Petersburg School District receives national recognition for school lunches
Petersburg’s school district received national recognition in March for bringing in more local flavor to its kitchens.
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Tag: Rae C. Stedman Elementary
Stedman principal Heather Conn wins statewide award
Last week the Alaska Association of Elementary School Principals announced that Petersburg’s Heather Conn is the National Distinguished Principal for 2024. Conn has been the principal of Rae C. Stedman Elementary since 2019. Before that she taught 4th grade and special education at the school.
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Petersburg School District counselors receive federal grant to keep programing afloat
The Petersburg School District just received approval for a $25,000 grant that will help keep its mental health counseling services afloat.
The funding comes from the Suicide Awareness Prevention Postvention, or “SAPP,” program, which is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Education.
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Petersburg counselors feeling spread thin, worried about anxiety levels among students
School counselors and mental health support staff in the Petersburg School District say they’re feeling spread thin as they fight for funding to keep their program afloat. They’re worried about elevated anxiety levels among their students that could worsen with proposed state laws.
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Sitka raptors visit Petersburg schools
Owlison the owl and Jake the hawk flew down from the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka to Petersburg. But they didn’t fly in on their own — they came on a seaplane with their human handlers. The Alaska Raptor Center treats and rehabilitates over 200 injured birds each year — but some can’t be returned to the wild. Some of these non-releasable birds get to join the Center’s “Raptors-in-Residence team,” where they help teach school kids about the natural history of raptors. Two of them visited Petersburg schools in March.
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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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Chess gains popularity at Petersburg elementary school
An after school chess club is gaining popularity at Petersburg’s grade school. According to the youngsters—who range from second to fifth grade–no age is too young to start playing the game.
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Petersburg School District to open a special education preschool
The new preschool school will be housed inside the Rae C. Stedman Elementary building. It will be free for special education students ages three to five but will also enroll other non-special ed students for a fee.
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