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Dena'ina and Yup'ik online language classes run through early February. Alutiiq classes ended earlier this month. The classes are 30 minutes, once a week and are open to anyone. People can also take song and dance classes.
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The Bristol Bay Career and Technical Education Program is still developing a fisheries pathway but didn't want to miss the latest state board meeting to change regulations in the Bristol Bay's fisheries.
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Bethel's Yup'ik immersion elementary school is named after the now-retired teacher because she was instrumental in starting it.
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There will soon be a switch-up of leaders at the Dillingham City School District. Starting Monday, middle-high school Principal Beth Dillman will begin work as the elementary school’s director of climate and culture. The current director, Megan McCambly, will become the middle-high school’s interim principal.
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The United Tribes of Bristol Bay is encouraging local communities to turn out in the 2022 midterm elections with a nonpartisan contest that will give cash prizes to schools and cultural programs.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Peltola spent Halloween in Dillingham meeting with local leaders in the run-up to next week’s midterm elections. They also spent some time giving advice to the next generation of leaders in Bristol Bay.
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All's well in Dillingham Elementary School's fifth grade classroom. But the students and their teacher had a bit of a fright at the start of the year, when the class pet snake escaped — twice. The experience has taught the students about reptiles and overcoming fear of the unknown.
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This week, the Anchorage School District announced that it is considering the closure of six elementary schools amid a projected $68 million budget shortfall.
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Incumbent Heather Savo is running for re-election to the only open school board seat alongside challenger Dianna Schollmeier.
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Candidate Dianna Schollmeier is up for the only open school board seat alongside incumbent Heather Savo.
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There was a lot of turnover in the Dillingham City School District last spring. The district hired 22 new staff members for this year — a quarter of the entire staff. But some of those teachers don’t leave school after classes end for the day.
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As school starts in classrooms across Bristol Bay, students are getting to work — each homework assignment, essay, and quiz a step toward earning their diplomas. Last year, a local principal made an unusual bet with a student to help motivate him to graduate.