Mt. Edgecumbe High School celebrated Gil Truitt Day on Tuesday and honored the Tlingit elder and local historian with a plaque dedication and tribute.
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Sitka looks to rename Baranof Elementary School after Native educator
The Sitka School Board recently decided to send the question of the name change to the Sitka Tribe, in hopes of identifying a “significant local cultural educator.”
On a quiet Alaska Day, Sitka’s Indigenous voices rise on Castle Hill for reconciliation
Since 2017, a growing group of Sitkans has held a mourning ceremony on Alaska Day at the bottom of Castle Hill while the transfer ceremony takes place at the top.
Test results point to achievement gaps among Sitka’s students
Sitka’s school district is performing above the state average based on the latest test scores — but the numbers are not necessarily something to brag about. Instead, Sitka’s educators hope the new test results help them focus their efforts on under-performing populations in the schools.
100-plus Sitkans attend candlelight vigil for Charlottesville
President Donald Trump said the white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, weren’t solely to blame for the violence there. As he did this weekend, Trump suggested the left-wing counter-demonstrators also were culpable. “You had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also…