New math teacher arrives from small town Montana

Newly college graduate Trinity Edwards grew up in Winnifred, Montana, population 150, and was looking for a place like Petersburg - a tight-knit community that supports its schools - as the place to start her teaching career.

"I wanted a school that's going to be supported by the community," Edwards says. "Back home, our big thing was basketball too - the entire town showing up for games. It was going to be really important for me to have a community that was supportive of the school - like Petersburg."

She has a family connection to Alaska through her uncle who taught in Craig when he first s...

 
 
 

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Brennen Hankins writes:

Huh. I know Winifred, MT. Been there several times, when I was stationed at Malmstrom AFB, working at the missile sites. Small world!