Zoe Grueskin

In response to concerns about monitoring service Bark for Schools, the Juneau School District is providing options to families.

Haa Yóo X̱ʼatángi Kúdi opened briefly this spring and again this September, with 14 students enrolled in the program and more on the waitlist.

Many Alaska Native gravesites in Juneau are overgrown and all but forgotten. Tlingit storyteller and cemetery caretaker Bob Sam hopes to change that.

The spelling bee took place during the Sharing Our Knowledge Conference held in Juneau last month.

The state plans to use the funds to create and implement a literacy program that will include reading coaches for students and specialized training for teachers.

This is the third year the state has used this test, and the scores aren't much changed.

Arlene and John Waghiyi, Jr., Alaska Native artists from St. Lawrence Island, spent a week in Juneau sharing their work as artists-in-residence at the Sealaska Heritage Institute.

“Molly of Denali” is the first national children’s TV show to feature an Alaska Native lead. Some of the show’s creators came to Juneau and put on a vocal acting workshop to help local kids find their own voices.

“Plans have been put in place that it’s hard to walk back from, because this was such a disruption,” said Tlingit and Haida Head Start director Amber Frommherz.

Elizabeth Siddon is the only Alaskan this year to receive the highest honor from the U.S. government for early career scientists. Her work helps Alaska’s fisheries managers see the bigger picture.