After a school year marked by fewer school traditions, periodic transitions to remote learning, adapting to new safety procedures and a penchant for normal school life, the Ketchikan High School
KETCHIKAN (KDN) â The Ketchikan School Board will hold a work session on Wednesday with the Association of Alaska School Boards as part of the Ketchikan School Districtâs search for a permanent superintendent. The board also will hold a special session on Thursday to interview candidates for the interim superintendent position.
Wednesdayâs work session will help AASB âto develop the superintendent vacancy recruitment brochureâ and will allow both groups to set a timeline for ârecruitment, finalist selection, interviews and appointment of a new superintendent,â according to the Ketchikan School Districtâs email on Tuesday announcing the meetings.
The work session will be conducted by videoconference starting at 6 p.m. Board Clerk Kerry Watson said by phone Tuesday that there will not be time for public comment at the start of the work session.
Ketchikan Charter School will hold its continuation ceremony for the eighth-grade class of 2021 in early June.
During a Tuesday afternoon phone interview, KCS principal Kayla Livingston told the Daily News that if the communityâs COVID-19 situation does not improve, the continuation event will be held outside on June 3 with a limited number of attendees.
If educators and health officials decide that the risk level can be lowered â based on input from Ketchikan School District and Emergency Operations Center officials â the event may be moved indoors to the KCS gym, although spectators will still be limited due to the size of the gym, according to Livingston.
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In the âFast Track Fliersâ club, students of all ages and ability levels can have fun and stay active by learning how to jump rope or practice their skills with friends.
The club is open to all Fast Track students, regardless of prior jump rope experience, Fast Track Coordinator Lori Ortiz told the Daily News during a Friday phone interview.
Ortiz started the club in 2019 as a way to bring local homeschool students together for an inclusive activity that could be continued at home with their parents and family.
âI was just trying to think of activities that could bring homeschool kids together but that would accommodate all ages and all abilities,â Ortiz said of the programâs origins. â And jump rope is perfect for that.â