Education
The Nome Board of Education continued discussion on what is being called “The Introductions Project” or “The Native Language Project” at last week’s work session. The effort is gaining momentum...
After a short summer hiatus, the Nome Board of Education reconvened last week to prepare for the upcoming school year.
District Superintendent Shawn Arnold started off the meeting by thanking Norton...
In their last meeting before a short summer break, members of the Nome School Board met to take care of a few items of business. Most notably, it looks as if Nome Public Schools will receive funding...
Thirty students from the Bering Strait region were honored before a packed house in the Old Saint Joe’s on Thursday, May 5 during the Northwest Campus’ 40th annual Commencement Ceremony. Each of the...
At last week’s work session of the Board of Education, Nome’s Hattie Keller shared highlights from a recent discussion on decolonization in education. As part of an effort led by the Inuit...
Although the state legislature is still in session, and could be for some time, the Nome Board of Education convened at a special meeting last Tuesday to approve the district’s budget for the 2016-...
The April 12 Nome School Board meeting was kicked off with the announcement of the newly-adopted Nome Public Schools Mission Statement: “Nome Public Schools in active partnership with families and...
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development cancelled the computerized Alaska Measures of Progress tests, AMP for short, after multiple internet connection disruptions last week. Alaska’...
At last week’s Nome Public Schools Board of Education work session, Superintendent Shawn Arnold shared what he called, “some good news in otherwise interesting financial times.” Arnold told board...
At their regular meeting last week, the Nome Board of Education recognized members of the Nome Referee Association with the Partner in Education award. “We’ve had a lot of changes with youth...