💚 Shishmaref School Families & Community 💚

Please take a moment to read the attached letter regarding Shishmaref School being a fragrance-free school.

This helps us support students and staff who have allergies and sensitivities to strong scents and keep our school a safe, healthy, and comfortable place for everyone.

We appreciate everyone being mindful of strong fragrances when coming to school or attending school activities.

Thank you for helping us take care of one another and make SHH a place where everyone can learn, work, and belong.
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Fragrance Free
🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Spirit Week Reminder! Tomorrow is Dress Like a Runner Day! 👟 Break out the running shorts, sweats, headbands, race gear, running shoes—whatever gives you that XC runner look! 😂 Let’s have some fun and show our XC team some love as we get ready to send them off to Regionals! 💚🤍 And don’t forget our XC Pep Rally at 3:00 PM! 🎉 #SHHNorthernLights #XCRegionals
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🤪 Spirit Week Reminder! 🤪

Tomorrow is WACKY WEDNESDAY at SHH!

Mix it up and have some fun—mismatched clothes, crazy hair, silly socks, backwards clothes, two different shoes…whatever you’ve got! 😂 The wackier, the better!

And don’t forget, we’re getting closer to sending our XC runners off to REGIONALS! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💚🤍

Let’s see your WACKY tomorrow, Northern Lights! 🤪
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💜 Purple for Stella 💜

Our school was filled with PURPLE for Stella today, and it was pretty special to see. 💜

With the blessing of Stella’s family, our students and staff wore her favorite color as a small way to honor and remember someone who gave 37 years to Shishmaref School. Seeing so much purple throughout the building was a beautiful reminder of just how many lives Stella touched during those years.

As our XC team gets ready to head to Regionals, we’re proud to carry a little of Stella’s school spirit with us. 💜💚🤍

We would love for our community to join us! If you wore purple for Stella today, please share your pictures with us in the comments. Let’s fill this post with purple too. 💜

Our continued love and condolences go out to the Weyiouanna/Havatone family.

37 years. Forever a Northern Light. 💜
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💜 REMINDER: Tomorrow is Purple for Stella Day 💜

With the blessing of Stella’s family, we invite our students, staff, families, and community to wear PURPLE tomorrow in honor of Stella and her 37 years of dedication to Shishmaref School.

As our XC team gets ready for Regionals, we’re proud to carry a little of Stella’s school spirit with us. 💜

Our continued love and condolences go out to the Weyiouanna/Havatone family.

Wear your purple tomorrow and help us fill SHH with purple for Stella. 💜

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💚🤍 Happy Monday, Northern Lights! 🤍💚 Just a reminder that XC Regionals Spirit Week starts TODAY! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ 💤 Today is Run Outta Bed Day! Rock those PJs, sweats, comfy clothes, and “I totally just rolled out of bed” looks. 😂 And don’t forget what’s coming up this week: 💜 Tuesday – Purple for Stella 🤪 Wednesday – Wacky Wednesday 🏃 Thursday – Dress Like a Runner Day 📣 Thursday at 3 PM – XC Pep Rally! 💚🤍 Friday – Northern Lights Day / Green & White Out Let’s have some fun this week and show our runners lots of SHH spirit as we send them off to REGIONALS! Run together. Shine together. GO NORTHERN LIGHTS! 💚🤍
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💚🤍💜 XC REGIONALS SPIRIT WEEK! 💜🤍💚

This week, we’ll be showing our Northern Lights spirit as we get ready to send our XC team off to Regionals! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ We kept the days easy, fun, and something everyone can participate in!

💤 Monday – Run Outta Bed Day
Wear your PJs, sweats, or comfiest clothes!

💜 Tuesday – Purple for Stella
With the blessing and permission of Stella’s family, we wanted to carry some of her school spirit with our XC team to Regionals. Purple was Stella’s favorite color, so we invite our students, staff, families, and community to wear purple in her honor. After 37 years of dedication to Shishmaref School, her spirit will always be a part of SHH.

