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Napaskiak student artist Kristen Maxie works across many mediums, including photography. The Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD) is...

<p>The Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD) is in the process of converting its previous district wide Yugtun language assessment into a fully online assessment called the Yugtun Piciryaranek Qaneryaranek-lluCuqyun (YQPC) that will provide new capabilities for using data to drive curriculum revision and improve instructional practices. This project, named Calillguteluta “Working Together”, is funded through&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublo

<p>The Our Alaskan Schools Blog turns four this month! In 2022, we presented 21 stories from classrooms, schools, and communities around the state. It was a dynamic year of transition across the state, as educators shifted from a pandemic stance to new stances infused with all we’ve learned from the challenge of the past few&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2023/01/26/year-four/">Continue Reading &#8216;Year Four for the Our Alaskan Sc

The Our Alaskan Schools Blog turns four this month! In 2022, we presented 21 stories from classrooms, schools, and communities around the...

Principal Milt Hooton and DES students This year, Delta Elementary School (DES) in Delta Junction, Alaska was honored as a National Blue...

<p>This year, Delta Elementary School (DES) in Delta Junction, Alaska was honored as a National Blue Ribbon School for the second time. This was a very special honor for us because of the effort we put in over the last few years to not allow our school to simply survive the challenges the pandemic presented,&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2023/01/06/delta-elementary-school/">Continue Reading &#8216;Delta Elementary School Honored for

<p>&#8220;We come to school every day to learn, take responsibility for our actions and treat everyone with love, kindness, and respect.” Denali Elementary was recently named ESEA Distinguished School for 2022-23 and we are so excited about it!  We have 300 students preK through 5th grade &amp; are located in Fairbanks, the 2nd largest city&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2022/12/22/denali-elementary-named-2022-23-esea-distinguished-s

“We come to school every day to learn, take responsibility for our actions and treat everyone with love, kindness, and respect.” Denali...

<p>At the recent 2022 CSEdCon Global CS Education Conference, the Alaska Staff Development Network (ASDN) accepted an award for ‘overcoming the odds’ from Code.org, the international leader in computer science education. ASDN is a division of the education non-profit Alaska Council of School Administrators (ACSA). For the past four years, ASDN has served as the&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2022/12/01/asdn-celebrates-code-org-award/

Cheryl Bobo accepts the ‘Overcoming the Odds’ Code.org award on behalf of the ASDN/ACSA. At the recent 2022 CSEdCon Global CS Education...

<p>I made my first qaspeq when I was around 10 or 11 years old with my sister/cousin/aunt. And then I didn’t pick up sewing a qaspeq again until I was in college in my mid-20s. As a kid I would watch my auntie sew qaspeqs and would just be in awe of her beautiful creations.&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2022/11/22/qaspeq/">Continue Reading &#8216;Passing On Knowledge and Wisdom Through the Qaspeq&#8217; by Sew Yupik&#8217;s Nikki Co

Nikki Corbett, known by many as Sew Yupik, is an artist and educator who specializes in qaspeq design and sewing. I made my first qaspeq...

Nova Picks a Fish graphic by Rain Van Den Berg, based on photo by Robyn Chaney. Cold Water Safety and Set Netting Unit. As high school...

Student participants and Athabascan songster Yuxgitsiy George Holly developing songs for the JAMM resilience project. Juneau Alaska Music...

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, 4th and 5th grade artists at Fronteras Spanish Immersion Charter School in Wasilla, AK created a...

Blending cultural studies, education curriculum, and summer camp may seem difficult. However, the team at Kuspuk School District has...

From showing the positive outcomes of inclusion to preserving cultural traditions for future generations, or simply lending a hand to...

In the Spring of 2020 my students stopped coming to school. The Kenai Peninsula extended Spring Break while my colleagues and I scrambled...

This spring, Alaska’s Heart Through Student Art, the statewide celebration and auction of student art from all 54 school districts, made...

In my work as the Elementary Visual Art Specialist for the Juneau School District I have for years puzzled about art being an avenue for...