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Teachers and students at Stikine Middle School accomplished a feat unequaled among similar schools this year. The school received a five-star Alaska School Performance Index score from the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development. It was the only such rating granted among schools composed exclusively of students in grades six through eight, and places the school in the top 11 percent of all Alaska Schools, according to education department statistics released Aug. 16. The score could mean a money reward – termed a “financial inc...
To the Editor: It seems like doomsday if the sales tax is lowered. Let me explain how the sales tax came to be. In the late 1940s the first sales tax was to pave our front street from the bottom of the Post Office Hill to the Thunderbird Hotel. When this was paid for the sales tax went away. Then when the City needed money for another worthy project, it came back. The people didn’t seem to mind paying for what we needed. We have been paying 7% sales tax for over 20 years, the highest sales tax in the State. So, the “Johnnies-come-lately” are s...
Sentinel writer When you look at a website, a business card, or just about any sign or graphical image you can imagine, you can expect to see information. That information is usually one-dimensional and does not extend beyond what you might see with your own eyes. A group of students from Wrangell High School are working to change that, however. An after-school “AVATAR” club led by WHS teacher Michele Galla has been working on developing a technology that will “augment” the reality of images...
For Jeff Rooney, Sr., a longtime employee of the Wrangell Public Works Department and head coach of the Wrangell High School Wolves wrestling team, getting up at the crack of dawn to clean our streets or work on an important project is just something he does – and has done for years – without any major recognition or awards. That changed last weekend as the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce held their annual dinner and auction at the Nolan Center. Rooney, who was nominated by a number of local res...
Mikayla Stokes - Best Offensive Player Mikayla Stokes - Most Dependable Player Darian Meissner - Best Defensive Player Darian Meissner - Most Versatile Player Alyssa Allen - Leadership Award Erica Smith - Best Shooting Form Shayna Schultz - Most Attentive Caroline Ward - Most Memorable "3" Point Shot Marsha McCay - J/V Teamwork Award Teresa Flores - Quick Shot Award Taylor Bean - J/V Most Valuable Player Kimberly Cooper - J/V Best Team Player Award Katie Barger - J/V Hustle Award Kyla Teat -...
The Stikine Middle School Cougars wrestling team returned victorious from the Ketchikan Regional tournament last weekend with the top spot gripped tightly in hand with a 190 team score off the hard work of 12 wrestlers. Ketchikan Regional Tournament Results 1st – Jayden Stutz 1st – Dawson Miller 1st – Darren Shilts 1st – Dillon Rooney 2nd – Alisa Heller 2nd – Sig Decker 2nd – Sam Armstrong 3rd – Caleb Groshong 3rd – Orion Heller 4th – Bradley Sample 4th – Sam Prysunka DNP –Brian Schwartz...
Wrangell seniors Briana Schilling and Aria Lachappelle joined forces for their senior project by teaching a group of Stikine Middle School students how to perform the cheer used during the Wrangell Fight Song. The combined group of Stikine students and the WHS cheer team performed the dance during the Lady Wolves final home game on Saturday. Front row: Cori Johnson, Ashley Allen, Hannah Meithe; Middle row: Anna Allen, Helen Decker, Tara Stutz; Top row: Coaches Briana Schilling and Aria...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. February 13, 1913: By boat and dog teams, the bodies of Peter Anderson (Capt. Kid) and daughter who were found Feb. 5th by Charles Roose were brought to Wrangell Tuesday by a party sent out by the Marshal's office Saturday morning. The party, consisting of Charles Roose, Ed Kalkins, Richard Dale and J.D. Dawes, left Wrangell Saturday morning with dog teams and provisions for the trip up the Stikine to the Hot Springs. At the inquest held Wednesday morning, the members of the party related their...
A new mayor, renovations to the Shakes Island Tribal House and Marine Service Center, and the ongoing Wrangell Medical Center debate – all of these stories were newsmakers in 2012. Let’s take a look back at some of the biggest stories in Wrangell over the past year. JANUARY A late night blaze destroyed a trailer and sent a woman to Wrangell Medical Center with severe burns on Dec. 22. The fire, which began at 10:30 p.m. in a small pull-behind trailer near the top of the park, severely inj...
Negotiations between teachers in the Wrangell Public School District topped the agenda this week as the school board met for their final meeting of 2012 – and saw the board and teacher’s union exchange letters proposing the topics of bargaining to take place early next year. During a public work session before the regular meeting, union representative Michele Galla presented the membership’s letter requesting that a reasonable cost of living increase to the base salary be added over the next three years, a cost/benefit analysis of marri...
