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May 14, 2024
Recently, our MHS Scuba Class took a trip to learn about different scuba-related careers and practice their diving skills! In Ketchikan, they met with Greg Harrison, a local diver...
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March 19, 2024
For the first time in Miss Chiefs history, our team has taken home the 2A State Championship Title! For their homecoming, the community came out to the ferry terminal while si...
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October 18, 2023
Congratulations to our Scuba Program! Earlier this month, the Alaska State Board of Education recognized five Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in the categories of su...
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March 29, 2023
On Monday, Mr. Ian Hudson's classes took trips to the beach to collect samples of algae and looking at the different types of macro-algae on the beach. In class, Ian demonstrated ...
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March 7, 2023
Recently, Metlakatla High School's Drama, Debate & Forensics (DDF) team traveled to Anchorage to compete in the Alaska State Championship! Our students competed against schools fr...
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December 2, 2022
Recently, our Metlakatla Elders were invited to come to MHS and enjoy coffee, tea, and treats with MHS Students and Staff. We were honored by the elders who attended and shared ...
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October 26, 2022
Recently, 11 middle school and high school students travelled to Anchorage to attend the First Alaskans Institute Elders & Youth Conference held at the Dena'ina Center! It was the...
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October 19, 2022
We would like to thank our students, families, and community for attending our 21-22 Athletics & Activities Award Ceremony last night! AISD & MHS are proud to honor the many accom...
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October 13, 2022
Congratulations to our incredibly talented musicians yesterday at our Fall Concert! We are so extremely proud of our students for their hard work, and for a wonderful performance!...
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October 5, 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...
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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...
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May 27, 2022
Today, the last day of the 2021-2022 school year, Metlakatla High School celebrated our student's academic achievements with MAPS Testing!
The following students exceeded the...
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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...
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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...
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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_f9e49e32-9fda-4f3f-9edb-5cd45058bad1.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...
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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...
January 27, 2022
Congratulations to all of our MHS students who received awards for the 1st Semester and NWEA MAP Testing!
Students and staff gathered January 27th to receive awards for NWEA M...
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January 3, 2022
We are SO proud of you! Our basketball teams played their hearts out while the cheerleaders cheered their hearts out! We have arrived safely back in Metlakatla and cannot be...