Lower Kuskokwim School District

Students at Bethel Regional High School evacuated to a nearby building on Oct. 16 after a fire broke out in a girls’ bathroom near the gymnasium sometime that afternoon.

Education is increasingly reliant on the internet. And in rural communities, who gets to provide that internet to school districts is a million-dollar question.

Students at Bethel’s Yup’ik language immersion school attended classes in their own building for the first time ever today (September 11). The new building represents decades of local dedication and advocacy for Indigenous education.

Andrew “Hannibal” Anderson took the helm of the Lower Kuskokwim School District on July 1. He sat down with KYUK to talk about what drew him to the Kuskokwim Delta and what his priorities are for the region’s largest school district.

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.

The Lower Kuskokwim School District received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Education to enhance language proficiency for Alaska Native…