Category: School Report

By Lilly Milman Skagway School has trained students and faculty for three years in ALICE protocol for emergencies, a proactive policy that promotes evacuation over lockdowns. The program’s name stands for alert, lockdown,...

By Lilly Milman The Skagway School will fund start-up of FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), a competitive high school robotics program, which will run independently from the school. The school board approved one-time funding of the...

By Lilly Milman With more students expected when Skagway School opens Aug. 15, particularly in sixth, seventh and eighth grades, the school may not need fifth graders to fill out junior high sports teams this year. The decision...

By Lilly Milman For the first time, the Skagway School will use an automated electronic lock system on its doors. The new locks will allow administrators to regulate access to the entire school, rather than locking doors...

By Lilly Milman Courtney Ellingson’s combined first- and second-grade classroom will use new Google technology in the 2019-20 school year, while money-saving Chromebooks will replace the fourth-generation iPads purchased in...