Petersburg High School track star to be inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame
Petersburg High School graduate Izabelle Ith is one of eleven Alaskans to be inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame of 2023.
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Tag: Education
Petersburg Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter addresses Petersburg School District staffing challenges
Governor Mike Dunleavy announced two education bills on March 7th — one of which is a school staffing incentive that will provide full-time teachers a cash payment each July for a period of three years. Before the Petersburg School District’s March board meeting, Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter said that staffing shortages are high on the board’s list of concerns.
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Petersburg School Board braces for budget deficit
Petersburg’s School Board met to address a near-million dollar deficit in the upcoming fiscal-year budget. The board is building a budget for next year. And to keep up regular programming, they’ll need up to a million dollars to cover the shortfall from the last fiscal year.
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Fourth grader Kade Norheim wins Petersburg School District Spelling Bee
Petersburg Elementary School students gathered onstage in the final week of February to compete in the annual Spelling Bee. Fourth grader Kade Norheim won the Bee, and fifth grader Rebel McGrath took second place.
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Rebecca Himschoot starts legislative session as State House Representative
Long-time Sitka teacher Rebecca Himschoot recently became a freshman in the Alaska Legislature as the District 2 House representative. District Two includes Petersburg, Sitka, Yakutat, Craig, Hoonah, Kake, and much of Southeast Alaska. Himschoot is an independent and replaced Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, who held the position for ten years as a Democrat.
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Petersburg Schools concerned about student absences
There’s no question about it: Travel is back. As the pandemic fades, Americans are going on business trips, flying to conferences, and going on vacation. In Southeast Alaska, families routinely fly out of town for sports or doctor visits — or just to visit somewhere less cold and rainy. But, a surge in travel has Petersburg’s teachers and administrators worried that students are falling behind.
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Petersburg Firefighters visit classrooms for “Learn Not to Burn” Fire Safety Week
All the kindergarteners in Erin Willis’s class are sitting criss-cross apple sauce on the carpet. Today, three firefighters are joining the class to talk about fire safety. Bjorn Stolpe starts putting on his fire-fighting uniform, piece by piece.
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