Kimberley Strong is running for the Sealaska Board as an independent candidate. “Sustainability of our traditional ways of living off the land is very important to me,” said Strong. “My vision for Sealaska is sustainable economic growth that creates employment and distribution opportunities for our shareholders.” Strong currently serves as tribal president of the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan, chairman of the board of Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, and is a board member for the Alaska Native Health Consortium and the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center. Other applicable experience includes serving on the boards of Klukwan Inc, Chatham Regional School District, and Inside Passage Electrical Cooperative.
Ramie Carlson, who is moving from teaching kindergarten to teaching fifth grade at the Haines Borough School, is now officially certified as a special education teacher and interventionist for grades preschool through twelfth grade. To receive the certification, Carlson has been taking classes since the summer of 2016 to fulfill the 24-credit hour requirement. In addition, she completed a 140-hour field experience practicum this spring. Carlson said learning about the special education identification process will allow her to better advocate for her students. “I learned a lot about facilitating successful academic and behavior interventions,” Carlson said. “It will be useful as I move into my new role in fifth grade.”
Kayleigh Fisher and Jackie Martin’s Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Match was closed this month as Fisher graduated from Haines High School. They were matched on October 15th, 2008. 
Valedictorian Marirose Evenden was a High School Big Sister through the BBBS School Based Program. Her match with 8 year old Taylor Hildre was closed in December of 2019 when Evenden finished her Haines High School classes. Although Big Brothers Big Sisters of Haines is inactive, there are currently eight local matches that resident Sarah Elliott supports as a remote Senior Match Support Specialist. She supports matches throughout the State for BBBS of Alaska, a position she has held since 2011. 
Three Haines Borough High School students have been recognized in the 37th Annual Statewide Creative Writing Contest sponsored by the Anchorage Daily News and the University of Alaska. Atlin Zahnow’s story, “Mama and Fairy” was recognized as the winner for high school fiction. Lydia Andriesen’s memoir, ^Karyn Rock^” was recognized as the winner for high school non-fiction and her story “Don’t Think” received an honorable mention in the fiction competition. Aurora Alten-Huber’s poem