Pacific High School students graduate, celebrate during in-person ceremony
In a step toward the future (and a step toward normal), 10 Pacific High School seniors graduated Saturday afternoon in Sitka (5-15-21) in an in-person ceremony.
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In a step toward the future (and a step toward normal), 10 Pacific High School seniors graduated Saturday afternoon in Sitka (5-15-21) in an in-person ceremony.
Read MoreClosing Pacific High looks like it’s off the table as a cost-saving measure for the Sitka School District next year. Community Schools, however, is not. The Sitka School Board met this week (3-27-19) to look at ways to make ends meet next year.
Read MoreSitka Schools will receive $5.9 million from the city this year. The Assembly approved the funding during last night’s regular meeting. Members also approved the latest version of plans for Pacific High School's remodel.
Read MoreThe Sitka School Board Wednesday night (5-1-24) passed a budget for next year with the most sweeping jobs cut in recent memory. A total of 16 teaching positions are gone, with most unlikely to be restored – even after a pledge by the governor to sign a one-time boost in education funding in the next state operating budget.
Read MorePacific High garden coordinator Andrea Fraga and her students share their thoughts on the school's unique farm-to-table program.
Read More"Stewardship Day" at Pacific High means getting your hands dirty. Every fall, the school year opens with the 45 students harvesting the garden planted the previous spring.
Read MoreWhat started with a tiny garden plot at Sitka's Pacific High has blossomed into a full-fledged Farm-to-Table program managed by students and over 40 summer volunteers under the guidance of professional gardener Andrea Fraga.
Read MoreThe Sitka School Board once again has a full, elected membership. New members were sworn in Thursday night (10-19-23) and immediately began the search for a permanent superintendent.
Read MoreRetired administrator and former teacher Phil Burdick submitted paperwork (9-28-23) as a write-in for the October 3 municipal election. He joins fellow write-in Steve Morse, and candidate Tom Williams in the race for three open seats on the Sitka School Board.
Read MoreTom Williams is the only candidate to have filed for one of three open seats on the Sitka School Board. A former city administrator in Gustavus, Williams says he has the skills and the interest (his son is a district employee; his daughter-in-law a teacher) to "lend a hand."
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