Native Charter School Seeing Robust Enrollment

Part I. A special look at the Alaska Native Cultural Charter School

A year ago the Alaska Native Cultural Charter School was desperately recruiting students as staff prepared temporary classrooms in an Anchorage church.  This year finds the school in permanent quarters and showing a robust enrollment.

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

ANCCS_School_Banner

Download Audio (MP3)

Guiding Native Values
Respect for elders
Honor the ancestors
Respect for family, self and others
Preserve and pass on traditional ways of knowing
Responsibility, hard work, and endurance
Compassion, dignity and humility
Humor, cooperation and caring
Knowledge of and respect for nature
Knowledge of language
Wisdom
Self-sufficiency

Previous articleAlaska News Nightly: August 24, 2009
Next articleMoose Dropping Festival Dropped