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Bill Stevens of the Athabaskan Fiddlers performs while students dance to the music at Denali Elementary School during the final performance of the Fiddlers in Residence program Friday. The students practiced for a week before showing their dance to their teachers, peers and parents.
Denali students dance to Athabascan fiddle music
FAIRBANKS — Grade after grade of students at Denali Elementary School bobbed around their gymnasium on Friday to Athabascan fiddle music. Friday’s assembly was the culminating event of the school’...
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David Tomeo introduces Nordic skiing to third-graders at Tri-Valley School Jan. 31. He spearheads a new program for youth in the Denali Borough.
David Tomeo teaches Alaska kids to enjoy outdoors in winter
DENALI — If you’re going to live here in the winter, you might as well find a way to get outdoors and enjoy it. That seems to be David Tomeo’s philosophy and one he has embraced with his two young...
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Bobby Gagnon talks about the rings around Saturn as fourth and fifth graders at Anne Wien Elementary School listen to a presentation by Space Education Specialists from the Space Foundation Discovery Institute Friday morning, February 17, 2012 in the school commons. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Space Foundation touts exploration to Fairbanks students
FAIRBANKS — It has been a busy but fun week for three Fairbanks visitors who spent time going to schools, clubs and community events to promote space and science education. The visitors are from t...
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Fourth grader Kayli Dollard, right, secures a section of wrap as students in Paula Brinkhart s 4th-6th multi-grade class at Pearl Creek Elementary School display this year s knitting project, an Outdoor Art Installation piece, along the sidewalk railing leading up to the school entrance Tuesday afternoon, February 14, 2012. In years past the class of about 25 students would knit sweaters, teddy bears, and infant hats for donation. Brinkhart got the idea of an installation piece from a student last year that gave a current events presentation on students Outside doing a similar "Tree Koozie" project, adorning tree trunks with knitted wraps. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Pearl Creek Elementary students keep school’s knitting tradition
FAIRBANKS — A railing leading to the front doors of Pearl Creek Elementary School looks extra cozy thanks to a knitting project that wrapped up on Tuesday. At Pearl Creek, Paula Brink-Hart’s multi...
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Senior group exhibit honorable mention winners Evyn Ysais and Chris Brenner pose with their cow-shaped exhibit on the “Creation of FDA.”
From Beethoven to Steve Jobs: Fairbanks students celebrate history
FAIRBANKS - Last week, the Pioneer Park Civic Center was set up as a temporary museum. The historical topics covered ranged from displays on “iGenius: Steve Jobs” to “The Beethoven Experience” to “...
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Ben Parker
Student of the week: Ben Parker
FAIRBANKS - Ben Parker, 7, is already showing great work ethic in his classroom at Anderson Elementary School. According to his second-grade teacher Amber Ables, Parker is a great reader and produ...
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Karli Fitzgerald
Student of the week: Karli Fitzgerald
FAIRBANKS - An eighth grade student at Tanana Middle School, Karli Fitzgerald, 14, is active in athletics and sets high goals for herself. Fitzgerald has participated in soccer, basketball, volley...
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Katey McMurrough
Student of the week: Katey McMurrough
FAIRBANKS - Katey McMurrough, 11, was chosen as student of the week by her sixth-grade teacher, Rachel Woodhull, for showing excellence in the classroom. McMurrough is her student council’s presid...
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Linnaea Uliassi
Student of the week: Linnaea Uliassi
FAIRBANKS - Linnaea Uliassi, 9, is a talented fourth-grader at Pearl Creek Elementary. She does ballet and karate and is part of the school orchestra. Her teachers Kristi McEwen and Brent Rodenbe...
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Bartlett comes out running in opening hoops win at West Valley
FAIRBANKS—The West Valley Wolfpack had 32 turnovers in Friday’s season-opening basketball game against the Bartlett Golden Bears. Bartlett’s Trenton Anthony had 32 points. The Wolfpack held close ...
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