The Phrase of the Week “Yak’éi ixwsiteení!” (It is good to see you!) greeted students Monday morning at Klukwan school on their first day back. Twenty-three students from preschool through twelfth grade will be attending school this year, about 10 more than the beginning of last year. A new preschool through second grade teacher, Janice Byerlee, will […]
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Former Wrangell superintendent takes over in Klukwan
The Chatham School District has hired an interim superintendent for at least a six-month stint. Klukwan School will be overseen by Susan Sciabbarrasi, who served as the Wrangell School District superintendent for five years and retired in 2011. In 2012, she served a year as interim superintendent in Tanana. She previously worked as a teacher and […]
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Klukwan School loses principal after 3 years
The superintendent of Chatham School District, who also serves as Klukwan School principal, resigned last week. Superintendent Bernie Grieve announced his resignation, citing “personal reasons” for leaving, at a Chatham school board meeting April 11. He worked at the district for three years. Grieve said he accepted a position as superintendent for the Kuspuk School District in Aniak and […]
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Klukwan program aimed at youth jobs
Klukwan high school students are learning the basics of pre-employment skills and career exploration, hoping to snag a job this summer at local businesses. Margaret Sebens, interim program director for Southeast Alaska Independent Living, said SAIL and the state Division of Vocational Rehabilitation have teamed up to host a seven-week class and summer work program […]
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Klukwan students study insect science in Skagway
Nine students from the Klukwan School got their hands wet and their boots muddy as they did the work of professional entomologists Sept. 14 on a field trip to the Klondike Gold Rush Historic Park in Skagway. The students donned waders and collected and analyzed hundreds of organisms in water bodies for the Dragonfly Mercury Project. The […]
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Two new teachers for Haines, Klukwan schools
The Haines Borough School District and the Chatham School District each have hired two new teachers for the 2016-17 school year. Alex Van Wyhe is the new English teacher at Haines High School. It’s his first teaching job. Van Wyhe graduated in May from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a master’s degree in secondary education. He […]