Education
Students at the Anvil City Science Academy with the help of a commercial artist created a mural, which features Nome and much that goes with it. The artist, Kristin Link of McCarthy, was funded for a...
Graduates from Kawerak’s GED program all the way up to a University of Alaska PhD recipient gathered at Old St. Joe’s Thursday evening to celebrate the fruits of their hard work. “We have them all...
The Nome Public School District has signed Jay Thomas to be the new principal at Nome-Beltz High School. Mr. Thomas is currently principal at Mountain Village. He has been principal in Teller, at...
The Nome Public Schools Board of Education announced Friday that Jamie Burgess has been selected as the district’s new superintendent. Burgess is the current interim superintendent and Director of...
Most adults never would have heard the word “nabob” if Vice President Spiro T. Agnew hadn’t called the press “Nattering nabobs of negativitism” back in 1970.
But the word came up in the Nome PTA’s...
On Tuesday, January 15 2019, the Nome Public School Board of Education gathered for a regular meeting in the Nome Elementary School library. The meeting was “short and sweet,” in the words of Board...
On Tuesday, November 20 the Nome Public Schools Board of Education met for a regular meeting in the Nome Elementary School Library. The meeting was originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 13.
A...
For many, the first week of school means butterflies in the stomach, sharp new pencils, high expectations and uncontainable excitement. But for Nome Public Schools employees, that sense of excitement...
Employees of Nome Public Schools are getting a rate increase this school year that will put their health insurance premiums at more than double their current price. The rate hike comes after the...
Last week, Nome Public School’s new superintendent Bill Schildbach settled into his office at the Nome Public Schools administrative headquarters. The Nome Nugget sat down with him for an interview...