Education

In a room 3 masked people stand facing a woman holding her right hand up.

Nome Public School’s Board of Education announced new projects at their October meeting.

After Oct. 5’s voting, the results of the Regional Educational Attendance area elections are in.

Kawerak published a language glossary which provides terms in research, science and policy in English, Inupiaq, St. Lawrence Island Yupik, and Yup’ik. The glossary is part of Kawerak’s ‘Knowledge Sovereignty and the Indigenization of Knowledge.’

Aerial view of Unalakleet. There is mountains in the distance with water in the forefront. Buildings line the coastline. It is winter and snow is covering the ground.

This year’s REAA election on Oct. 5 sees a race between five candidates for REAA II’s Bering Strait Section IV Seat H. Seat H is the only seat in Section IV up for election in 2021.

There are two candidates for seat C of the Bering Strait Regional Educational Attendance Area board: incumbent Winfred Olanna Jr. and newcomer Marcus Barr. Both men are from Brevig Mission.

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

The results of last year’s PEAKS Tests predominated Tuesday’s Nome Public School Board of Education meeting. Meghan Hayes presented on the data from last Spring’s test and she had news: The majority of Nome public school students tested below proficiency in both math and language arts.

A vintage, aerial view over Scammon Bay, Alaska, circa 1986

The Alaska Native Collaborative Hub for Research on Resilience and the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council partnered this month to host a webinar on suicide prevention among Alaska Native youth.

The Nome Cross Country team had a beautiful day for their home invitational meet Sept. 11. Dozens of Nomites took advantage of the weather and drove out to the Nome-Beltz Middle High School to cheer on the racers as they crossed the finish line.

To help combat the social drawbacks of isolation during the COVID-19 shutdowns, the Lower Yukon School District implemented a new program for academic year 2021-2022.

A collage of four images. A plane on the runway, a construction site, a physician holding a chart next to patient, and a ship on water.

Earlier this month Kawerak and the Northwestern Alaskan Career and Technical Center, or NACTEC, co-received a five-year grant. This grant will allow them to develop careers for tribal members in the Bering Strait Region.