Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Explained

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District provides k-12 public education to the children of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and Ketchikan, Alaska. The district is governed by a school board of seven community-elected members, with one advisory student member present during the school year, elected by the students of Ketchikan High School.

Schools

High schools

Middle school

Elementary schools

World War II

The Territory of Alaska presented Alaska's Liberty brick to the Ketchikan Schools on Pearl Harbor Day, 1943 for having the best Schools at War performance in the territory in the previous school year. Each of Ketchikan's schools also received a Minute Man Flag. The brick, displayed in a glass case, was to be permanently belong to the Ketchikan Schools.[1] As of 2021, it is in the collection of the Tongass Historical Museum in Ketchikan.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Pearl Harbor Day Observed By Students Liberty Brick and Minute Man Flag Presented by Ryan; Bond Sales High . Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle . December 8, 1943 . Ketchikan.
  2. Web site: Tongass Historical Museum Object Record Philadelphia Liberty Hall Award . ketchikan.pastperfectonline.com . May 15, 2021.