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Petersburg School District is among four school districts receiving the Health Meals Incentive Award for trailblazing and innovative efforts to improve the nutritional quality of school meals. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award on 4 March in front of nearly 850 school nutrition professionals at the School Nutrition Association Legislative Action Conference during National School Breakfast Week.
These school districts are the first winners of Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards, jointly created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Action for Healthy Kids as part of USDA’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative, also known as HMI. These awards celebrate school districts who embrace opportunities to take their school meals to the next level.
Petersburg School District (Alaska) is receiving the “Innovation in the Preparation of School Meals” award for their commitment to creating scratch and semi-scratch foods that incorporate local and culturally relevant ingredients like moose meat, carrots, herring eggs, and kale. “We recently had the Petersburg Indian Association come into the culinary classes to help the students prepare moose roasts and a moose stock gravy,” says Carlee Johnson McIntosh, food service director, Petersburg School District. “Then, we had a lunch taste testing of the moose roasts and moose gravy for our students.”
To read the full text of the USDA’s announcement, view the full press release here:
Four School Districts Receive National Awards for Trailblazing, Innovative Improvements to School Meals | USDA
Senator Murkowski provides an opportunity each year for graduating high school seniors to be summer interns in her office. The interns have the opportunity to learn about the U.S. Senate, work in a professional office, shadow the Senator, attend meetings and committee hearings, perform special projects, have fun, and explore Washington, D.C. Eight students will be chosen for each of the two summer sessions. More information can be found at https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/assistance/students/internships.
Qualifications: Senator Murkowski is looking for independent, inquisitive, and mature young Alaskans. There is no GPA threshold requirement to apply. Applicants need not be interested in political science.
Application: Available online at https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2024_high_school_intern_application.pdf.
Deadline to Apply: 11:59 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on March 18, 2024. It is preferred that applications be e-mailed to Angelina_Burney@murkowski.senate.gov but may also be mailed via U.S. Mail, FedEx, or UPS. However, the Senate’s mail screening procedures are likely to delay delivery, and no applications that arrive after the deadline will be considered.
Internship Session Dates:
- Session One: June 2nd to July 29th, 2024
- Session Two: July 7th to August 3rd, 2024
- Please note which session is preferred on the application.
Housing, Transportation, Stipend: Housing and transportation will be coordinated by the Senator's office, but interns will be responsible for the cost. Interns will be paid a small stipend that is intended to help defray costs associated with the internship program. Housing is located at the Washington Intern Student Housing (WISH) dormitories on Capitol Hill.
If you have any questions, please contact Angelina Burney at the email address above or at 202-224-6665.
Upcoming Meetings
The Commission will meet on April 11-12, 2024 to consider disciplinary actions against certificate holders, to conduct administrative reviews, and to discuss other Commission business.
The public is welcome. The meetings may be in person, but will also be held virtually by Zoom. More information, including a Zoom link, can be found online: PTPC
Learn More!
Have additional questions, concerns, or just want to learn more? Melody Mann, PTPC's Executive Director, is available to present information about PTPC to educators around the state. Send her an email to schedule an informational presentation.
A great deal of the Code for Ethics for Educators is related to professional communication with students, the public and with colleagues. Know your obligations to uphold the Code of Ethics of Educators.
Communication whether in person or via any communications device is expected to be professional, responsible, reasonable, and appropriate.
It’s important to consider how one might have to defend one’s communication as educationally sound, or for student or staff health or safety.
Locate, review, and become familiar with School Board Policy and communication expectations.
Teacher's Retirement System (TRS) Tier I and Tier II
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This seminar is designed for members of the Defined Benefit plan:
- Tier I members who entered service between July, 1,1955, and June 30, 1990
- Tier II members who entered service between June 30, 1990, and June 30, 2006
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Your Benefit Education Counselors will cover...
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- The retirement process
- Eligibility
- Vesting
- Service and benefit calculations
- Early and normal retirement
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- Increasing service credit
- Survivor options
- Retiree insurance options
- After-retirement increases
- The timing of benefits
- And more!
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Join Us Virtually
Thursday, March 21, 2024 | 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. (2 hours)
The National Park Service is once again generously sponsoring the One Ocean Art Show as part of Tsunami Bowl. Student artwork will be on display at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward from March 18th - March 24th.
Please complete this form if your school plans to submit student artwork for display. Students may enter up to 3 pieces of original art. There is no limit to the number of pieces from each school.
Artwork must be original and created solely by the participating student during the 2023-24 school year. No published, traced, or copied materials will be allowed.
Submissions must include (with the piece) the student's name, grade, title of the piece, school, and category.
Art will be judged according to the following categories: painting, drawing, printmaking/mixed media, photography, and 3-D (functional or sculptural).
Mail artwork to: Tsunami Bowl, PO Box 730, Seward, AK 99664 via USPS or 201 Railway Avenue, Seward, AK 99664 if using any other carrier.
Submissions must be in Seward by March 15, 2024.
Application deadline: March 18, 2024
 The GPA program provides grants to institutions and private, nonprofit education entities that organize programs for K-12 teachers, college students, and faculty to engage in short- or long-term overseas projects focused on training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies. GPA short-term projects include seminars, curriculum development, and group research or study. GPA long-term projects support advanced intensive overseas programs that focus on languages, the humanities, or social sciences.
IFLE expects to make 30 new awards totaling approximately $5.1 million under the FY 2024 GPA competition. The application is now available at www.grants.gov. The deadline to submit an application is March 18, 2024.
Please refer to the official Federal Register notice for detailed information about the FY 2024 competition.
DEED is committed to providing information, resources, and leadership to schools, districts, parents, and the public in order to support an excellent education for every student every day. Staff at DEED are engaged in meaningful professional work in support of Alaska’s most valuable resource – its children.
DEED values collaboration and relationship building, creativity and innovation, and mission-driven work guided by the Alaska’s Education Challenge. The daily work environment at DEED is energetic, collaborative, fast paced, and challenging as staff work together to support Alaska’s school districts and students.
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