Happy Spring!!! Remember, please join us Tomorrow May 16th at the school for an end of the year luncheon starting at 11:00am. We would love to have all of you. Please come and eat and wish the staff a happy and restful summer. See you tomorrow!
Shaktoolik Graduation Tomorrow, May 10th at 2:00pm in the school gym.
Come help celebrate our graduates!
Come Celebrate Boys State Basketball Championship in the Shaktoolik Gym. Starting at 5:30pm. Everyone is welcome for pizza, fruit and vegetable trays with a piece of Nome Cake. See you Tomorrow!
Special Thank you to the City of Shaktoolik and IRA for sponsoring the event.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 30. The Saint Louis Zoo will be giving a public presentation in the Shaktoolik School MPR at 6:00pm. Come watch and listen. Everyone is welcome
Open gym time today (April 24th) for women will be 7:00pm to 8:00pm and men 8:00pm to 9:00pm
Congratulations. NYO Finishers
Seth Paniptchuk 1st place in One Hand Reach at 59 inches
Chase Katchatag 1st place in One Foot High Kick at 102 inches, 3rd place 2 Foot 70 inches, 2nd place in Scissor Broad Jump at 31 feet
Kelly Hunt 3rd place in Toe Kick at 26 inches, 4th place in Kneel Jump at 25 1/2 inches
Summer Sampson 1 st place in Eksimo Stick Pull, 2nd place in Two Foot at 52 inches, 3rd in Indian Stick Pull
Registration for 'Meals to You' program is now open! Register by scanning the QR code. Sign-ups are available from April 1st to April 30th.
AEC Meeting
Thursday, April 3rd to Saturday, April 5th Little Dribblers and Middle School Basketball Tournament. Schedule will be released soon.
Volunteers are needed: Referees, Score Clock, Score Book and Ticket/Gate Person
Please come and volunteer to help make this happen
Congratulations Girls Basketball players
Summer Sampson 1st Team All-State
Madison Katchatag 2nd Team All-State
Annette Paniptchuk Honorable Mention All-Stete.
Way to go Girls!
Congratulations:
Seth Paniptchuk State 1A player of the Year and First Team All-State
Ray Sagoonmik 2nd Team All-State Team
Chase Katchatag Honorable Mention All-State Team
Coach Silas Paniptchuk 1A Coach of the Year
Wednesday, March 5th we will be letting school out at 1:30 due to the weather. If you have young children please come and pick them up. Thank you
Region One 2025 Bering Sea Conference at Savoonga, AK.
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/bering-strait-school-district-unalakleet-co
Link to updated schedule and brackets:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTlbSGjeiMFG_3a4YPpS_6L9GyntijZpkBVBKOuMu88Z6WfEPYXPMCGzSc5OI5Z2WMWMbMI4x8cOSye/pubhtml
Your input through a quick survey of our Building Administrators (Principals) at BSSD is crucial as we constantly work towards improvements. Your feedback on their leadership is immensely valuable to us. Ensuring that we're serving everyone to the best of our abilities is our priority.
📢 If you're a staff member, we kindly request you to complete one survey from your staff perspective and another from your viewpoint as a parent/community member.
📢 Parents, your insights are highly appreciated! Please take a few moments to share your thoughts through a separate survey focusing on your parental perspective.
📢 Students, your voice matters! You'll have the opportunity to express your opinions by participating in the survey at school.
If you need assistance accessing the survey, don't hesitate to contact a school administrator at your site. Your perspectives play a significant role in our plans for improvement. Thank you for taking the time to provide your valuable insights!
THIS IS ANONYMOUS
https://forms.gle/Bd1HMejYvryRCMks8
4️⃣ UPDATE 2/10/25: Please see the link below from PowerSchool with detailed instructions for affected individuals to sign up for the complimentary monitoring services they are offering.
https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/notice-of-united-states-data-breach/?mkt_tok=ODYxLVJNSS04NDYAAAGYUw1qvalCkM-opsqw_X88mZGfsOU0TvCbtKpV6UUxwrK7Lum_5r7aoh3zISVwBLVRyqWFjqt7ztZHf-GcQzBzwSKTutzlww3UsWMZ0uz-qnYsNA8b
3️⃣ UPDATE 1/21/25: PowerSchool confirmed on January 17, 2025, that it will be reaching out directly to any individuals who may have been impacted and offering credit monitoring and identity protection services. If your information was affected, and your email address was stored in PowerSchool, you should receive a communication from PowerSchool within the coming weeks. We also understand that PowerSchool is providing notification of this event on its website and to media and state regulators.
Because this occurred at PowerSchool, we do not have any additional details about the incident or the investigation at this time. We continue to monitor updates from PowerSchool and will share those updates as they become available.
2️⃣ PowerSchool has released a public statement and a FAQ section and can be accessed here: https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/
1️⃣ The PowerSchool breach mentioned in this letter was not isolated to our district but part of a nationwide incident affecting multiple school districts across Alaska and other states that used their hosting services. While we are monitoring the situation closely, PowerSchool is conducting a thorough investigation to assess the scope and impact and will provide an update once their investigation is finished.
PowerSchool has committed to providing identity protection and monitoring services as needed. BSSD has notified our cyber insurance and district leadership and it is important to note that this data breach did not occur because of action or lack of action by any of the employees of Bering Strait School District. This data breach occurred through the support tools that PowerSchool (the company) uses to assist districts when they call in for technical support.
Please read the attached letter regarding the recent cybersecurity incident involving PowerSchool, a software vendor which provides our Student Information System (SIS).
Congratulations to all the participants and winners of the BSSD Academic Decathlon and best of luck to all participants of the 2025 State Academic Decathlon!
🎉 Competing in such events requires dedication, hard work, and passion for learning—well done!🎉
Congratulations to our Shaktoolik Wolverine Spelling Bee Contestants!
1st Place: Jessica Takak
2nd Place: Savannah Paniptchuk
3rd Place: Renesmae Kulukhon
4th Place: Kevin Jackson
They will continue on to the Annual BSSD Spelling Bee, January 28th in Teller.
Wish them Good Luck!
Wolverine Basketball fans. Save the date!! Next week January 31 to February 2 is the Shaktoolik Invitational!
We will have Noatak boys and girls, Savoonga boys and Girls, White Mountain boys and girls, Shishmaref Boys, St. Micheal girls and Gambell girls.
Our hospitality room will open to our tournament volunteers, coaches, and officials. We are kindly asking that parents of players and community members fill our hospitality room with all your amazing foods to help make this event a memorable one.
Let’s display our Shaktoolik Wolverine pride and generosity.
Shaktoolik Wolverines Q2 Awards
Way to go Wolverine Students!
Hello Wolverines.
This Thursday, January 16th at 1:00 pm in the gym we will have student awards.
After the awards parent/student conferences will begin. See you Thursday