Special Reporting Series: Being Young in Rural Alaska Series co-producers Jessica Cochran and Sarah Gonzales, from Kids These Days radio, are bringing the APRN audience of member stations stories about what it’s like to be young and living in rural Alaska. From education to healthcare, family life to hopes for the future - we’re learning about young people in Alaska’s small towns birth to college-age - and exploring their everyday triumphs and challenges. Bringing stories from Kake in Southeast, Barrow in the far North, as well as St. Mary’s, Bethel, Dillingham and more locations throughout the state still to be announced. They are working in cooperation with local reporters from all over Alaska to produce stories that will paint a picture of what it’s like to be young and living in Alaska’s smaller communities. Airing Mondays on Alaska News Nightly, nine installments of the special series have already aired. Topics covered thus far include: • Learning Indigenous Language • The Need for Alaska Native Teachers • It’s Takes a Village to Prevent Youth Suicide • Learning in two languages - Yup’ik and English • Whales & Word Problems - Combining Culture & Academics KTD• 3
Follow the series as it continues to unfold in communities throughout our state at: www.kidsthesedays.org.
Nominate Your School to be an Alaskan Green Ribbon School The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools award honors schools that are exemplary in reducing environmental impact and costs; improving the health and wellness of students and staff; and providing effective environmental and sustainability education that incorporates science, technology, math, engineering, civic skills and green career pathways. Alaskan applications must be submitted online via SurveyMonkey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/Alaska_Green_Ribbon_Schools.
The SurveyMonkey application guide outlines the application and selection process, and provides copies of the application questions. All applications are due January 4, 2013.
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