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Tonight is the night! Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of our students during the Shishmaref School End of Year Celebrations! 🎓💚🤍
We are excited to recognize and honor our:
🌟 Pre-K 4 / ECE Graduates
🌟 8th Grade Promotion Students
🌟 Class of 2026 Graduates
This is a special time for our students, families, school, and community as we celebrate milestones, growth, hard work, and new beginnings. We would love for our community to come together to support and cheer on our students as they shine bright and take their next steps forward.
📅 Tonight — Monday, May 18, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Shishmaref School Gym
🎥 Livestream Link:
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/shishmaref-high-school-shishmaref-ak/evt7a9970f3ee
Let’s fill the gym and celebrate our students together as a community. Northern Lights shine bright! 💚✨

✨ Shishmaref Community ✨
Please join us tomorrow as we celebrate the accomplishments of our students during the Shishmaref School End of Year Celebrations! 🎓💚🤍
We are excited to recognize and honor our:
🌟 Pre-K 4 / ECE Graduates
🌟 8th Grade Promotion Students
🌟 Class of 2026 Graduates
This is a special time for our students, families, school, and community as we celebrate milestones, growth, hard work, and new beginnings.
We would love for our community to come together to support and cheer on our students as they shine bright and take their next steps forward.
📅 Monday, May 18, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Shishmaref School Gym
Let’s fill the gym and celebrate our students together as a community. Northern Lights shine bright! 💚✨

Your dedication, teamwork, and love for reading have truly paid off. We are incredibly proud of your hard work and the way you represented your schools and the entire Bering Strait School District!
Keep turning those pages! 👏👏👏
#BSSD #BattleOfTheBooks2026 #BeringStraitStrong #LiteracyChampions

✨ End of Year Celebrations at Shishmaref School ✨
“Shining Bright Like the Northern Lights” 💚🤍
We’re excited to celebrate our students during this special time of year! Please join us for Prom 2026 and Graduation as we recognize memories, milestones, and achievements across all grade levels.
🌌 Shishmaref School Prom 2026 🌌
📅 Saturday, May 16, 2026
💃 Dance Times 🕺
🌟 ECE–3rd Grade
⏰ 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
🌟 4th–7th Grade
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
🌟 8th–12th Grade
⏰ 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM
🎟️ Admission Prices
✨ ECE–7th Grade: $5 Admission
✨ 8th–12th Grade Prom Tickets
• $15 — Single Ticket
• $25 — Double Ticket
🌠 Dress up, dance, and make memories under the Northern Lights! 🌠

*UPDATED times, admission, & grade level groups
✨ End of Year Celebrations at Shishmaref School ✨
“Shining Bright Like the Northern Lights” 💚🤍
We’re excited to celebrate our students during this special time of year! Please join us for Prom 2026 and Graduation as we recognize memories, milestones, and achievements across all grade levels.
🌌 Shishmaref School Prom 2026 🌌
📅 Saturday, May 16, 2026
💃 Dance Times 🕺
🌟 ECE–3rd Grade
⏰ 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
🌟 4th–7th Grade
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
🌟 8th–12th Grade
⏰ 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM
🎟️ Admission Prices
✨ ECE–7th Grade: $5 Admission
✨ 8th–12th Grade Prom Tickets
• $15 — Single Ticket
• $25 — Double Ticket
🌠 Dress up, dance, and make memories under the Northern Lights! 🌠











“Aurora Borealis”
📅 Saturday, May 16, 2026
💃 Dance Times 🕺
🌟 ECE–3rd Grade
⏰ 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
🌟 4th–6th Grade
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
🌟 7th–12th Grade
⏰ 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM
🎟️ Admission Prices
✨ ECE–6th Grade: $5 Admission
✨ 7th–12th Grade Prom Tickets:
• $15 — Single Ticket
• $25 — Double Ticket
🌌 Dress up, dance, and make memories under the Northern Lights! 🌌

