Posted at 12:36 p.m., Friday, September 7, 2007
Kids, meet Surf Dog at Waialua Public Library
Advertiser Staff
Rex Dubiel will introduce Surf Dog to children from 10 to 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Waialua Public Library.Dubiel, a third-grade teacher at Hale'iwa Elementary School for 20 years, created the stuffed animal and took him on a cross-country train trip where he met dozens of people and reported his adventures on his Web site, www.surfdogsunsetbeach.com/.
Students were able to track his progress.
"The ultimate goal is to promote literacy, geography and kindness," Dubiel said. "Surf Dog never says anything unkind."
Dubiel said the dog fits well with her curriculum that takes students around the world in a year, studying culture, people and geography.
