![large gathering of people in gym wearing orange shirts standing in a circle](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_3dacdaa8-08f1-4a56-bb7c-7319920a3d12.jpg)
October 4, 2022
Annette Island School District would like to thank our incredible community, staff, and students for attending (whether in person or virtually) our assembly to recognize Orange Sh...
![students and staff in gym standing in large circle with their arms up](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_c15bcae4-0dd8-40ba-88fd-036aca4a0cab.jpg)
September 15, 2022
Yesterday, our 6th-12th grade students attended our Growing Leaders Kick Off Assembly!
We started our assembly singing and dancing organized with Timlaanit and Git Susitama wit...
![students in a large xsoo canoe](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_65c73817-25e3-4293-858b-16b8a8f46ccc.jpg)
May 26, 2022
Yesterday, the beautiful xsoo ‘Wiileeksa Goop was launched at front beach. Surrounded by AISD Students and Staff as well as members of the community, the xsoo launched on the wat...
![Students sitting on a rock at the beach](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_754b69f9-18ff-4047-a696-fb906acdd69b.jpg)
May 19, 2022
Today is day four of Sea Week, and our students and staff finally got to enjoy some much needed sunshine! Our students continued to explore beaches around the island. Our Pre-K ...
![man holds up native drum with students around him](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_e5f10cf0-d011-4596-8c3c-06808112e8ca.jpg)
May 17, 2022
On Monday May 16th, Annette Island School District celebrated the naming of a xsoo (canoe), designed by local artist Clifton Guthrie and painted by AISD Students!
During the ...
![Student in scuba gear giving a thumbs up in the water](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_63080672-ea6d-40d2-b0f1-7d5abdb6d5ed.jpg)
May 10, 2022
Our Metlakatla High School SCUBA Class (led by Mark McCarty & Superintendent Taw Lindsey) took their first trip into the ocean in full gear! The students practiced different exer...
May 10, 2022
On Saturday May 7th, Metlakatla High School students celebrated an incredible prom! Students dressed to the nines and danced to music (courtesy of DJ David Nelson) in the gym, wh...
![students performing a concert](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_0855542b-298a-4e34-8fa8-6f21eacbdc5f.jpg)
May 6, 2022
Congratulations to our amazing bands and choir from CLMS & MHS for their incredible Spring Concert! On Wednesday May 4th, students from the 6th Grade Band, CLMS Band, MHS Band, a...
![students with arms in the air performing a concert](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_e0a16b43-1cd5-45be-a27f-2fc9217d0f73.jpg)
May 4, 2022
Last night, our 2nd Grade and Pre-K students performed a fantastic concert called "Oceans of Fun!" Our students showed off all their hard work by singing (and dancing!) to a conc...
![student and teacher working on a bentwood box in class](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_a736ef6d-b909-4641-aab1-9c5bd2c7f730.jpg)
April 29, 2022
Last week in Culture Class, Mr. Gamaas taught Ms. Yliniemi's/Ms. Garza's 5th grade class how to make Bentwood Boxes! Students pulled wood from being steamed and used all their st...
![students and music teacher bowing after a great concert](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_2bd862bf-e3ed-40d8-b514-a6ec8b324921.jpg)
April 29, 2022
Congratulations to our talented Kindergarten and 1st Grade Classes on their amazing performance of "BugZ!"
On Thursday April 28th, our students performed for one of the first...
![Mrs. Henry posing behind the table of desserts for her birthday](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_596c7a5e-5ac4-404b-a9ed-c03bfa3c9590.jpg)
April 26, 2022
Today, Mrs. Henry's and Mr. Stemp's third grade classes celebrated Mrs. Henry's birthday by holding a birthday cake bake-off! Students and staff brought 9 different desserts for ...
![student and teacher on kayaks checking water depth at the kelp farm](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_598f98b7-ede9-4b68-9b02-3876259c2fcf.jpg)
April 22, 2022
This week, Ian Hudson's Marine Biology Class and one of John Hudson's Native Art classes headed back down to Hemlock Bay to check on the Kelp Farm project. Accessible only by kay...
![students and teachers smiling holding up yellow garbage bags on earth day](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_ab68fad2-0dd6-4dd2-bc14-e28c5eec0711.jpg)
April 22, 2022
Happy Earth Day!
This year, our students and staff from all three schools trekked around town and to a few beaches with gloves and bags in tow to pick up garbage. What a gre...
![students preparing p'atsaah (algae) with teacher on the beach](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_c2297666-6e82-4f53-9ba3-c02e187c2d75.jpg)
April 20, 2022
Today, Naomi Leask's Ts'msyen Studies classes visited the Cedar Park area to learn how to identify, harvest, and prepare p'atsaah (type of algae). They studied a few varieties, o...
![students stand in front of a hen house, one holding a bucket of eggs](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_f5bb6ef4-7333-4dfc-9341-26aaf16ea91d.jpg)
April 15, 2022
This week, Mrs. Hudson's Kindergarten class visited the Hudson's Hen House! They recently completed their Farm unit in Wit & Wisdom (the reading curriculum used by the Richard ...
![students sit outside on a bench with teachers in the sunshine](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_10ddb72e-0a41-4f7a-b73c-a89898f63776.jpg)
April 14, 2022
Yesterday, Mrs. McCarty's Pre-K class visited the Net Loft! Thank you to Mrs. Lindsay for the great photos!
![Students competing in NYO event stick pull in a gym surrounded by onlookers](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_a53ea236-e160-49c5-8a55-539912cd2c57.jpg)
April 7, 2022
AISD students travelled to Juneau to compete in the Native Youth Olympics with Coach Naomi Leask and chaperone Mark McCarty! Here are the students and their events: Porter Huds...
![Students and Teachers standing in front of a truck filled with kayaks](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_b1de8bfa-821c-4558-a538-aac1a7f3dee5.jpg)
April 6, 2022
Yesterday in Ian Hudson's Marine Biology class, the students visited the Kelp Farm via kayak! This kelp farm was started by Ian and Dr. Trevor Soponis two years ago and is an ong...
![Student showing off his kick during Native Youth Olympics practice](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/annette_island_school_district_ar/article/image/large_7fa8cc69-d8c4-45a5-9d73-1b3d4411fab3.jpg)
March 18, 2022
Our Native Youth Olympics team is hard at work practicing their different events! The NYO competition will be taking place soon- we can't wait to see how our amazing students do...