Meet the Teams at Mears

Team Echo

Eighth Grade

Echo glacier is located 32 miles north of Juneau.

Team color: HOT PINK

Deanna James - Language Arts

Kehle Middleton - Math

Ben Armentrout - Science

Nick Middleton - Social Studies

Teresa Harrison - Counselor

Team Surprise 

Seventh Grade

Surprise glacier is located 17.6 miles from Whittier.

Team color: BLUE

Lisa Peckham - Language Arts

Lauren Hundrup - Math

Joanna Hubbard - Science

Holly Roberts - Social Studies

Peg Redding - Counselor

Kim Caetano - Collaborator

Team Taku

Taku glacier is 22 miles north, northeast of Juneau.

 Team color: TEAL

Kari Sharp - Life Skills teacher

Christine Kurth - Teaching Assistant

Jenn O'Neil - Teaching Assistant

Team Muir

Eighth Grade

Muir glacier is located in Glacier Bay National Park.

Team color: YELLOW

Mia Daniel - Language Arts

Grapes Pascual - Math

Stephen Peterson - Science

Chris Buchanan - Social Studies

Kodi Oakes - Collaborator

Teresa Harrison - Counselor

Team Blackstone

Seventh Grade

Blackstone glacier is located 3 miles from Whittier.

Team color: JADE

Romelyn Taray - Language Arts

Roxanne Demoss - Math

Holly Barclay - Social Studies

Elizabeth Gustafson - Science

Kay Schuster - Collaborator

Peg Redding - Counselor

Team Deadman

Deadman glacier is located on the Kenai Peninsula near Portage.

Team color: CAMO

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Dennis Sorenson - Physical Education

Jason MacDonald - Physical Education & Health

Kaitlin Mason - Physical Education

Team Raven

Seventh & Eighth Grade

Raven glacier is located near Girdwood. You can get to Raven glacier from the Crow Pass Trail.

Team color: BLACK

Matthew Bennice - Language Arts

Dwane Anderson- Science

October Davis - Social Studies

Tara Bivins - Math

Teresa Harrison - Counselor 8th

Peg Redding - Counselor 7th

Team Explorer

Explorer glacier is approximately 2 miles from the Begich Boggs Visitor Center in Portage.

Team color: TIE DYE

ELECTIVES

Kat Crumm - Art

Tyler Beardsley - Principles of Design and Modeling

Joshua Perry - Computer Tech/Video Production

Cari McCubrey - Choir

Matthew O'Connor - Orchestra

Jason Edwards - Band & Jazz Band

Leslie Hannam - Health

Team Harvard

Harvard glacier is 40.3 miles northwest of Valdez.

WORLD LANGUAGES

Hiromi Chambers - Japanese

Kiyoko Loer - Japanese

Deb Abshier - Spanish