Education

The Nome Board of Education interviewed and swore in its newest member at its special meeting on July 19th. Bob Metcalf filled a vacancy left by Jill Peters, who retired in April.

The Denali Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Kawerak Inc.’s Backhaul Alaska program with a three million dollar grant.

On July 1st, the Kegoayah Kozga Library in Nome will reopen to the public, after a year of providing digital books and other services online.

Children sitting in chairs spaced out wearing masks.

This year’s Yup’ik Statewide Spelling Bee for Beginners included Iñupiat spellers for the first time. Fourth grader Kopeck Kaitlyn Alston from Brevig Mission earned first place.

Improvement projects for the Nome-Beltz gym were some of the main beneficiaries of the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation’s 2020 year-end Community Benefits Share.

Nome Beltz High School "den of the mighty nanooks"

Following the winter holidays, Nome Public Schools and the Bering Strait School District are returning to in-person instruction, while the Lower Yukon School District will proceed with a distance-learning model.

Nome board members sitting at desks inside of a room

In the most recent Nome School Board meeting on November 10, 2020, board members approved the audit report for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, as well as the Board’s priorities for the current school year.

Exterior of Nome Elementary School, an off-white building with a smiling polar bear as its mascot.

Starting Monday, Nome Public Schools will be going into the “RED” phase for the rest of the semester. That means there will be no in-person classes for students in Nome until at least late January.

Young children sitting in a circle in a classroom

Students in Savoonga returned to Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial School in-person Monday after several weeks of being in the “RED” zone.

Small Alaska village on a cloudy summer day, with waterfront and fishing boats in foreground

Hooper Bay Charter School’s mission is to provide culturally relevant education through a unique, place-based science curriculum.

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Bob Metcalf Becomes Nome Board of Education’s Newest Member

Kawerak Earns Three Year Grant For Backhaul Alaska Program

Kegoayah Kozga Library Reopens July 1st

2021 Statewide Yup’ik Spelling Bee Included Iñupiat Spellers for the First Time

New Concessions Stand for Nome-Beltz Gets a Boost from NSEDC Funds

Nome Public Schools and Bering Strait School District Go to In-Person Instruction, Lower Yukon Still in “RED”

Nome Public Schools’ Board Meeting Outlines Board Priorities for Current School Year

Nome Public Schools Will Practice Distance-Learning Until January

Savoonga School Reopened to In-Person Learning After Weeks of Being in the “RED”

Newly Opened Hooper Bay Charter School to Receive $500,000 in Grant Funds