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In her nearly 40 years teaching kindergarten and first grade at Napaskiak’s Z.J. Williams Memorial School, Irene Wassillie has emphasized the importance of the Yugtun language in her classroom.
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The Bethel robotics team’s translation project connects people to the meaning of Yup’ik songs and dances, whether it’s their first time hearing the music or they grew up with yuraq.
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Decision will become a ‘hot-button legislative item’ in final weeks of session, lawmakers say.
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Bethel high school students walked out of classes on Thursday, April 4, joining students from around the state in protesting what they call “the Alaska Legislature’s failure to fund our schools.”
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On March 27, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a bill that promises to raise the internet speed at dozens of public schools, mostly in rural Alaska.
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Experts want to compile a glossary with Alaska Native words and phrases holding information that can help track climate change and other conditions.
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House and Senate leaders said lawmakers were prepared to call a joint session on March 18 to consider overriding the veto.
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Dunleavy has to sign or veto the bill by March 14 or it becomes law without his signature.
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Students from the district representing Bethel, Newtok, Tuntutuliak, and Quinhagak gathered in Bethel on Feb. 23 to present experiments at the annual science fair.
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Three members representing areas off the road system voted against a key procedural question, throwing the future of the bill into limbo.
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Lower Kuskokwim School District Board members voted on Feb. 13 to appoint Andrew Anderson to take over the superintendent position after the current superintendent, Kimberly Hankins, retires.
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Gladys Jung Elementary School student Kamerynn Foss won this year's LKSD Spelling Bee. Next, she'll aim for the state competition in March.