Miriam Trujillo

The final Nome Public School’s Board of Education meeting of the school year discussed graduation, past school trips and sports meets and future educational programs for students and teachers alike.

NOAA plans to debut the Oculus Coastal Glider summer 2022 to study the Bering Sea.

The FSB’s teleconference in April covered issues relevant to Units 22 and 23. Those topics included a decision to conserve Alaska hare in Units 22 and 23, a redefinition of Alaska hare, closures and rescinded closures in moose hunting, and a special action for musk ox permits.

Young sports team posing for photo with two large signs

Nome’s NYO season came to a close in April. The team participated in the first in-person state meet since 2019 in Anchorage, and a record-setting meet in Juneau.

2 Women wearing mask standing for a photo in the library. One is holding a book

A new reading program, a new response to COVID-19 and an old problem were the main topics at the April Nome Public School’s Board of Education meeting.

Ski team students lined ip outside in snow with coaches

Nome-Beltz Middle High School added a new varsity-level sport to its list. Before spring semester 2022, cross country skiing only existed at Nome-Beltz as a club sport. Now, it is a school-sponsored and funded sport: the Nome-Beltz Ski/Biathlon Team.

Nome-Beltz’s class of 2022 is sprucing up their school’s walls with a mural that highlights how far the new art class has come since it began three years ago.

A team of highschool basketball boys posing with medals and trophy in gym. Crowd is behind

The Nome-Beltz boys’ basketball team reign as state champions.

A pilot, passenger and dog sitting inside a bush plane

Fans following the 2022 Iditarod GPS tracker may have noticed a marker moving along the trail that was not a musher. Labeled simply as “teacher,” this marker showed the position of Jim Deprez, Iditarod 2022’s Teacher on the Trail.

The village of Diomede is seeing a complete overhaul in the coming months. Village leadership has undertaken eleven construction and renovation projects to increase the quality of life in Diomede.