana. Our school was always the hold out when others were shutting down. Never because of cold temps, typically only closed if a hard snowstorm knocked out electricity. Even then, the "in town" kids would have to go for half a day, while anyone else that rode the bus could stay home. I was only 2 blocks from the school so I never got to stay home 😂
Love it! 💚❤
It’s was interesting listening to you speak about Alaskan schools. Our son was a senior when Covid struck and his school closed for the remainder of the school year and we turned to remote learning. graduation was held outdoors with students walking across a stage getting their diplomas. We had to go in front of the stage driving by in our car. Our planned graduation party had to be cancelled at the town park. That was in NY in ‘20. We moved to Florida 7/20 and he started some online college courses. I do know Florida schools close for hurricane warnings. Other than that, nothing. Strange seeing school buses with AC and tinted windows 🤣. Thanks for sharing and continuing your acts of kindness this holiday season. Good night from 70 degree Florida😊