City Council Weighs Increasing Deficit to Forestall More Cuts at Nome Schools
![City councilmen (background) listen to Superintendent Shawn Arnold and Nome school board members (foreground)](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_8536-1200x800.jpg)
There’s no easy path forward for the Nome City Council as it decides how much money to give to Nome Public Schools for the upcoming school year.
Nome Schools Fills Most Teacher Positions, Looks to Finalize Budget
![Nome Public Schools Board of Education President Barb Amarok, Treasurer Brandy Arrington, and members Nancy Mendenhall and Sandy Martinson (Photo: Gabe Colombo, KNOM, 2017)](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_7943-1200x800.jpg)
Nome Public Schools has filled about 75 percent of the 18 open teacher positions for next year. It’s still looking for a new superintendent, and finalizing the 2018–2019 budget.
Nome School Board Renews Principal Contracts, Faces Reduced Funding
![The Nome-Beltz Nanooks won the Nome Classic Invitational cross country meet this past weekend. Photo: Laura Kraegel, KNOM.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-09-15-untitled-003-2432px-1200x856.jpg)
The Nome Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved two-year contracts for its three principals at its regular meeting Tuesday, during which budget crunches were also a topic of discussion.
Nome Public Schools Pursues Accreditation; Board Talks Funding Challenges
![Student representative Donald Smith gives his report to the Nome Public Schools Board of Education at their November regular meeting (Gabe Colombo, KNOM, 2017)](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_8048-1200x800.jpg)
The district is beginning a two-year accreditation process, Superintendent Shawn Arnold announced at the Nome Board of Education’s regular meeting Tuesday night.
Nanooks Cross-Country Takes Top Spots at First Meet
![Nome-Beltz Jr/Sr High School](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-09-15-untitled-002-2432px-1200x814.jpg)
The Nome-Beltz High School team raced at the Elim Cross-Country Invitational on Friday, with first- and second-place finishes in both girls’ and boys’ high school categories.
For Nome Schools, New Standardized Test Here To Stay
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Scores are in from the first Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools (or PEAKS) assessment this spring. They show room for improvement at Nome Schools, but Superintendent Shawn Arnold is optimistic.
Profile: At Culture Camp, New Teachers Immerse in Region
![Educators new to Alaska try their hand at cutting fish during Cultural Camp for Educators.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CultureCamp-Fish-1200x900.jpg)
Educators new to Nome Public Schools and the Bering Strait School District recently got a hands-on introduction to the culture and tradition of the region at Cultural Camp for Educators.
Teaching Service
![Nome youth Jonathan Outwater sits behind a radio microphone in the studio with KNOM volunteer Karen Trop.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-06-13-spring-at-knom-studios-006-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
Part of KNOM’s mission is to bring inspiration and education to Western Alaska. Sometimes, the station’s volunteers get to do so in person. Second-year volunteer Karen Trop has felt “blessed,” she says, to be able to work with youth through her service at KNOM.
Volunteers, News Staff Earn Nods at 2017 Alaska Press Club Conference
![On KNOM's digital studio dedication day, volunteers Karen, Lauren, Tyler, and Davis are gathered in the KNOM lobby.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-10-01-ds-dedication-day-045-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
KNOM Radio Mission took home three awards and shared credit on a fourth at this weekend’s annual gathering of the Alaska Press Club.
Talking Inupiaq
![Inside KNOM studios, Josie Bourdon and Annie Conger record Inupiaq language lesson spots at KNOM with volunteer producer Lauren Frost.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017-02-09-static-misc-015-1200x800.jpg)
KNOM listeners are learning the Alaska Native language of Inupiaq, one phrase at a time, thanks to Nome elementary teachers Annie Conger and Josie Bourdon and producer Lauren Frost.