Education
A campus of the University of Alaska is located in Sitka and has been noted in Business Week and Forbes for its expertise at distance-delivered education.
In addition, Sitka has three high schools, middle and elementary schools and a number of private schools. The Sitka School District encompasses grades kindergarten through 12th grade. It includes two elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools. An elected five-member School Board governs the school district. The Board does not have taxing authority but derives its operating funds from the State of Alaska and the City of Sitka. A superintendent of schools manages the school district.
Sitka School District Enrollment 2010-2011 school year:
Pre-K thru First Grade = 205
2nd thru 5th Grade = 411
6th thru 8th Grade = 258
9th thru 12 Grade (traditional) = 368
9th thru 12 Grade (alternative) = 71
Total 1,313 (Source: State of Alaska Department of Education)
In addition, the State of Alaska operates Mt. Edgecumbe High School, a boarding school for students from many villages throughout Alaska. The school has an enrollment of 380 students for the 2010/2011 school year.
Sitka is also the location of the Alaska Public Safety Training Academy, which offers specialized classes and practical training for a variety of law enforcement careers.
Sitka Sound Science Center is another educational organization in Sitka. SSSC is dedicated to increasing understanding and awareness of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the Gulf of Alaska through education and research. The science center has a small aquarium and touch tanks for visitors and provides a variety of educational opportunities for local schools. In 2010, the Science Center hosted its first annual science camp for middle school students. A salmon hatchery training program is being developed.
Sitka Fine Arts Camp provides Alaskan youth with the opportunity to develop artistic interests and skills in an intensive artistic experience through stimulating, high quality instruction in visual arts, music, dance, theater, writing, and Alaska Native Arts. Established in 1973.
Each summer 500 students attend SFAC. In the last five years students have come from over 70 Alaskan Communities and from throughout the country. In addition to class work, students attend live evening performances and presentations by the talented Camp faculty. For many of our rural students, this is their first exposure to professional artists.
SFAC is a nationally acclaimed program and received the Coming Up Taller award from the White house in 2007 which recognizes outstanding youth arts programs in the country.
Southeast Alaska Career Center supports several programs including: YABAH (Young Alaskans Building Affordable Housing), the Young Entrepreneurs Program, and the School-to-Work Program.
Higher Education
Sitka hosts the University of Alaska Southeast - Sitka Campus (UAS Sitka) which has a total enrollment of 1,096 students, both full-time and part-time, for Spring 2010.
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