As students poured into school Tuesday morning in Haines, familiar faces and some new ones greeted them. 

Rachelle Galinski and Sarah Elliott are student-teaching from August until December. Elliott is working at the district under an emergency teaching license, while Galinski will be a long-term substitute teacher until she receives her certification in December. After that, she will transition to a full-time teaching role.

They’re among four new high school teachers, two middle school teachers…

Lizzy Hahn is a reporter and photographer from Nome. She has worked in newsrooms across Alaska including the Anchorage Daily News, Nome Nugget and UAF Sun Star.