🤪 Wednesday – Wacky Wednesday
Mismatched clothes, crazy hair, silly socks—have fun with it!

🏃 Thursday – Dress Like a Runner Day
Wear your athletic gear, running shoes, sweats, headbands, or whatever makes you look ready to hit the trail!

💚🤍 Friday – Northern Lights Day
GREEN & WHITE OUT! Wear your SHH gear and Northern Lights colors and show that SHH pride!

📣 PEP RALLY – Thursday, September 24 at 3:00 PM!
We’ll come together to send our runners off to Regionals SHH style! 💚🤍 Come ready to cheer, make some noise, and show our team how much their school and community are behind them!

Our deepest condolences continue to go out to the Weyiouanna/Havetone family. 💜

Let’s have some fun, come together as a school and community, honor Stella, and send our runners to Regionals surrounded by Northern Lights spirit!

Run together. Shine together. Go Northern Lights! 💚🤍
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XC Spirit Week
🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ It’s race time! 💚🤍 Our Shishmaref Northern Lights XC team is at the WMO Invitational XC Meet today through Saturday! 🌌 We’re proud of these runners for putting in the miles, showing up, and representing Shishmaref! Run hard, have fun, and leave it all on the course! 💪 Good luck, Northern Lights! We’re cheering you on from home! 💚🤍 #ShishmarefSchool #NorthernLights #ShineBright #SHHXC #CrossCountry
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SHH XC
📣 REMINDER — EARLY RELEASE TODAY! Hey Shishmaref families! 💚🤍 Just a reminder that Shishmaref School will dismiss students at 2:30 PM today, Wednesday, September 16, to allow staff to participate in training. 🕝 Student dismissal: 2:30 PM Please make sure arrangements are in place for your kiddos after dismissal. Thank y’all for your understanding and support! 💚 — SHH Admin
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📣 EARLY RELEASE — WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 💚🤍

Hey Shishmaref families!

Shishmaref School will have an early release at 2:30 PM this Wednesday, September 16, to allow our staff to participate in training.

🕝 Student dismissal: 2:30 PM

Thank you for your understanding. 💚

— SHH Admin
10 days ago, Northern Lights
Hey y’all! 💚🤍

Quick correction to our Added Duty Contract posting! We realized that Solutions Team and HS Girls Basketball were accidentally left off our updated list of available positions. We apologize for the oversight!** Both positions are still available, along with those listed below.

We are still accepting Letters of Interest for several 2026–2027 Added Duty Contracts at Shishmaref School! 🌟

📚 Academic & Enrichment
• Solutions Team — Multiple Positions (BSSD Employees Only)
• Science Fair (Certified Only)
• Inupiaq Spelling Bee (BSSD Employees Only)
• Student Council (BSSD Employees Only)
• Yearbook (BSSD Employees Only)
• Newspaper (BSSD Employees Only)

🏀 Athletics & Coaching
• Elem/MS Wrestling
• HS Wrestling
• HS Boys Basketball
• HS Girls Basketball
• MS Basketball
• Lil Dribblers
• Cheerleading – Basketball
• NYO

If you’ve been thinking about getting involved, we’d love to hear from you! These added duty positions are a great opportunity to support our kiddos, build school pride, and give students opportunities outside of their regular school day. 💚

📝 Interested?
Please submit a Letter of Interest that includes:
• The position(s) you’re interested in
• Your experience related to the position
• Why you’re interested and/or what you would bring to the role

📧 Letters can be sent to:

Principal Frank Stanek
frank.stanek@shh.bssd.org

Assistant Principal Maggie Gray
maggie.gray@shh.bssd.org

📅 Positions will remain open until filled.

🏆 For coaching positions: All athletic coaches must complete the required NFHS coaching certifications before the season begins, along with the annual Safe Schools Boundary Invasions certification.

