Bering Strait School District

Education Administration ProgramsAlaska, United States201-500 Employees

The Bering Strait School District is an education administration organization based in Unalakleet, Alaska, serving K-12 programs across a cluster of communities in western Alaska. The district maintains a district office in Unalakleet and staffs each school with a professional team whose size ranges from seven to twenty-one, led by the principal. Village support personnel include locally recognized experts, cooks, custodians, secretaries, community education coordinators, and educational aides who support a range of programs. 

The district operates K-12 programs in communities including Brevig Mission, Diomede, Elim, Gambell, Golovin, Koyuk, St. Michael, Savoonga, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Stebbins, Teller, Unalakleet, Wales, and White Mountain, with community populations generally between about 150 and 900 residents and student counts typically from 40 to 225. It collaborates with Nome City Schools and Northwest Arctic School District to run the Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center in Nome, providing career and technical education offerings. A development noted in 2023 is NACTEC's partnership with BSSD to deliver in-person learning experiences to rural Alaska students for two-week periods.

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