Shishmaref School

Dear Shishmaref Community: All student activities that require travel this weekend have been postponed, including the scheduled ballgames for this weekend. The district will reschedule our games for a later date with more information to follow.

Dear Shishmaref Community, We will be postponing today's Quarter 2 assembly until a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, we will update everyone with the new date and time as soon as we are ready. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Dear Shishmaref Community, We are excited to invite you to our Quarter 2 Assembly this Thursday from 2:30-3:30 PM in the school gymnasium. The assembly will be broadcast online, and we welcome any guests who would like to attend in person. During the event, students will be recognized for their outstanding attendance and scholastic achievement. We look forward to celebrating our students' hard work and accomplishments with you. Hope to see you there!

Dear Shishmaref Community! Get ready to show your school spirit as we gear up to host four basketball teams from across the district this weekend! We invite everyone to participate in Spirit Week and celebrate together. Here’s the lineup for Spirit Week: 📅 Tuesday: Wacky Day / Nerd Day / Sports Day 🛌 Wednesday: Pajama Day 🧥 Thursday: Kuspuk Day / Inupiaq Day 🌌 Friday: Northern Lights Day / Green & White Let’s bring the energy, creativity, and school pride! Can’t wait to see everyone dressed up and showing their spirit! Go Shishmaref! 💚🤍

Dear Shishmaref, We look forward to seeing you all Thursday evening for our parent teacher conferences from 2 to 5 pm. Students will be released at 1:30 in order to prepare for the event. See you tomorrow!

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!🎉

Attention Community of Shishmaref! Shishmaref School Q2 Parent Teacher Conferences will be on Thursday, January 30th, from 2-5:00 PM. There will be refreshments in the MPR starting at 4:00 PM. We hope to see you all there.

School Closure Announcement Due to inclement weather, school is canceled today, Monday, January 27th. This decision overrides the previously scheduled late start. Stay safe!

Congratulations to the 10 scholars who participated in the Shishmaref School Spelling Bee! Here are the results: 1st - Kenny 2nd - Veronica 3rd - Aisonna 4th - Chanelle 5th - Karmen 6th - Qunuyuk 7th - Richelle 8th - Ida 9th - Natalie 10th - Margie E. A special congratulations goes to Kenny, as the Champion for 2 years in a row! Kenny, Veronica, Aisonna, Chanelle, and Karmen will represent the Northern Lights next week at the BSSD Spelling Bee in Teller.

🎉2024 Wrestling State Qualifiers🎉 Good luck in the 2024 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Wrestling Championships! To see Full Results click the link below: https://www.trackwrestling.com/Login.jsp?TIM=1734394001513&twSessionId=rlhstzvwbt&tName=&state=&sDate=12/14/2024&eDate=&lastName=&firstName=&teamName=&sfvString=&city=Kotzebue&gbId=&camps=false

🎉Congratulations to our 2024 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Mix Six/2A Volleyball State Championships Winners🎉

Dear Shishmaref community, Shishmaref School will have an early dismissal at 1:30PM tomorrow, Wednesday, December 11. The weather continues to prevent travel for our teachers to return to the village.

Dear Shishmaref Community, We will have an early release at 1:30PM tomorrow, Tuesday December 10th, in order to better serve our students. Due to bad weather in the lower part of the state a number of our certified staff and principal are unable to join us.

🏆Congratulations🏆 🏐BSSD Region 1 Western Conference Mixed-6 Volleyball Tournament Winners🏐

🏐 BSSD Region 1 Western Conference Mixed-6 Volleyball Tournament 🏐 📍 Unalakleet School ⏱️ November 21-23 📆 Schedule and Bracket https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRy_2xGhfLSF46LNe5X5-q7s3JGBKgqCSwGyyC8ayVdjhoISnzjj7UX5gPJ_x8ciK-EW7g_ZQsIvDwm/pubhtml 📺 Watch Live https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/bering-strait-school-district-unalakleet-co

Dear Shishmaref Community: We will be opening the back door of the school by the MPR so that it can be used as a shelter tonight. If you are in need of s safe warm place to stay tonight while the power is out, you are welcome here. Please be advised that we will need to close the shelter status at 7:30AM so that we can have school as normally scheduled.

Dear Shishmaref Community, This is an update: We will have two events this week, and our families are invited. In addition to Wednesday's Parent Teach Conferences (PTC) we will have our Student of the Quarter Assembly on the following day (Thursday) from 2-3:30PM. Please join us in recognizing our students for their academic achievement and attendance. See you there!

A friendly reminder to our Shishmaref Community that there is no school for students today and tomorrow (Nov 7-8) while our staff attends a district in-service. Have an amazing long weekend!

📣November 7-8, 2024 is District In Service. No school for students.📣

Happy Halloween Shishmaref! Here is an electronic copy of our Newsletter. You can also find paper copies at the school, the store, and the post office later today.