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Education

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

By Sophia Desalvo | January 12, 2021 | 0
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.

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

By Sophia Desalvo | November 25, 2020 | 2
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.

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Nome Public Schools Will Practice Distance-Learning Until January

By Emily Hofstaedter | November 19, 2020
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.

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

By Sophia Desalvo | November 18, 2020
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.

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

By Sophia Desalvo | November 9, 2020
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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Jill Peters Joins Nome School Board, First Inupiaq Language Class a Success

By Sophia Desalvo | October 21, 2020

During last week’s regular meeting, the Nome School Board swore in new board member Jill Peters and discussed the new Inupiaq Immersion Program led by Kiminaq (Maddy) Alvanna-Stimpfle.

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Virtual Cross Country Races Winding Down, BSSD & Nome-Beltz Sending Four to States

By Sophia Desalvo | October 5, 2020

The Bering Strait School District will be sending two male and two female high school runners to the state competition in Anchorage this coming Saturday, October 10th.

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City and Nome Public Schools Discuss Cost of Housing Project, Present Rough Timeline for Construction

By Sophia Desalvo | September 30, 2020

The City of Nome and Nome Public Schools are moving forward with a nearly $5.2 million project to provide housing for school district employees and police officers.

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Nome-Beltz Teacher Receives STEM Grant for Research Lab Kits, to Develop Young Scientists

By Sophia Desalvo | September 23, 2020
Silver Salmon Fry under microscope at Nome Elementary School.

Dr. Anthony Husemann, a full-time science teacher at NBHS, received $5000 in grant money to serve as a mentor for Nome students to be able to conduct science research independently, as well as to develop STEM projects.

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Nome School Board Requests Extra COVID Funding, Reviews Pool Maintenance

By Sophia Desalvo | September 16, 2020

In her report last week, Nome Public Schools (NPS) Superintendent Jamie Burgess discussed the district’s decision to request an additional $90,000 from the City of Nome.

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“Happy Birthday”, Western Alaska-Style

A vintage photo of an igloo on a field of snow and ice, with a pair of snowshoes and a handwritten sign that says “Happy Birthday from Nome.”

Listen to a few distinctively Western Alaska versions of the Happy Birthday” songs heard each day during Hotlines.

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