Serving more than 2000 children in western Alaska, just north of the Arctic Circle, the Northwest Arctic Borough School District employs about 180 teachers in the region’s eleven villages. Connected by rivers and air routes, but no roads, the villages typically are home to a subsistence lifestyle built on hunting and fishing. By supporting both Iñupiaq and Western standards of success in our classrooms, we are preparing children to take an active role in this quickly changing corner of the last frontier.
The primary function of each of the Northwest Arctic Borough School District departments is to support the overall educational process of our students. The ability of each to department to reach maximum effectiveness has a direct relationship on the overall educational development of the total child.