*UPDATED*
✨ End of Year Events at Shishmaref School ✨
Join us as we celebrate the final weeks of the school year with Prom, Graduation, and more!
🏀 Last Day of Rec — Thursday, May 14, 2026
🎉 Prom — Saturday, May 16, 2026
🎓 Graduation — Monday, May 18, 2026 at 7 PM
📚 Last Day of School — Friday, May 22, 2026
Let’s finish the year strong and continue shining bright, Northern Lights! 💚

We’re excited to partner with Norton Sound Health Corporation to bring a Health & Career Fair to our school on Tuesday, April 28!
📍 Location: Shishmaref School Gym
🕒 Time: 3:00–5:00 PM
Come by for an afternoon of:
✔️ Health services (vaccines & lab tests)
✔️ Information on local programs & support services
✔️ Job opportunities with NSHC
✔️ Activities & door prizes
🎟️ PLUS – enter to win a mileage ticket by completing a health needs assessment!
This is a great opportunity for our families, students, and community to connect, learn, and take advantage of valuable resources.
We hope to see you there—let’s keep shining bright, Shishmaref! 💚✨
#ShishmarefSchool #NorthernLightsShine #CommunityStrong

We are so proud of our Shishmaref Little Dribblers and Jr. High basketball teams for their strong showing at the Elim Invitational this weekend! 🏀✨
🏀 Little Dribblers – 2nd Place
🏀 Jr. High – 1st Place
Our students competed with heart, hustle, and pride—and it showed on and off the court.
👏🏽 Special recognition to our All-Tournament players:
✨ Cason & Tyrese – Little Dribblers
✨ Craig, Jace & Kalaia – Jr. High
Thank you to our coaches, families, and community for supporting our athletes. We love seeing our students shine bright and represent Shishmaref with pride wherever they go!
Keep shining, Northern Lights ✨💜💚
#ShishmarefNorthernLights #StudentAthletes #ShineBright #NorthernLightsPride

We are so proud of our students for their participation in last week’s ANSEP activities—what an incredible experience! ✨
Our students dove into hands-on learning, challenged their thinking, and worked together as a team. Even more impressive was how responsibly and respectfully they represented Shishmaref School and our district throughout the week.
🏆 Huge shoutout to Marjorie O. and Karmen, along with their teammates from Brevig, for taking 1st place in the Bridge Building activity! 👏🏽
Beyond the awards, our students showed strong critical thinking, teamwork, and problem-solving skills every step of the way—and we couldn’t be prouder.
Thank you to everyone who helped make this opportunity possible for our students. They continue to shine bright and represent our community with pride.
Keep shining, Northern Lights ✨💜💚
#ShishmarefNorthernLights #ANSEP #StudentSuccess #ShineBright

🐝Huge congratulations to our BSSD students for their incredible performance at the 2026 Regionals & State Yup’ik and Inupiaq Spelling Bee!🐝

Our Shishmaref Northern Lights Middle School team and our Lil Dribblers are headed to Elim for a weekend basketball tournament!
Wishing our athletes safe travels, strong teamwork, and lots of fun on the court. We are so proud of you all!
✨ Shine bright like the Northern Lights! ✨
#NorthernLights #ShishmarefStrong #ShineBright #LilDribblers #MSBall


Congratulations to the 2026 State NYO Winners!
We are incredibly proud of the dedication, sportsmanship, and cultural pride displayed by all our athletes this year at the Alaska Airlines Center. Your hard work honors the traditions of our ancestors and inspires the next generation. Way to represent your teams and your communities!
#NYO2026 #NativeYouthOlympics #AlaskaStrong

FY27 School Budget Survey
We’d love your feedback! ❤️
BSSD is potentially looking at a major budget deficit ($5-7 million) for the FY27 School Year. Due to this, we are currently looking at ways to cut the budget. We want to hear from all of our stakeholders on what you believe we should prioritize when finalizing the budget for next year.
Click the link below to fill up the form.
FY27 School Budget Survey

Taikuu to everyone who joined us for Inupiaq Days and the Spring Carnival—we appreciate our community so much.
Please take a minute to fill out this short survey to help us make these events even better next year. Your voice matters!
https://forms.gle/rQSawvboEJPvZVwx7
