SCHOOLS

On May 29, the students presented their projects to about a dozen locals at the Unalaska Public Library, where they also took questions from the crowd. Alaska holds its statewide History Day contest entirely online, so the gathering was practice for the in-person judges they’ll soon face.

For this episode of Island Interviews, KUCB’s Sofia Stuart-Rasi sat down with Superintendent Kim Hanisch on Thursday to talk about state legislation that could reshape teacher recruitment and retirement, school facility upgrades, a new video surveillance system and more.

For this episode of "Island Interviews," KUCB's Sofia Stuart-Rasi sat down with Superintendent Kim Hanisch to discuss how the fall semester went, the district's budget and calendar planning process and improvements to the school meal program.

The Nikolski School on Umnak Island wrapped up its first school year on May 23, following a 15-year closure starting in 2009 due to low student enrollment.

KUCB’s Sofia Stuart-Rasi spoke with Event Coordinator Russel Laforteza about Multicultural Day’s origins and highlights from this year’s event.

Eighth-grader Natnicha “Michelle” Lord and sophomore Crina Bivol each created websites that earned first place in their age groups at the state contest, where judges selected 20 projects out of 60 to advance to nationals.

In this episode of “Island Interviews,” Superintendent Kim Hanisch talks about staffing updates, plans to potentially extend the third-grade school day and a new parent-teacher organization for the elementary school.

In this episode of "Island Interviews," Superintendent Kim Hanisch talks about a new union group in the district, staffing updates – including a new high school principal – as well as a potential increase in student meal prices.

Unalaska sixth grader Alexa Mendigorin won the school district’s annual spelling bee on Friday, correctly spelling “ambulatory” in the school auditorium before an audience of students and parents.

For the first time in over a decade, children in Nikolski are back in the classroom. The Nikolski school’s revival came through combined efforts of the Aleutian Region School District and the local tribal organization.