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One of the largest graduating classes in the history of the Petersburg School District will receive their diplomas next Tuesday at commencement ceremonies in the PHS gym. Principal Rick Dormer said the 45 students rolled through the system each year like a wave, due to their class size. “They were a very active class. Very outspoken and very likeable kids,” Dormer noted. “They were all over the school, involved in activities with other students. They weren’t a bunch of stuck up seniors,” Dormer stated. Also unique to this class was the inter...
The number of women entering the professional fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is slowly growing around the world, but there is still a sizable gender gap in these professions. According to the College Board, which produces many standardized tests, only 27 percent of all students taking the AP Computer Science exam in the United Science are women. Similarly, just 18 percent of American computer-science degrees are attained by females. However, this is not the case elsewhere in the world. A paper by Gijsbert...
Technology is essential in the daily lives of students. Whether it’s kids learning their ABC’s or graduate students pursuing advanced degrees, technology has transformed the way lessons are taught and learned. Statistics support the notion that technology in the classroom is irreplaceable. According to data from the tutoring resource PracTutor, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and various colleges, 98 percent of schools have one or more computers in the classroom. In addition, 77 percent of teachers use the internet for instruction, while 40 per...
Many new events and activities, along with old favorites, will be featured during this year's 60th celebration of Petersburg's Little Norway Festival. At 4 p.m. Thursday at the public library, the Storyteller Pole Unveiling will be celebrated. Master Tlingit carver Tommy Joseph, from Sitka, created the work for the library. The Mitkof Mummer's play "Bigfoot," featuring a cast of zany characters guarantees a laugh a minute. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at the Wright Auditorium on Thursday, Friday and...
State Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is recently finished with the legislative session in Juneau. He’ll be holding public office hours Thurs. May 17 from 2:30- 3:30 p.m. at The Salty Pantry and Sun. May 20 from 10-11 a.m. at Glacier Express. No appointment necessary. If there are questions email rep.jonathan.kreiss-tomkins@akleg.gov or call the Representative’s office at 465-3732....
May 10, 1918 The canning of clams at the Alaska Clam-Canning Company’s plant near Tonka closed this week for the season. Clams have now started to spawn and are unfit for canning. The plant was started up on February 15, since which time 2,100 cases have been packed. The promoters of the enterprise are well satisfied with results so far, stating that the entire pack has been sold and that there is good demand for more. The canning of clams will start again September 1. In the meantime the plant will be operated as a salmon cannery, a o...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly will hold a Special Meeting Mon., May 14 at 6:00 p.m. to discuss the Planning for the Future meeting ideas, to entertain amendments to the proposed FY 2019 Operating Budget, to entertain implementation of the Borough’s Last Best and Final Offer with the PMEA union, and to adjourn to executive session to discuss the status of and strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the IBEW union. The meeting will be held in the Assembly Chambers of the Municipal Building located at 12 S. Nordic D...
May 3, 1918 A message received by the local exemption board Tuesday morning stated that fourteen men is the quota for Petersburg in the first draft call, and, further, “that it is desired to call this number of men to the colors in your jurisdiction as soon as possible. Please advise this office of the earliest possible date on which you can be sure to have the men ready for entrainment.” The quotas for other towns of the territory are as follows: Juneau 83, Douglas 20, Haines 3, Ketchikan 83, Sitka 16, Skagway 9, Wrangell 10, Nome 26, Anc...
The couches and loveseats inside Donna Martinsen's new home all face outward, toward Hungry Point, turned away from the modest flat screen in the corner. Martinsen and her husband, Jim, moved into a rustic blue ranch on N. Nordic Drive in May 2017. For 53 years they had lived in a house on Wrangell Ave. that overlooks their new home. "There was no straw," said Ms. Martinsen, starting into why they moved. "It was just, that house was too big for us." The couple are in their 70s and wanted a home...
As a teenager in California, Wally McDonald watched the community he grew up in become unrecognizable and commercialized, setting the groundwork for his later effort to preserve Petersburg's character. "I've just really appreciated this town over the years," said McDonald, who's owned an apartment complex on Hammer Slough for about 22 years. "And I just want to kind of maintain it for as long as possible." McDonald owns a four-unit apartment complex on Birch Street in the historic district of...
April 26, 1918 Notice Is Hereby Given, That all owners of lots situated within the corporate limits of the Town of Petersburg must have all rubbish cleared from their property by Friday, May 10, 1918. Any rubbish remaining on lots after that date I will have removed and the expense of such work will be taxed to the property. It is further ordered that no tin cans or other rubbish shall be placed on the beach or tideflats, but must be dumped from the docks or floats below low tide. Hans Wick, Health Officer. April 23, 1943 In a previous Student...
