Education

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.