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Nome School Board Approves Teacher Salary Increases, Revised Reading Lists

By admin | May 17, 2018 |

Nome Public Schools Board of Education President Barb Amarok, Treasurer Brandy Arrington, and members Nancy Mendenhall and Sandy Martinson (Photo: Gabe Colombo, KNOM, 2017)

The board approved a range of items at its last regular meeting of the school year, and they discussed the financial situation as the Legislature and City of Nome make funding decisions.

In Utqiagvik, Inupiaq Class Feeds (and Intensifies) the ‘Hunger’ to Learn

By Davis Hovey | June 2, 2017

Overlooking the Arctic Ocean in Utqiagvik (Barrow)

“This is what we need: we need our children, our future generations, to speak Inupiaq.”