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.
Despite Statewide Teacher Shortage, Nome Schools Start Year Strong
![Marjorie Tahbone, the vice chair of Inuusiq, Inc., teaching an Inupiaq class at the Nome high school.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2014-09-30-misc-nov-static-003-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
As the new school year begins, all core classroom positions and most supporting positions have been filled at Nome Public Schools. But that’s despite a trend of increasing difficulty in hiring teachers for rural Alaska. “It’s been a struggle,” Nome’s superintendent says.
Called to serve
With your support, the KNOM Radio Mission has been a presence in Western Alaska’s communities for more than four decades – and not always just through the airwaves. We’re so thrilled when our outstanding, full-time volunteers serve our region even beyond KNOM’s studio walls; news reporter Margaret DeMaioribus is one such volunteer. Margaret, who hails […]