For new MEHS superintendent, culturally responsive education is key
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It s going to be strong way after I m gone : Bernie Gurule retires after 17 years as Mt Edgecumbe s principal
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Honoring Gil Truitt, lifelong Mt. Edgecumbe Brave and caretaker of local history
Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Feb 23, 2021
Mt. Edgecumbe High School Academic Principal Bernie Gurule pays tribute to Gil Truitt during a plaque dedication in the MEHS gymnasium on Tuesday evening. The plaque will hang in the entrance of the Gil Truitt Activities Center (Photo by Erin McKinstry/KCAW).
Mt. Edgecumbe High School celebrated Gil Truitt Day on Tuesday (2-23-21) and honored the Tlingit elder and local historian with a plaque dedication and tribute. The holiday has been part of the school’s Founders Week celebrations for two years, but it’s particularly poignant this year, the first since the death of the former teacher and administrator last July.
Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 15, 2020
No one said wearing a mask had to be boring. Teacher Paul Fitzgibbon and academic principal Bernie Gurule incorporate mask-wearing into their Halloween costumes. “During a pandemic, you just have to keep moving forward,” superintendent Janelle Vanasse told the state Board of Education. (MEHS photo)
Mt. Edgecumbe High School successfully contained an early outbreak of coronavirus, and is holding classes in person, despite the fact that Sitka and most of the state remains at “high.”
The Alaska Board of Education heard a favorable report about the state-owned boarding school’s efforts to mitigate the virus, during its quarterly meeting