Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District provides k-12 public education to the children of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and Ketchikan, Alaska. The district is governed by a school board of seven community-elected members, with one advisory student member present during the school year, elected by the students of Ketchikan High School.
Schools[]
High schools[]
- Ketchikan High School
- Revilla Junior/Senior High school
Middle school[]
- Schoenbar Middle School
Elementary schools[]
- Houghtaling Elementary School
- Fawn Mountain Elementary School
- Point Higgins Elementary School
- Ketchikan Charter School
- Tongass School of Arts & Sciences
World War II[]
The Territory of Alaska presented Alaska's Liberty brick to the Ketchikan Schools] on Pearl Harbor Day, 1943 for having the best Schools at War performance in the territory in the previous school year. Each of Ketchikan's schools also received a Minute Man Flag. The brick, displayed in a glass case, was to be permanently belong to the Ketchikan Schools.[1] As of 2021, it is in the collection of the in Ketchikan.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Pearl Harbor Day Observed By Students Liberty Brick and Minute Man Flag Presented by Ryan; Bond Sales High". Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle. Ketchikan. December 8, 1943.
- ^ "Tongass Historical Museum Object Record Philadelphia Liberty Hall Award". ketchikan.pastperfectonline.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
External links[]
- School districts in Alaska
- Education in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska