Mandy Summer Archives

Postcard: Students practice stewardship from the ground up at Sitka’s Pacific High

by Ryan Morse, for KCAW | Jan 17, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

"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 More

An industrial-scale greenhouse transforms Pacific High’s garden into a full-blown farm-to-table program

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 8, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated

What 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 More

It’s almost “thyme” for Pacific High’s annual plant sale

by KCAW News | May 2, 2023 | The Morning Interview

Students and staff at Pacific High School have been working hard to prepare for the school's annual plant sale, which will be held this weekend. Read More

With district cases at zero, parents and administrators voice support for covid precautions in Sitka schools

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Nov 3, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated

None of the hostility seen at local school board meetings across the country recently by anti-masking groups was apparent at the November 1 meeting of the Sitka School Board. With zero cases currently associated with the district, the tone was optimistic that mitigation measures were working, and that students were making up for time lost in the past year. Read More

Sitka’s alternative school graduates 5, with ‘courage’

by Erin Slomski-Pritz | Jun 1, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

Like other high schools across the country this time of year, Sitka’s alternative school, Pacific High, recently said goodbye to five seniors in a ceremony unlike your typical commencement. Read More