Some of these seasons and activities will be here before we know it, so if you’re interested, please get your Letter of Interest in! If you have questions about a position or what it involves, please reach out to Frank or me.

It takes all of us creating opportunities for our kiddos. ✨

Let’s keep shining together, Northern Lights! 💚🤍

#NorthernLightsPride #ShishmarefSchool #BSSDStrong #ForOurKids
13 days ago, Northern Lights
ADCs part 3
Hey y’all! 💚🤍

We still have several 2026–2027 Added Duty Contracts available at Shishmaref School! 🌟

📚 Academic & Enrichment
• Science Fair (Certified Only)
• Inupiaq Spelling Bee (BSSD Employees Only)
• Student Council (BSSD Employees Only)
• Yearbook (BSSD Employees Only)
• Newspaper (BSSD Employees Only)

🏀 Athletics & Coaching
• Elem/MS Wrestling
• HS Wrestling
• HS Boys Basketball
• MS Basketball
• Lil Dribblers
• Cheerleading – Basketball
• NYO

If you’ve been thinking about getting involved, we’d love to hear from you! These added duty positions are a great opportunity to support our kiddos, build school pride, and give students opportunities outside of their regular school day. 💚

📝 Interested?
Please submit a Letter of Interest that includes:
• The position(s) you’re interested in
• Your experience related to the position
• Why you’re interested and/or what you would bring to the role

📧 Letters can be sent to:

Principal Frank Stanek
frank.stanek@shh.bssd.org

Assistant Principal Maggie Gray
maggie.gray@shh.bssd.org

📅 Positions will remain open until filled.

🏆 For coaching positions: All athletic coaches must complete the required NFHS coaching certifications before the season begins, along with the annual Safe Schools Boundary Invasions certification.

Some of these seasons and activities will be here before we know it, so if you’re interested, please get your Letter of Interest in! And if you have questions about a position or what it involves, reach out to Frank or me.

It takes all of us creating opportunities for our kiddos. ✨

Let’s keep shining together, Northern Lights! 💚🤍

#NorthernLightsPride #ShishmarefSchool #BSSDStrong #ForOurKids
13 days ago, Northern Lights
ADCs part 2
📢 Shishmaref School AEC Ballot Sample 🗳️

We’re excited to share the sample ballot for our Shishmaref School Advisory Education Committee (AEC) election! There are 2 seats up for election.


Our AEC plays an important role in supporting our students, staff, and school community—thank you to all who step up to serve. 💚

#NorthernLightsPride #OurVillageOurSchool #BSSDStrong
15 days ago, Northern Lights
FY27 SHH AEC
Good Afternoon, Shishmaref!

We’re excited to get Rec going! We also want to be as transparent as possible about what our Rec schedule will look like right now and why.

Open Gym/Rec will run Monday–Friday:

🕖 ECE–3rd Grade: 7:00–8:00 PM
🕗 4th–8th Grades: 8:00–9:00 PM
🕘 9th–12th Grades: 9:00–10:00 PM
🕙 Adults: 10:00–11:00 PM

Why only five days?

Currently, the district allocation and our available budget allow us to support Rec for 4 hours per day, 5 days per week.

We know how important Rec is to our kiddos and our community, and we would love to be able to offer additional opportunities. We have applied for grant funding that would help cover additional Rec hours and our Rec Supervisor’s time. We are currently waiting to hear whether we were awarded those funds. 🤞

Until we receive word about the grant, we have to operate within the funding currently available to us. That means Rec will be Monday–Friday, 4 hours each evening.

If we receive additional funding and are able to expand Rec, we will absolutely communicate those changes with everyone.

