With the new Dimond Park Aquatic Center, Juneau is able to hold a swim-dive state championship for the first time.
Education
Education funding lawsuit: What if Ketchikan wins?
The Assembly has shown it’s serious about its effort to overturn what some local officials say is an unfair mandate requiring municipalities to fund a minimum level for local schools.
Juneau teachers win career & technical education awards
Four Juneau teachers and a community program partner have been recognized by the Alaska Association for Career and Technical Education as 2013 Outstanding Teachers.
Live from JDHS
Eleven students put together a live, 10-minute television newscast every week for their video production class. They shoot the video, write the scripts, and edit their stories.
Alaska’s First Lady Sandy Parnell and Dolly Parton
What do Dolly Parton, the Juneau Public Library, and Alaska’s First Lady Sandy Parnell have in common? Children’s Books, and lots of them. On Wednesday morning, library programs coordinator Beth Weigel and Mrs. Parnell read to an attentive group of kids at the downtown Library.
Foundation surprises DZ principal with $25,000 award
UPDATED: Principal of Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School Molly Yerkes was honored with the national Milken Family Foundation Educator Award this morning during an all school assembly.
Petersburg school district staffer arrested for possessing child porn
Tye Leif Petersen, 45, is being held in Juneau to await trial
Crimson Bears: Runners up and great sportsmen
The Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears earned the runner’s up trophy in the medium schools football championship this weekend.
How student attendance translates into state funding
Across Alaska, Friday was the last day in a four-week period where student attendance translates into school funding.
Toni Mallott wins prestigious AFN award
Juneau’s Toni Mallott is the AFN Citizen of the Year. Mallott was selected for the award because of her work in education as a public school elementary teacher and her work with students who speak English as a second language. She taught for more than 30 years in Anchorage, Juneau and Yakutat. Mallott received the…