Mikel Smith of the Wrangell boys’ B-team makes the cut against a defender from Thorne Bay as the Stikine Middle School squad crushed the Wolverines with a final score of 43-5. The tournament wrapped up on Saturday, Nov. 10 with the B-team taking the championship over Petersburg 34-29. The Wrangell boys’ A-team fell to Petersburg, however, with a final score of 60-30. Stikine Middle School Basketball Tournament Final Standings A-team boys Champions: Petersburg B-team boys Champions: Wrangell A-t...
The Wrangell School Board met in open session on Tuesday, Sept. 18 to take a number of reports regarding the on-going operations in the district and to approve a series of grants and employment contracts. The meeting began, however, with a workshop dedicated to a board self-assessment. District Superintendent Rich Rhodes explained the purpose of the assessment during a break in the discussion. “I think it’s a self-reflection on what we’ve been doing and whether we have been doing it well,” Rhodes said. “We want to look at continual improveme...
A pair of new educators, and a face familiar to students and parents in the borough are the newest teachers to take the reins of three classrooms at Wrangell High School. Drew Larrabee, Jack Carney, and Anne Luetkemeyer are the newest additions to the staff at the high school, with Larrabee and Carney as new hires, and Luetkemeyer transferring from Stikine Middle School. Larrabee has taken over the shop class previously taught by Dave Brown, who retired at the end of the 2011 school year, while Carney is teaching life skills classes to include...
Thursday May 10, Stikine Middle School eighth graders traveled by jet boat to Vank Island and spent the night. They received training in seashore survival classes while coping with the cold and wet conditions. They learned how to build a beach shelter in case they are ever caught out in the environment; how to find, cook and prepare edible foods; cold-water survival techniques, and what items are important to take along on an outing in Southeast Alaska. Teaching classes this year were Monty...
Charles (Skip) McKibben, 74, passed away peacefully after a long and courageous battle with cancer on March 12 at the Wrangell Medical Center. He was surrounded by family and friends. Skip was born in Wrangell on May 19, 1937. He was an original river rat, having been conceived on the Stikine River. The middle child of Lena (Ellis) McKibben, he was raised on the river where he acquired his life long love for nature and the great outdoors. He was known for constantly building and testing water...
The Wrangell School Board voted three-to-one Monday in favor of having a fruit tree orchard planted on property at the elementary school. The orchard is being provided by the Fruit Tree Planning Foundation’s (FTPF) “Communities Take Root” program. In January, FTPF arborist Rico Montenegro visited Wrangell to scout possible locations for an orchard. Kris Reed of the volunteer Tree Care Committee told the school board last month the space in front of the elementary school on Bennett Street would be an ideal location to plant 30 to 40 trees...
John Charles Ellis, the youngest of four children was born to Chet and Margaret Ellis on May 20, 1947 in Juneau, Alaska. The Ellis family lived near the Mendenhall Glacier, homesteading behind Auke Lake. Young John spent his first ten years subsisting with the family in the lifestyle of wood stoves, coal oil lamps, outhouses, and water buckets. They survived on a menu of venison and fish in addition to vegetables grown in a big garden. Early on in John’s life he spent summers trolling with C...
January The Wrangell School Board found $128,451 in additional, unspent funding from a federal program. In passing their 2011 budget, the board also accepted an $8,300 grant for the Upward Bound program. Master carvers Steve Brown and Wayne Price visited Shakes Island to begin discussions on the renovation of the Tribal House and to propose a traditional tools class. The US Forest Service began a scoping project for an Environmental Impact Study regarding timber sales and road construction for...
A message of hope came to the students of the Wrangell School District last week in an attempt to build self-confidence among the young men and women of the borough. The duo of Bob Lenz and Arden “AJ” James brought that message to Wrangell on Friday, Dec. 2 to share an anti-bullying program for the students of Wrangell High School and Stikine Middle School. “We really want to bring encouragement to people, teach about respect and valuing authority, and how to do the right thing when it comes...
Alaska Island Community Services received funding earlier this month from the State of Alaska to help prevent the use of alcohol among youths age 12-20 in Wrangell and Petersburg. The Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant, or SPFSIG, is a program under the auspices of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s infrastructure grant program that helps grantees build and deliver substance abuse and mental health services in Alaska and 48 other states. A...
The Wrangell School Board met in open session on Monday, Oct. 17 to discuss a number of issues related to board and district budget and goals, facility renovation, personnel issues and the Alaska School District Report Card for 2011. Opening the meeting, district superintendent Dr. Rich Rhodes called for a vote on a new board president, vice president and secretary/treasurer for the 2011-12 school year. In an uncontested selection and unanimous vote, board member Susan Eagle was selected as...