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Island Culture Today During the 2006–2007 school year just under one hundred students attended kindergarten to twelfth grade at St. Paul Island. Nine teachers, two para-professionals, two maintenance/custodial persons, and a school secretary complemented the school staff. The school was configured with a large library, computer lab, woodworking shop, music/art room, home economics room, and an almost full-sized gym. Computers were in all of the classrooms and a small typing lab in the library, as well as three laptop labs with a total of fifty-five laptops available for students and teachers. During 2007, restoration of the former Navy radio station’s electrical shop provided the Head Start program with a comfortable facility located near the public school. A school bus picked up the younger children. The Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association supported the Head Start Program. Students from kindergarten to twelfth grade walked to school or were transported by their parents. During the 2006–2007 school year at St. George Island, between twenty to twenty-five students attended kindergarten to twelfth grade. Two teachers, one para-professional, and two part-time maintenance/custodial persons complement the school staff. The recently remodeled school includes two elementary classrooms, a science room, kitchen, library, and full-sized gym with a weight room. Computers were integral to both classrooms and the library and a laptop lab maintained fifteen laptops. Each teacher also has a laptop. High school students at St. George are enrolled in the St. Paul High School and attend classes via video conference with the St. Paul school classrooms. During 2007, each school had a basketball team that played in inter-island games and traveled throughout Alaska to play against other high schools. In 2007, the St. Paul Sea Patriots defeated the Port Lion Kings to claim fifth place at the Alaska Region 1A tournament.Click here to read the full article originally published in the Kodiak Daily Mirror.
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