As the summer winds down, Mt. Edgecumbe High School is gearing up to welcome some 420 students from across the state. The new superintendent, David Langford, said he's expecting the coming school year to be a mix of the old and the new. He was on...

The more than three dozen students at Sitka’s alternative high school, Pacific High, will spend the first week of school putting pieces in place for a successful year, before classes start Sept. 2. “That first week builds the relationships that...

Blatchley Middle School's principal says he's again looking forward to seeing the students coming back through the doors on the first day of school. “About this time of year, the thing that most staff and principals are looking forward to is,...

Sitka High is poised to start its school year on Wednesday by welcoming its largest class of freshmen in 15 years, with 92 enrolled so far. The strong influx of new students is good news, Principal Laura Rogers said, although it will come with...

Following the Legislature’s vote to override Gov. Dunleavy’s line-item veto of increased school funding almost two weeks ago, the Sitka School District expects to have $600,000 to $700,000 more than expected in its budget fund balance,...

Friday afternoon, Courtney Amundson became the third candidate to put her name in for the Sitka School Board in the upcoming municipal election. There are two open spots on the five-member board going into the October 7 election; the filing...

The annual drive for donations of locally caught seafood for school lunches will launch next week as the Fish to Schools program gets underway for the coming school year. A cooperative nonprofit program, Fish to Schools is organized by the Sitka...

Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program held its first middle school marine science career explorations camp in Sitka last week, in partnership with the Sitka Sound Science Center and the Alaska Ocean Observing System.  In an...

Students at Outer Coast’s summer seminar dove into their stint in Sitka with a weekend trip to an outlying cabin earlier this month, and now are engaged in service projects around town. At the same time they're studying in a writing class meant...

Sitka education advocates and elected officials said today they were disappointed but not particularly surprised by the governor’s vetoes Thursday, leaving the school district with a more than $400,000 budget gap for FY26. “This is the first time...

In a meet that boiled down to a single relay and a handful of other close events, Sitka High’s boys track and field team secured their second consecutive state championship, Saturday in Anchorage, overcoming Grace Christian by only three points in...

Senator Bert Stedman said a bill headed to the governor’s desk should make it easier for Mt. Edgecumbe High School to compete for much needed major maintenance projects. House Bill 174 passed the Senate unanimously on Tuesday, the last day of the...

Growing up in Sitka, Kobi Weiland saw the Coast Guard’s presence everywhere. He surfed with them, knew them as friends’ parents, saw their helicopters flying overhead in drills and rescue missions. Enrolling in the United States Coast Guard...

Sitka’s lawmakers say today’s veto override marks progress in securing a permanent funding increase, but say it still leaves uncertainty to school districts in setting their budgets for 2025-26 school year. “Hopefully as we work through our...

Eight seniors graduated from Pacific High School Saturday, May 17, as its 2025 graduating class.  The students entered the Naa Kahídi to “Pomp and Circumstance” and listened to speeches by Matt Groen and Phil Burdik.  Emma Thompson of...

Sitka’s state representative says she’s “optimistic” that the votes are there to override the expected veto on the Legislature’s per-pupil education funding increase. “The most important thing in the next couple of days is whether House Bill 57...

By Sentinel Staff Seventy-two Sitka High School seniors will enter the school gymnasium at 7 p.m. tonight to become the school’s 95th graduating class. Class members will take their place on the stage to ‘‘Pomp and Circumstance,’’ performed by...

Staffing reductions at Mt. Edgecumbe High School won’t cut as deep as initially anticipated by administrators, though the school is in the process of making cuts as the boarding school, which serves students from across Alaska, faces a seven-digit...