Category: The CorvidEYE

CorvidEYE: MEHS students learn traditional crafts during Founder’s Week

by Enrique Pérez de la Rosa, KCAW | Feb 15, 2019 | Featured News, The CorvidEYE

Mount Edgecumbe High School students spent this week learning traditional crafts from great Native Alaska artists from across the state. They created drums, head dresses, bentwood visors learned to sing and dance Yupik songs. Read More

The CorvidEYE: Sitka Fire Department volunteers practice ice rescue on Swan Lake

by Katherine Rose | Jan 22, 2019 | The CorvidEYE

Last Sunday (1/20/19) volunteers from the Sitka Fire Department's dive team were spotted practicing surface ice rescues on partially frozen Swan Lake. Read More

Up and in!

by KCAW News | Jan 18, 2019 | The CorvidEYE

The 13th Annual Mt. Edgecumbe Invitational Basketball Tournament is underway in Sitka this weekend. A tournament for grown-ups, the event is a fundraiser for MEHS Athletics. Championship games tip-off beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 19 at the BJ McGillis Field House. Read More

In Sitka, Christmas comes but twice a year!

by KCAW News | Jan 7, 2019 | Syndicated, The CorvidEYE

The Feast of the Nativity (or "Russian Christmas," as it is commonly called) is celebrated throughout the Orthodox Church in America on January 7. But it's not as if Eastern and Western Christianity couldn't agree on the date to celebrate the Nativity. Much of Orthodox Christianity observes the Julian calendar, which is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. Read More

Aerial artistry

by KCAW News | Dec 17, 2018 | The CorvidEYE

The Sitka Cirque held its annual Winter Showcase on Saturday, December 15, 2018. The performance was held in conjunction with a Family Social featuring face painting, cookies, and mask decorating. The event was a fundraiser for Sitka Cirque's scholarship fund. Read More