Some new and some returning faces have joined the ranks of the Petersburg School District staff in preparation for the upcoming school year.

Elsa Wintersteen will teach English language arts and a drama class at Petersburg High School.

She completed her undergraduate studies at Montana State University, earning a literature degree and an interdisciplinary degree, and for a short time studied theater at the University of Montana.

Wintersteen is originally from Montana, but her mother's family is from outside of Hoonah.

"Some of them live in Petersburg today so I'm happy to be up here living clo...