ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Earlier this month, 12 middle school students from Hawai’i arrived in Anchorage to join 24 Alaska middle school students in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s weeklong Middle School Academy. The students from Hawai’i joined ANSEP from the Malama Honua and Ke Kula ‘o Samuel M. Kamakau Laboratory Public Charter Schools.This […]
Larry Nassar, the disgraced U.S. sports physician who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually abusing top American female gymnasts, was stabbed repeatedly in an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison, U.S. authorities reported Monday. Nassar, 59, who once worked for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, was stabbed Sunday in the […]
I Got It!, Bingo! — Pingua! Bingo-mi pingneq pingaktaaqa. – I like to win at bingo. “Pingua! I got it!” you might shout while reeling in a big salmon. However, this Alutiiq word is most commonly heard in Alutiiq language bingo games in classroom settings. Alutiiq students shout “pingua!” instead of “bingo!” when they fill […]
SITKA – Royal Caribbean Group announced its 2023 support of the Sitka Sound Science Center’s Scientists in the Schools (SIS) program, a partnership between local scientists and K-12 classrooms to engage students of every age in science and the ecosystems around them. SIS has operated in Sitka for the past two decades, providing students hands-on […]