Klukwan, AK

Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) wishes to extend our gratitude to our community and the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation (CVCF) for continued phenomenal support of the Haines SAIL program. Thanks in part to a CVCF grant, SAIL is well on our way to serving even more seniors and people with disabilities in Haines and Klukwan […] The post Community foundation support helped SAIL serve seniors appeared first on Chilkat Valley News.

Dmitrieva Antal, Klukwan’s new principal and kindergarten through high school teacher, is new to the school, however she is not new to the Chilkat Valley or Southeast. Antal, who grew up in the San Francisco-area, moved to Alaska when she was 18 to attend the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She met her first husband while […] The post Klukwan gets new teacher who doubles as principal appeared first on Chilkat Valley News.

20 years ago: Haines and Klukwan schools were among 304 statewide that met adequate yearly progress (AYP) requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The state Department of Education announced the results this month, along with a list of the 193 schools that failed to demonstrate adequate proficiency.  Haines students have exceeded math […] The post This Week in History: school standards, registration and golf appeared first on Chilkat Valley News.