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Education

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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DHSS Says School-Age Children Can Be Stressed from COVID-19 Pandemic, Offers Ways to Cope at School

By Sophia Desalvo | September 15, 2020
Youth Leadership Retreat 2015, Unalakleet

In the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services’ press briefing, held on Sept. 4th, public health professionals discussed concrete solutions to help children cope in such a difficult context.

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Nome Council To Discuss Additional COVID-19 Relief for Schools

By Emily Hofstaedter | September 14, 2020
Double doors with a small placard reading "Council Chambers."

Nome Public Schools is hoping to get an additional $90,000 from the City of Nome to cover their COVID-19 expenses during tonight’s Nome City Council meeting.

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Bering Strait School District Reopens Majority of its Schools to Students

By Sophia Desalvo | September 14, 2020
Bering Strait School District School Board

After two weeks of distance learning, the BSSD is set to reopen its schools in a modified capacity today. Stebbins and Brevig Mission will not be reopening until September 21st.

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Nome Library Works Toward Pick-Up Service, Gets Titles in Online Catalogue

By Emily Hofstaedter | September 8, 2020
Richard Foster Building

The Kegoayah Kozga Library in Nome is working to get their catalogue online, so that patrons can browse the stacks digitally and select their titles from home.

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Nome Public Schools to Reopen Classrooms Next Week ‘In The Green’

By Sophia Desalvo | August 28, 2020
Exterior of Nome Elementary School, an off-white building with a smiling polar bear as its mascot.

Nome Public Schools announced this week that the district will be reopening schools to students on Monday, August 31st in the “GREEN” or “LOW” risk level.

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Students From Region Travel to Boarding & CTE Schools For School Year Amidst Pandemic

By Sophia Desalvo | August 28, 2020
North Slope Borough school district students will now be required to learn about their local government and history in order to graduate. Photo: frankjuarez, Flickr Creative Commons

Kusilvak Career Academy and Alaska Middle College School in Anchorage are both requiring students interested in attending to live on campus during the first semester, despite online-only learning.

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Nome Public Schools Navigating Federal Program for At-Home Internet Access

By Emily Hofstaedter | August 28, 2020

Every NPS student in the third grade and up has access to a school laptop or tablet that they can take home. But once they’re at home, many of those devices have nothing to connect to.

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Nome School Board Stands Behind Back-to-School Plan, Approves Campus Repairs

By Sophia Desalvo | August 17, 2020
Nome Beltz High School "den of the mighty nanooks"

All school days will be minimum days from August 25th to September 4th. The entire reopening plan outline, which was updated on the 11th, is listed on the Nome Public Schools’ website.

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KNOM’s Exchange: Three Superintendents From the Region Discuss Back to School

By Emily Hofstaedter | August 14, 2020
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Our regional school superintendents; Jamie Burgess, Gene Stone, and Bobby Bolen, joined KNOM this Friday [August, 14th] for a special hour-long episode of EXCHANGE.

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Join us in praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the Holy Rosary, and a prayer novena to St. Kateri Tekakwitha.

The daily 'Homily for the Homebound', by Fr. Ross Tozzi, can be heard here.

Click below to listen to a special prayer Novena for the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

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February 2021 Articles

“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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