Thank you for your understanding and for helping us keep Rec available for our kiddos and community! 💚🤍

See y’all in the gym! ✨
16 days ago, Northern Lights
📚 MAP Testing Begins Tomorrow! 🌟 Shishmaref School students will begin MAP Growth benchmark testing tomorrow. These assessments give us an important snapshot of what our students already know, how they are growing, and where we can better support them with instruction throughout the year. Families, you can help set your student up for success! 💚 😴 Get plenty of sleep tonight. 🍳 Start the day with a good breakfast. ⏰ Be on time and ready for school. 💻 Remind them to slow down, read carefully, and use their testing tools. 💪 Encourage them to take their time and simply do their best. MAP testing isn’t about getting every question right—it helps us see where each student is right now so we can help them continue to learn and grow. A good night’s sleep, a little encouragement, and a positive start can make a BIG difference! 🌙✨ Get some rest tonight, Northern Lights! Tomorrow, show us what you know! 💚🤍
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Fall Benchmark testing
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Flyers for Strategic Planning Sessions
🏃‍♀️💚 NOME BOUND! 💚🏃‍♂️

Our SHH Cross Country team is headed to Nome this weekend to compete in the Nome Invitational! ✈️🏃

We are so proud of these kiddos for putting in the miles, showing up, and representing Shishmaref. Now it’s time to get out there, run hard, have fun, and show ’em what our Northern Lights can do! ✨

Run with heart. Run with pride. Run for Shishmaref. 💚🤍

Safe travels and GOOD LUCK, SHH XC! We’re cheering for you all the way from home! 📣✨

#SHHNorthernLights #SHHXC #NomeBound #RunForShishmaref
20 days ago, Northern Lights
XC Nome Invitational
💚 Reminder, Shishmaref! 💚

There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day. 🇺🇸

We hope our students, staff, and families enjoy the long weekend, get some rest, and spend time together!

✨ We’ll see all of our Northern Lights back at school on Tuesday, September 8!

Have a safe and wonderful Labor Day weekend! 💚🤍
20 days ago, Northern Lights
SHH Labor Day
🌟 OPEN HOUSE IS TONIGHT! 🌟

Shishmaref Families & Community — we’re ready for y’all! 💚💜
Join us TONIGHT for our Open House + Title I & Migrant Education Family Meeting!

📅 Thursday, September 3
⏰ 6:00–7:00 PM
📍 Shishmaref School

Come by to:
✨ Meet your student’s teachers & visit classrooms
✨ See what’s happening around SHH this year
✨ Learn more about our Title I & Migrant Education programs
✨ Share your voice & connect with our school team
✨ Enjoy some food & refreshments!

Thank you again for being flexible with us as we moved our Open House to tonight. We appreciate our families and community and hope you’ll come spend the evening with us!
Bring the family and come see us from 6–7 PM! 🌟
We can’t wait to see y’all tonight! 💚💜
#ShishmarefSchool #NorthernLightsPride #OpenHouse #TitleI #MigrantEducation #CommunityStrong




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📢 OPEN HOUSE UPDATE — RESCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW

Good afternoon, Shishmaref Families & Community!

We apologize for the last-minute change, but we will need to reschedule tonight’s Open House + Title I & Migrant Education Family Meeting for tomorrow evening.

Unfortunately, the food and refreshments we planned for tonight did not make it in on the flight as expected. We want to be able to welcome our families and community the way we planned, so we’ve made the decision to move our event to:
📅 Thursday, September 3, 2026
⏰ 6:00–7:00 PM
📍 Shishmaref School

We know many of you plan your evenings around school and community events, and we’re sorry for the inconvenience this last-minute change may cause. We appreciate your understanding—sometimes village life and flights have other plans for us! 💚

Everything else remains the same. Come meet your student’s teachers, visit classrooms, learn more about our Title I & Migrant Education programs, connect with our school team, and enjoy some refreshments together.

Please help us spread the word about the change! We look forward to seeing y’all tomorrow evening from 6–7 PM! 🌟💚💜

#ShishmarefSchool #NorthernLightsPride #OpenHouse #TitleI #MigrantEducation #CommunityStrong
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